Adapting service and consultancy businesses to the boom in AI use [Q&A]
As more companies look to embrace AI technology, professional services and consultancy providers must make sure they're ready to help their customers respond to the opportunities that it presents. Indeed, professional services teams also need to look at how using AI in their own organizations can help them to adapt as well.
But how can they ensure that they take full advantage of what is on offer, and not just fall foul of the latest hyped technology trend? We spoke to Andy Campbell, director, solutions marketing at Certinia, to find out.
AI-generated code could increase developer workload and add to risk
Artificial intelligence is supposed to make things easier, right? Not for developers it seems as AI-generated code is set to triple developer work within the next 12 months according to software delivery platform Harness.
This could also mean that organizations are exposed to a bigger 'blast radius' from software flaws that escape to production systems.
Think you could spot a deepfaked politician?
Given the quality of many politicians at the moment you might be forgiven for thinking that sometimes a deepfake would be an improvement.
But to be serious, a new study from Jumio of over 2,000 adults from across the UK finds that 60 percent are worried about the potential for AI and deepfakes to influence upcoming elections, and only 33 percent think they could easily spot a deepfake of a politician.
Security pros struggle with too many tools
New research by Keeper Security shows nearly half of security professionals (48 percent) say they favor standalone security solutions for specific issues.
But, this has resulted in security pros grappling with an average of 32 different security solutions in their tech stacks, and some managing hundreds of different security tools.
How collaborative learning and conversational intelligence are changing AIOps [Q&A]
Artificial intelligence is changing the way that we work with computers and in particular collaborative learning (CL) and conversational intelligence (CI) are set to reshape AI-powered operations.
We talked to Dr. Maitreya Natu, chief data scientist at Digitate, to discover more about what this means both for businesses and for the role of operations professionals.
Ransomware up 33 percent in May as new groups emerge
The latest GRIT Ransomware Report from GuidePoint Security shows that May this year resulted in a 33 percent increase overall in ransomware activity compared to April 2024, indicating a degree of seasonality given a similar increase month-on-month in May 2023 relative to April 2023.
May 2024 closed with an increase in overall victim volume. However, a deep review reveals that the rise was driven disproportionately by LockBit's 175 posted victims, accounting for 37 percent of the month’s total publicly posted ransomware victims.
SIEMs cover less than 20 percent of attack techniques
Security information and event management (SIEM) systems used by enterprises only have detections for 38 (19 percent) of the 201 techniques covered in the MITRE ATT&CK v14 framework according to a new report.
CardinalOps analyzed more than 3,000 detection rules, 1.2 million log sources and hundreds of unique log source types from real-world SIEM instances across Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, and Sumo Logic.
Almost a third of IT assets lack some security controls
New research shows that nearly 30 percent of enterprise IT assets are missing at least one critical security control, such as endpoint security or patch management.
The study from Sevco Security also shows more than six percent of all IT assets have reached the end-of-life stage, creating instances of known-but-unpatched vulnerabilities.
Lack of tech understanding at executive level hinders enterprise transformation
Aging, monolithic systems, and a lack of technological understanding at the executive level are limiting organizational agility and responsiveness to disruptions according to a new report.
The IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by IFS and Boomi polled over 1,000 C-level respondents across 12 countries and finds that legacy technology platforms and unfamiliarity with the essential role APIs and composability play in unlocking business data are combining to hamper insights and transformation.
API security is top concern for the financial sector
The proliferation of APIs in the financial services industry has created a vast and complex attack surface that traditional security measures cannot adequately protect.
API security specialist Traceable AI surveyed over 150 cybersecurity professionals in the US, uncovering critical vulnerabilities, concerns, and current API security practices in the financial sector.
Attackers target edge devices in mass exploitation attacks
New research from WithSecure looks at the trend of mass exploitation of edge services and infrastructure by attackers.
The number of edge service and infrastructure Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) added to the Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalogue (KEV) per month in 2024 is 22 percent higher than in 2023, while the number of other CVEs added to the KEV per month has dropped 56 percent compared to 2023.
IT teams struggle to get visibility into tech assets
A new report into IT asset management (ITAM) shows that 53 percent of IT teams report challenges gaining or maintaining complete visibility of their technology investments.
The study from Flexera also finds nearly a quarter (22 percent) of the global IT leaders surveyed say they have paid more than $5 million in audit costs over the past three years, up from 15 percent in 2023.
Addressing open source security gaps [Q&A]
Organizations face significant challenges with open source security, primarily due to the rapid pace at which open source vulnerabilities are identified compared to the slower pace of remediation efforts.
This discrepancy creates a scenario where security teams are constantly trying to catch up, struggling against an ever-growing list of vulnerabilities that pose serious threats to their systems.
Enterprises become less confident in their network investments
A new report shows that 87 percent of enterprise decision-makers are a little or a lot less confident in the network investment decisions that they make.
The study from Arelion reveals that confidence levels have been significantly impacted for 40 percent of US decision-makers. 44 percent of enterprise network decision-makers cite technological change as the most disruptive force on networking decisions, followed closely by rising costs (41 percent) and climate change (37 percent).
CISOs lack insight into AI training data
The rapid rise of AI across industries has created a critical data blind spot, a lack of insight into the data powering these systems. Training data for AI models can harbor hidden risks, including leaking sensitive information, personal data, and intellectual property.
A new survey of 168 members of the CISO Society carried out by BigID and Lorem Advisory Group looks at the challenges CISOs face in governing, securing, and safeguarding data in today's AI-driven landscape.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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