While AI has delivered incredible breakthroughs in pattern recognition and organizing immense data sets to help humans make better decisions, certain issues related to bias and privacy have created challenges to both innovation in AI and consumer trust. An algorithm recently gave…

Experts are urging caution and expressing doubts that artificial intelligence (AI) is the end-all answer when it comes to cybersecurity. AI will likely help immensely, but we shouldn’t start celebrating that cybercriminals will soon find themselves unemployed. Major Jimmy Housley, Commandant of the Marine…

The rise of mobile devices in the workplace and companies’ accelerated move to the cloud has opened up a myriad of ways for us to access our virtual workspaces. But as entryways into businesses proliferate, so do more opportunities for digital break-ins….

IN SEPTEMBER 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued its first-ever warning for an attack on a commercial artificial intelligence algorithm. Security researchers had devised a way to attack a Proofpoint product that uses machine learning to identify spam emails. The system produced email headers that included a “score”…

The Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on everything in our lives. It’s hard to find something that hasn’t been impacted in a major way as we attempt to limit the spread of the virus. Cloud security professionals should pay close attention to how…

Rule-based engines and simple predictive models could identify the majority of fraud attempts in the past, yet they aren’t keeping up with the scale and severity of fraud attempts today. Fraud attempts and breaches are more nuanced, with organized crime and state-sponsored…

Cyber criminals could exploit emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and machine learning to help conduct attacks against autonomous cars, drones and Internet of Things-connected vehicles, according to a report from the United Nations, Europol and cybersecurity company Trend Micro. While AI and machine…

Words for health and the human body often make their way into the language we use to describe IT. Computers get viruses; companies manage their security hygiene; incident response teams train on their cyber fitness. Framing IT concepts in terms of health can also be…

Artificial intelligence (AI) may provide great benefits for society but must be overseen rigorously to protect Canadians’ privacy, the federal privacy watchdog says. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said AI uses are based on individuals’ personal information and can…

As artificial intelligence (AI) breaks into the mainstream, there is a great deal of misinformation and confusion about what it’s capable of and the potential risks it poses. Our culture is rich with dystopian visions of human ruin at the feet of…