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GUEST ESSAY: AI can speed up communication, but it can also weaken human connection
The first warning sign came on stage. Related: Carol Sturka declares her agency I had turned to ChatGPT to help organize research notes for an upcoming keynote. I was pressed for time ...
GUEST ESSAY: How augmented reality (AR) can turn building images into ad space with no control
Every major building in America has three things: a physical address, a legal owner, and an unmonitored attack surface. Related: Sam Altman’s quest to usurp the browswer That surface extends from the ...
GUEST ESSAY: Google’s 2029 deadline exposes readiness gap as move to quantum-safe crypto lags
For years, quantum risk was easy for most institutions to treat as premature: real in theory, urgent someday, but not yet an operational problem. That is no longer tenable. Related: AI spawns ...
GUEST ESSAY: Real cyber risks arise when small flaws combine and alerts are viewed in isolation
Security teams are drowning in signals. Alerts fire. Logs accumulate. Dashboards light up. Yet breaches still unfold quietly, often through a series of low-level actions that never trigger a single catastrophic alarm ...
AUTHOR Q&A: New techno-thriller ‘The Virus’ simulates an AI malware outbreak gone global
Eddy Willems has been a steady, pragmatic voice in cybersecurity for decades — known for breaking down complex threats in ways real people can understand. Related: AI fueling disinformaton With The Virus, ...
GUEST ESSAY: How to defend against decision mimicry — a practical AI-era checklist for leaders
AI is getting better at mimicking how leaders think — not just how they sound. Related: Can AI mimic my personality? The latest wave of deepfake attacks isn’t about dramatic voice-cloning or ...
How Cybersecurity Fears Affect Confidence in Voting Systems
American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking. Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly. Some voters accept election results only when their ...
My Take: Will decentralizing connected systems redistribute wealth or reinforce Big Tech’s grip?
For the past 25 years, I’ve watched the digital world evolve from the early days of the Internet to the behemoth it is today. Related: Self-healing devices on the horizon What started ...
GUEST ESSAY: The promise and pitfalls of using augmented reality– ‘AR’ — in cybersecurity
Augmented reality use cases have become prevalent in our society. The technology, which first emerged primarily in the world of gaming and entertainment, now promises to reshape our reality with interactive information ...
GUEST ESSAY: CrowdStrike outage fallout — stricter regulations required to achieve resiliency
What does the recent CrowdStrike outage tell us about the state of digital resiliency? Related: CrowdStrike’s consolation backfires On a resiliency scale of one to 10, most enterprises are at about two ...
