The Insider You Built

How Organizations Stay in Control of Autonomous AI Agents

Read what experts are saying about the book

What People Are Saying

  • “The Insider You Built sits at the intersection of technical reality and human impact. Camille Stewart Gloster shows that governing AI is not just about systems, but about the people those systems affect. She offers a clear framework for maintaining control and accountability while ensuring these technologies are deployed in ways that are responsible, accessible, and aligned with real-world needs. ”

    — Marlon Avery, VP of Applied AI @ JPMorgan

  • “Autonomous AI agents are here to stay—but staying in control of them is an inside job. Camille delivers not just theory, but a practical blueprint for building the right guardrails and governance. This isn’t another dense book on AI control—it’s an engaging, highly readable guide that meets everyone where they are, from technical leaders to everyday users.”

    — Keith White, EVP, Chief Global Safety & Security Officer at Salesforce

  • "As AI moves from assistant to actor, the question of who's in control has never been more urgent. Camille Stewart Gloster brings the rare combination of operational experience and policy expertise needed to answer it, offering leaders a clear, practical framework for governing these technologies with intention. At a time when too many are trying to adapt to AI rather than shape it, this book puts agency back in the hands of the people."

    — Michele L. Jawando, CEO, Omidyar Network

  • “The Insider You Built reframes trust and safety as a core enablement function, not a guardrail that slows down innovation or gets in the way. Camille Stewart Gloster shows how organizations can build agentic AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy, through practical frameworks and a wealth of experience. A practical, must-read book for anyone who cares about ushering their organization into the age of agentic AI with as little fallout as possible.”

    — Alice Hunsberger, Head of Trust and Safety, Musubi

  • “With the introduction of the ACE framework, Camille Stewart Gloster gave me a much-needed structure for understanding and managing AI-driven risk across complex systems within my organization. Her new book, The Insider You Built, is a significant contribution to our field.”

    –Sassie Duggleby, Co-Founder/CEO at Venus Aerospace

  • “AI is no longer a tool you use. It is a system you delegate to. This book makes clear that if governance is not embedded in how decisions are made, control is already lost.”

    –Nicole Dove, Head of Security at Riot Games

  • “What happens when the insider threat becomes the insider you built? Camille Stewart Gloster delivers a timely roadmap for governing autonomous AI with accountability, control, and trust in environments where resilience and reliability matter most.”

    –Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CISO Mastercard, Former Deputy CIO White House, Obama Administration

  • “The Insider You Built, by Camille Stewart Gloster, shows that the future isn’t inevitable—it’s governed. This book equips leaders to shape that future with intention.”

    –P.W. Singer, Bestselling author of Wired for War, LikeWar and Ghost Fleet

  • “In The Insider You Built, Camille Stewart Gloster distills years of high-level experience into an indispensable field manual for anyone deploying agentic AI. She vividly describes how unchecked AI systems can go wrong; and, just as critically, teaches you how to build the guardrails that protect you, your users, and ultimately your organization.”

    –Roy L. Austin, Jr. Director, Howard Law Artificial Intelligence Initiative

  • "In The Insider You Built, Camille Stewart Gloster delivers an authoritative roadmap for organizations navigating AI governance. This book offers a rigorous, actionable framework for every level of the organization — from the engineers building these systems to the board members accountable for them."

    –Nicole Wong, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the Obama

  • “I’ve found that most AI conversations swing between hype and fear. In The Insider You Built, Camille Stewart Gloster cuts through both with a smarter, more grounded perspective on what’s actually changing inside organizations—and what our peers need to do about it.”

    –Jim Langevin, Former Congressman and Chair of CCTI at Foundation for Defense of Democracies

  • “As the agentic AI revolution grabs the attention of business leaders and security professionals around the globe, Camille Stewart Gloster's new book offers a rational, insightful approach--Authority-Centered Enforcement (ACE)--to help implementers maintain control, accountability, and trust. Her experience across government and industry makes this book a key companion for anyone responsible for authorizing or securing agentic AI systems."

    –Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder & Executive Director, NSI Cyber & Tech Center & Venture Partner, Paladin Capital Group.

  • “Tangible, actionable, and immediately relevant, Camille Stewart Gloster’s 'The Insider You Built' provides concrete guidance and recommendations for C-Suite and Enterprise leaders. Governing and safely accelerating innovation in the AI age must secure and manage Shadow AI to accelerate innovation. "The Insider You Built" provides concrete insight and recommendations to inform decision makers seizing this important moment. It offers a clear, practical approach to ensuring that autonomous systems and agents remain accountable, resilient, and safe, while accelerating business value to the enterprise. This is mandatory reading for any leader leveraging AI in real-world environments.”

    –Rob Duhart Jr., Chief Security Officer, Oracle

  • “In 'The Insider You Built.' Camille Stewart Gloster provides a compelling and practicable roadmap for enterprise leaders to navigate the shift from AI as a transformative 'tool' to AI as an 'agent' possessing authorities comparable to a highly privileged - and wickedly smart - insider. She draws on years of boots-on-the-ground experience to tackle the most consequential part of the ongoing AI revolution - how can senior leaders align the extraordinary power they will cede to AI with the enduring need for institutional accountability. It is an empowering guide for leaders whose decisions on where and how to leverage AI will far outstrip the impact of the succession of AI developments that has focused far too long on technology to the detriment of bending its full power to human agency and aspiration.”

    –Chris Inglis, former National Cyber Director, former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

  • “With The Insider You Built, Camille provides critical perspective on the most pressing issue in the business world today: How do companies manage systems acting on their behalf? This book is not an intellectual discussion about the risks of artificial intelligence but a hard-headed assessment of power, responsibility, and control in settings where decisions are made without human involvement. For those leading in the world of AI, it provides essential guidance to follow now that the genie is out of the bottle.”

    –Kristina Podnar, Digital Policy Consultant at NativeTrust Consulting LLC, Author of “The Power of Digital Policy”