How Dangerous Is Anthropic’s Mythos AI?

Last month, Anthropic made a remarkable announcement about its new model, Claude Mythos Preview: it was so good at finding security vulnerabilities in software that the company would not release it to ...

As the US Midterms Approach, AI Is Going to Emerge as a Key Issue Concerning Voters

In December, the Trump administration signed an executive order that neutered states’ ability to regulate AI by ordering his administration to both sue and withhold funds from states that try to do ...

Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI

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Cast your mind back to May of this year: Congress was in the throes of debate over the massive budget bill. Amidst the many seismic provisions, Senator Ted Cruz dropped a ticking ...

The Semiconductor Industry and Regulatory Compliance

Earlier this week, the Trump administration narrowed export controls on advanced semiconductors ahead of US-China trade negotiations. The administration is increasingly relying on export licenses to allow American semiconductor firms to sell ...
Bankers Association’s Attack on Cybersecurity Transparency

Bankers Association’s Attack on Cybersecurity Transparency

A coalition of banking industry associations, including SIFA, the American Bankers Association (ABA), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and several other lobbying groups have made a disgraceful appeal to the SEC to eliminate ...
Actionable Protection Strategies for 2025 with Shrav Mehta

Actionable Protection Strategies for 2025 with Shrav Mehta

Shrav Mehta explores lessons from 2024’s costliest data breaches and provides actionable protection strategies for 2025. Shrav and Alan analyze the current cybersecurity landscape and discuss how businesses can strengthen their defenses.  ...
Security Boulevard

Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order

President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide. Some details: The core of ...
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 11/1/24

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 11/1/24

Insight #1:  You can be sued for your junky software, EU says The EU recently updated its Product Liability Directive (PDF) to reflect the critical role of software in modern society. This ...

AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program

Tax farming is the practice of licensing tax collection to private contractors. Used heavily in ancient Rome, it’s largely fallen out of practice because of the obvious conflict of interest between the ...

AI and the 2024 US Elections

For years now, AI has undermined the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. The Republican National Committee released a provocative ad offering an “AI-generated look into the country’s ...