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Articles
Every Cystem X engineering article in one place - security, LLMOps and AI governance analysis written by the people who build and defend these systems.
This index holds every long-form article we have published, newest work first. Each one is written to the same standard: a specific technical problem, broken down the way our own engineers would brief it internally, with enough detail that a reader could act on it directly rather than needing a follow-up call.
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A scannable structure
A linked table of contents up top, so you can jump straight to the risk, layer or decision you came for.
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Risk-by-risk or layer-by-layer detail
Each section covers how a failure mode actually shows up in production, how to detect it, and how to mitigate it, or the equivalent for an architecture decision.
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Sources and further reading
Every article closes with the public frameworks and references it draws on, so you can verify the underlying detail yourself.
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Article · 9 min read
The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025): an enterprise defense playbook
Published February 18, 2026
A practical, risk-by-risk walkthrough for security teams: how each failure mode shows up in production, how to detect it, and how to mitigate it.
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Article · 6 min read
Running LLMs on-premises: a reference architecture for regulated organizations
Published May 6, 2026
Hardware sizing, the serving layer, the gateway, RAG, observability, security zones and a safe air-gap update process.
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Article · 6 min read
AI guardrails and defensive alignment: what actually works in production
Published August 21, 2026
A layered defense model from policy through runtime monitoring, the evaluation metrics that matter, and the trade-offs leaders should expect.
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