SecurityBrief: Virtual Veterans AI Project Wins VALA Award

SecurityBrief Australia, in a piece by Melvin Hipolito, covered the VALA Award win for Charlie the Virtual Veteran, the State Library of Queensland's AI WWI chatbot that was red-teamed, hardened and secured by ORCA Opti AI Guardian after a high-profile launch jailbreak.

Kat used her contribution to underline the lesson that came out of the project:

"Organisations are raring to go with AI projects but often are unaware of the security implications that goes along with it."

Kathryn Giudes, Founder & Managing Director, ORCA Opti

For the full story behind the project, see our Charlie case study.

Read the full article: Virtual Veterans AI project wins VALA Award for Queensland library (SecurityBrief Australia, 15 October 2025, by Melvin Hipolito)