IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology functions in a manner that helps ease human life. Despite AI’s countless benefits, it also comes with some risks that each user should be aware of. Discussed below are the top five risks of artificial intelligence.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 23, 2024

To read the piece, please see Oversight of the Management of Cybersecurity Risks: The Skill Most Corporate Boards Need, But Don’t Have on Newsweek.com. To read the piece, please see Oversight of the Management of Cybersecurity Risks: The Skill Most Corporate Boards Need, But Don’t Have on Newsweek.com.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 12, 2022

What can hospitals learn from an ex-CIA cybersecurity director and a cybersecurity-expert columnist read by millions of people? During the free webinar, participants will learn best practices for how to understand and manage often overlooked risks emanating from information-technology assets (including hardware!).

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 23, 2024

CyberSecurity Expert Witness and Board Member , Joseph Steinberg, will, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th, 2024, speak with the public as part of a panel of experts from Columbia University, discussing both the recent CrowdStrike-Microsoft cybersecurity incident, and the incident’s ongoing global impact.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In one of the early sessions, Onur Korucu, managing partner of GovernID, spoke about how AI’s rapid progress is reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. Leaders guiding their organisations today need to know how to balance AI’s benefits – like real-time threat detection, rapid response, and automated defences – with new risks and complexities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Governments should recognize electoral processes as critical infrastructure and enact laws to regulate the use of generative Artificial Intelligence. Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly a potent weapon in the hands of malicious actors who could exploit it to manipulate the outcome of elections.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 8, 2021

Ironically, while many larger enterprises purchase insurance to protect themselves against catastrophic levels of hacker-inflicted damages, smaller businesses – whose cyber-risks are far greater than those of their larger counterparts – rarely have adequate (or even any) coverage.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 3, 2025

billion) bet on Europes digital future, with a strong focus on shoring up cybersecurity defenses, boosting artificial intelligence, and closing the digital skills gap. Cybersecurity gets a major boost A big chunk of the funding45.6 Cybersecurity gets a major boost A big chunk of the funding45.6 billion ($1.4

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2024

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). NIST has been working on this framework for some time, as directed by the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. Govern – Cultivating a risk management culture 2.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, and its impact on cybersecurity is no exception. From automating cybersecurity defenses to combatting adversarial AI threats, the report underscores both the power and pitfalls of AI-driven security.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DOGE personnel are also reported to be feeding Education Department data into artificial intelligence software, and they have also started working at the Department of Energy. Each day of continued unrestricted access makes the eventual recovery more difficult and increases the risk of irreversible damage to these critical systems.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. Many AI products are deployed without institutions fully understanding the security risks they pose.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 10, 2022

Last week, I attended an excellent briefing given by Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, in which he discussed various important cybersecurity-related trends that he and his team have observed. Sampling No Longer Works.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 26, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are two terms that are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Artificial Intelligence? As AI and ML are related, but they have distinct differences.

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Joseph Steinberg

AUGUST 16, 2021

Even if major essential service providers were to perfect their own cybersecurity operations, large numbers of smaller providers – sometimes functioning on just municipal scales – can still pose serious risks to life, health, safety, and property if they are not adequately protected against cyber threats.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. Fortunately, there are ways to address the risks.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The NSA is starting a new artificial intelligence security center: The AI security center’s establishment follows an NSA study that identified securing AI models from theft and sabotage as a major national security challenge, especially as generative AI technologies emerge with immense transformative potential for both good and evil.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Such a transformation however, comes with its own set of risks. Misleading information has emerged as one of the leading cyber risks in our society, affecting political leaders, nations, and people’s lives, with the COVID-19 pandemic having only made it worse. So, how do organizations prepare against such threats?

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NSTIC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The rapid proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises significant value for industry, consumers, and broader society, but as with many technologies, new risks from these advancements in AI must be managed to realize it’s full potential. For those of us at NIST working in cybersecurity, privacy and AI, a key

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Veteran cybersecurity expert witness executive will help strengthen law enforcement capabilities to prevent, investigate, and prosecute information-age crimes. Analysts have calculated that he is among the top three cybersecurity influencers worldwide. patent filings.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Cybersecurity governance has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few decades. We have moved beyond traditional compliance-driven security models to risk-based approaches, integrating cybersecurity into enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks. But the question remains: where are we headed?

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

F5 says an artificial intelligence war could start between generative AI-toting bad actors and enterprises guarding data with AI. Australian IT teams will be caught in the crossfire.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 30, 2025

For those returning from a short holiday away from the news, DeepSeek is a new player on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) field. Needless to say, this oversight put DeepSeek and its users at risk. Authorities have started to ask questions as well.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

The rapid advancement of generative AI has brought both innovation and concern to the cybersecurity landscape. The report concludes that "while DeepSeek R1 does not instantly generate fully functional malware, its ability to produce semi-functional code should be a wake-up call for the cybersecurity industry."

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2025

GeoSpy is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported tool that can derive a persons location by analyzing features in a photo like vegetation, buildings, and other landmarks. Aside from the contribution towards a surveillance society, the risks of such a tool are obvious. And it can do so in seconds based on one picture.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2025

For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), offering customers 24/7 cybersecurity protection and response isnt just a competitive advantageits an essential service for business continuity, customer trust, and staying ahead of attackers. Anything less, and you risk leaving customers vulnerable to costly breaches.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

billion signals a significant shift in how global financial institutions are approaching cybersecurity. Recorded Future is well-regarded for its AI-driven threat intelligence capabilities, which leverage massive amounts of data to predict, identify, and mitigate threats before they escalate. So, what changed? Why Recorded Future?

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

Another important reason why we must address quantum-supremacy risks well in advance has to do with the nature of data. NIST has already begun to narrow down its list of recommended ways to address quantum’s risks to encryption – and products have already hit the market already that enable businesses to begin such transitions.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Check out key findings and insights from the Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025. 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments? 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments?

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a top concern in the cybersecurity world, with 48% of respondents identifying it as the most significant security risk facing their organizations, according to a HackerOne survey of 500 security professionals.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 25, 2023

It is hardly a secret that, for nearly 30 years, I have been warning about the danger posed to US national security by the simultaneous combination of our growing reliance on Chinese technology, and our general indifference to China’s huge technological “leaps forward” in the realm of cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

SOC analysts, vital to cybersecurity, face burnout due to exhausting workloads, risking their well-being and the effectiveness of organizational defenses. These are some of the most important cybersecurity professionals out there, and many of them are being worked to exhaustion. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2025

Should you happen to click the download button, you will receive a Trojan programmed in Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which the Artificial Intelligence (AI) module in Malwarebytes/ThreatDown products detects as Malware.AI.1323738514. 1323738514. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

Securing Success: The Crucial Role of a Cybersecurity Specialist in a Growing Business Human society is increasingly dependent on computer systems and the data housed and utilized within IT (information technology) infrastructure. There is simply too much to know, too much to do, and too many developments with which to keep up.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, social engineering has undergone significant transformations over the years, propelled by advancements in technology. From traditional methods to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), malicious actors continually adapt and leverage emerging tools to exploit vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated their widely used Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) — a free respected landmark guidance document for reducing cybersecurity risk. It seeks to establish and monitor your company’s cybersecurity risk management strategy, expectations, and policy.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 7, 2021

Today, however, after, having had literally hundreds of conversations with, and about, Israeli cybersecurity companies, I thought that I would mention to my readers a few of the firms that I find interesting. The firm has also expanded into cybersecurity systems for aircraft. Axis Security.

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