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Secure AI Infrastructure: Building Trustworthy AI Systems in Distributed Environments

Naveen Birru ● January 26, 2026



Three Key Takeaways



AI fundamentally changes the threat model: Data poisoning, model theft, adversarial inputs, and inference abuse expand the attack surface across the entire AI lifecycle—not just deployment.

Zero Trust is mandatory for distributed AI: Continuous verification, least-privilege access, and micro-segmentation are essential to secure AI systems spanning cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.

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