The private sector's frenzy to incorporate generative AI into products is leading companies to overlook basic security practices, a Google executive warned Tuesday. "Most people are still struggling with the basics," said John Stone, whose title at Google Cloud is "chaos coordinator."
This week, ISMG editors covered the hot topics at ISMG's London Cybersecurity Summit 2023, including the technical landscape of AI, executive liability, incident response strategies in the face of a global ransomware attack and how to build personal resilience to avoid burnout.
A researcher advised lawmakers to "keep calm and avoid overhyping China's AI capabilities" since the authoritarian regime struggles to drive widespread adoption of new technology. He urged Congress to embrace an "open system of innovation" around AI even it that results in some IP leaking to China.
In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series, "Cybersecurity Insights," Daniel DeSantis, director of CISO Advisory at Cisco, and Pam Lindemoen, CISO adviser at Cisco, discuss how generative AI will change and elevate the role of the CISO as well as what the future holds for network security.
Established provider LexisNexis Risk Solutions remains atop Forrester's digital fraud management rankings, while upstart Sift broke into the leaders category for the first time. Many providers in the space have expanded from payment transactions to account takeover fraud as well as handling scams.
DHS says it will eschew biased artificial intelligence decision-making and facial recognition systems as part of an ongoing federal effort to promote "trustworthy AI." "Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool we must harness effectively," said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at ISMG discuss important cybersecurity and privacy issues, including how to keep assets secure in the quantum era, when common usernames pose a cybersecurity threat, and how to strike the right balance between regulation and innovation in AI.
Generative AI holds great potential for many amazing applications in healthcare, but it's critical to establish a strong framework before deploying it, said Barbee Mooneyhan, vice president of security, IT and privacy of Woebot Health, a provider of AI-driven online mental health services.
AI allows U.S. agencies to address hard problems like quickly writing secure code but comes with risks around nation-states generating attacks more efficiently. "The cybersecurity element is a great example of the bright and the dark side of AI technology," said White House Director Arati Prabhakar.
U.S. federal agencies are advising organizations to hone their real-time verification capabilities and passive detection techniques to alleviate the impact of deepfakes. The technology's easy accessibility means less capable malicious actors can make use of deepfakes' mounting verisimilitude.
The European Union will open up supercomputers to artificial intelligence startups in a bid to boost innovation inside the trading bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. She said Europe has a "narrowing window of opportunity" to guide responsible innovation.
As tech companies have jumped to incorporate AI in products, artificial intelligence with no human supervision runs the risk of catastrophe, warned two tech executives before a panel of U.S. senators who intend to introduce regulatory legislation later this year.
Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, and five additional tech giants on Tuesday signed onto a White House-driven initiative for developing secure and trustworthy generative artificial intelligence models. The commitments, at least for now, are the closet approximation of targeted AI regulation in the United States.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order to study the development, use and risks of artificial intelligence, and develop a process to deploy "trustworthy AI" in the state government. The order calls for a staggered implementation over the next two years.
The rise of artificial intelligence makes it easier for adversaries to harm the U.S. and introduces new risks around malicious insiders with loyalties to China, experts say during a Senate hearing. Generative AI can help less technically sophisticated threat actors carry out complex cyberattacks.
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