It’s a hot topic, the old “pay or don’t pay” for hackers not to leak your data. Since recording this a few days ago, we’ve had Grafana go with the “no pay” approach, and I’ve seen a raft of commentary around other companies reaching “agreements”, which is a much politer way of saying “we paid…
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AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
The AI inflection point: What security leaders must do now
AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer whether AI belongs in cybersecurity; it’s about deploying it responsibly, strategically and at scale. For security leaders,…
AI, APAC, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
What IT leaders need to know about AI-fueled death fraud
Death is always an unpleasant topic, typically ignored until it is fully upon us. But for IT leaders, fraudsters who use fake death documents generated by AI to steal data and commit a wide range of other crimes are simply too dangerous to ignore. There are two different forms of these death frauds: tricking an…
AI, APAC, Global Security News, Risk Management
Job disruption by AI remains limited — and traditional metrics may be missing the real impact
AI’s impact on human jobs is a hot topic of late, with all kinds of forecasting, reporting, and sounding of alarm bells. But two new analyses seem to indicate that AI isn’t yet fundamentally disrupting the employment landscape, and that traditional metrics don’t accurately capture its actual impact on work. According to a job cut…