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Zero-trust is redefining cyber security in 2025

4 minutes of reading / AI, automation, cybersecurity, risk management, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Cyber security has long been likened to building a fortress: thick walls, watchtowers, and a moat separating the inside from the outside. This perimeter-focused approach thrived for decades, but in today’s hyper-connected digital world, resources and users extend beyond traditional fortress boundaries, providing attackers with expanded opportunities for engagement. Recent cyber attacks have only underscored…

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How not to go off the rails with agentic AI

7 minutes of reading / AI, automation, ChatGPT, compliance, IBM, Salesforce, Snap, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

The hype has been strong on agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential business benefits are real. However, their greater autonomy means you can go off the rails without introducing guardrails from the start to reduce risk and avoid cost blowouts. Ev Kontsevoy, chief executive at identities management platform Teleport, says the good news is…

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How cyber security professionals are leveraging AWS tools

8 minutes of reading / Accenture, AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, Cloud, cloud computing, cloud-native, compliance, Computer, data privacy, HTC, hybrid cloud, machine learning, network security, patch management, risk management, Tech, threat intelligence / By

With millions of businesses now using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their cloud computing needs, it’s become a vital consideration for IT security teams and professionals. As such, AWS offers a broad range of cyber security tools to secure AWS-based tech stacks. They cover areas such as data privacy, access management, configuration management, threat detection,…

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UN warns of economic productivity crash due to AI job losses

3 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Intel, Tech, Technology / By

The United Nations’ (UN) latest take on technology is that the distinctive feature of artificial intelligence (AI) is its ability to amplify human intelligence. Intelligent machines allow for more effective human and robot collaboration that may spark a fifth industrial revolution. However, there is a risk this could lead to job losses. The UN’s Technology…

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Self-healing networks: The next evolution in network management

7 minutes of reading / AI, automation, digital transformation, e-commerce, HIPAA, machine learning, network security, Tech / By

While artificial intelligence (AI) poses many risks for networks of all sizes, it also highlights the pitfalls of traditional network management in addressing real-time demands and unanticipated challenges – not to mention risks such as static configurations, manual interventions and reactive troubleshooting have become liabilities in the era of rapid technological advancement.  Self-healing networks represent…

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Skills required for data engineering success

6 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Lyft, SAP, Tech, Technology / By

Data has always been regarded as an organisation’s crown jewels, but due to the explosion of data sources, making sense of the structured and unstructured information contained within an enterprise’s different data stores is an increasingly complex task. Pulling everything together to provide a homogenous view of business activity may seem like a project that…

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Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons

7 minutes of reading / AI, Alphabet, automation, AWS, Cloud, cloud computing, Computer, Google, Google Cloud, machine learning, Meta, Tech / By

Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in a blogpost published Jun 2018, previously outlined how the company would “not pursue” AI applications that “cause or are likely…

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Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024

4 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Computer, IBM, Tech / By

This year signalled a worrying time for diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector as many firms began rolling back their initiatives and efforts. This lack of commitment led many notable diversity organisations to dial back their own efforts, not wanting to contribute to allowing firms to pretend to be making a difference rather…

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Innovation, insight and influence: the CISO playbook for 2025 and beyond

5 minutes of reading / AI, automation, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By

As 2024 comes to a close and we reach the midpoint of a decade that might generously be described as having so far been ‘turbulent’, I’d like to inject a note of positivity regarding the outlook for the second half of the 2020s.  Before you dismiss me as naïve or irrationally optimistic, please hear me…

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Top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

13 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, compliance, Computer, e-commerce, Google, Meta, Tech / By

In 2024, Computer Weekly’s data and ethics coverage continued to focus on the various ethical issues associated with the development and deployment of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included reports on the copyright issues associated with generative AI (GenAI) tools, the environmental impacts of AI, the invasive tracking tools in place across the…

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