Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 5 new AI skills cyber pros need

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries, including cybersecurity, has sparked a sense of urgency among professionals. As organizations increasingly adopt AI tools to bolster security defenses, cyber professionals now face a pivotal question: What new skills do I need to stay relevant? October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which makes it the perfect […]

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Report: Chinese hackers used telecom access to go after phones of Trump, Vance

U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.

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3 proven use cases for AI in preventative cybersecurity

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 highlights a ground-breaking finding: The application of AI-powered automation in prevention has saved organizations an average of $2.2 million. Enterprises have been using AI for years in detection, investigation and response. However, as attack surfaces expand, security leaders must adopt a more proactive stance. Here are three […]

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AI hallucinations can pose a risk to your cybersecurity

In early 2023, Google’s Bard made headlines for a pretty big mistake, which we now call an AI hallucination. During a demo, the chatbot was asked, “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?” Bard answered that JWST, which launched in December 2021, took the “very first pictures” […]

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Navigating the ethics of AI in cybersecurity

Even if we’re not always consciously aware of it, artificial intelligence is now all around us. We’re already used to personalized recommendation systems in e-commerce, customer service chatbots powered by conversational AI and a whole lot more. In the realm of information security, we’ve already been relying on AI-powered spam filters for years to protect […]

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How governance, risk and compliance (GRC) addresses growing data liability concerns

In an era where businesses increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data capabilities, the effectiveness of IT services is more critical than ever. Yet despite the advancements in technology, business leaders are increasingly dissatisfied with their IT departments. According to a study by IBM’s Institute for Business Value, confidence in the effectiveness of […]

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Risk, reward and reality: Has enterprise perception of the public cloud changed?

Public clouds now form the bulk of enterprise IT environments. According to 2024 Statista data, 73% of enterprises use a hybrid cloud model, 14% use multiple public clouds and 10% use a single public cloud solution. Multiple and single private clouds make up the remaining 3%. With enterprises historically reticent to adopt public clouds, adoption […]

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Is AI saving jobs… or taking them?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to take your cybersecurity job. Or, AI will save your job. Well, which is it? As with all things security-related, AI-related and employment-related, it’s complicated. How AI creates jobs A major reason it’s complicated is that AI is helping to increase the demand for cybersecurity professionals in two broad ways. […]

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Trends: Hardware gets AI updates in 2024

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) usage over the past two and a half years has dramatically changed not only software but hardware as well. As AI usage continues to evolve, PC makers have found in AI an opportunity to improve end-user devices by offering AI-specific hardware and marketing them as “AI PCs.” Pre-AI hardware, […]

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More frequent disruption operations needed to dent ransomware gangs, officials say

The comments from White House and ODNI officials ahead of a Counter Ransomware Initiative summit come as the gangs prove difficult to keep down.

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