Cybersecurity professionals pessimistic about AI
A new report reveals that 54 percent of cybersecurity professionals believe cybercriminals will benefit more from AI than the security industry.
The report by The Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec), based on a survey of over 300 cybersecurity professionals, finds 51 percent) of those surveyed believe that AI and machine learning will be the most influential technology in the cybersecurity industry over the coming year.
New platform offers improved observability for enterprises
As the IT landscape becomes more complex it can be difficult for businesses to fully understand their risk profile and to ensure that they're getting the most from their investments.
With the launch of a new AI-powered unified observability platform, Kloudfuse aims to deliver improved anomaly detection and consolidated metrics, logs, traces, real user monitoring, continuous profiling, and more in a unified observability data lake.
Are biometrics the future for security? [Q&A]
As technology has become a key part of more areas of our lives, ensuring our information remains secure is essential. The majority of data breaches are due to credentials that have been compromised in some way so we really need to look beyond passwords.
Biometrics is one area that's gaining in popularity so we spoke to Tina D'Agostin, CEO of biometric access control specialist Alcatraz AI, to discuss the rising popularity of AI-powered biometric security solutions, and its benefits.
80 percent believe cybersecurity skills will be vital in AI environments
A new report shows 45 percent of cybersecurity teams are already using AI tools, and 80 percent of professionals believe cybersecurity expertise will be even more critical in an AI-driven environment.
The research from ISC2 surveyed almost 16,000 cybersecurity professionals and decision makers worldwide and finds that 74 percent of respondents say the threat landscape is the most challenging they have experienced in the last five years, and job satisfaction has fallen from 74 percent in 2022 to 66 percent in 2024.
Enterprises increase use of Apple products driven by security and user preference
A new report from Apple endpoint management specialist Kandji shows that 73 percent of organizations report that their number of Apple products has increased over the last year, driven primarily by employee preference (76 percent), security (50 percent), and reliability (43 percent).
Commissioned by Kandji and conducted by Dimensional Research, the global survey gathered insights from more than 300 IT professionals with responsibility for the management and delivery of Apple products to employees at a company with more than 1,000 employees and more than 500 end-user devices.
70 percent of DevSecOps professionals can't identify AI source code origins
Almost 70 percent of DevSecOps professionals can't detect AI source code origins, creating massive security risks, according to a new report.
The study from JFrog finds the majority of software developers and cybersecurity teams are lacking well-defined AI and Machine Learning (ML) source code usage visibility, provenance, and governance, leaving many organizations at risk.
How AI is set to democratize information [Q&A]
One of the features of AI is its ability to process large volumes of data to identify patterns and make information more accessible.
We spoke to Igor Jablokov, CEO and founder of Pryon, about how enterprises can take advantage of this ability and make better use of their data.
New solution for safe enterprise AI deployment
GenAI is set to drive significant productivity gains, leading to massive economic growth, but enterprises face the challenge of deploying GenAI systems at scale and safely connecting to data systems while ensuring proper controls and governance.
To address this Securiti is releasing Gencore AI, a first of its kind holistic solution to easily and quickly build safe, enterprise-grade GenAI systems, copilots and AI agents.
Data governance needs to be made ready for AI
Improving data quality (42 percent), security (40 percent), and analytics (40 percent) remain top data governance drivers, but in 2024 ensuring data readiness and quality for AI (34 percent) has made the list as the fourth most cited driver of data governance programs.
A report from Quest Software and ESG (Enterprise Strategy Group) also shows organizations report evolving data and governance to an AI-ready state (33 percent) as a top three bottleneck impacting the data value chain, behind understanding the quality of source data (38 percent) and tied with finding, identifying and harvesting data assets (33 percent).
Gen AI adoption increases across key business functions
A new study reveals that 72 percent of business leaders report using Gen AI at least once a week, up from 37 percent in 2023.
The report by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with GBK Collective, shows a dramatic rise in generative AI adoption across key business functions, as enterprises move from cautious exploration to rapid integration.
Will AI transform how we secure APIs? [Q&A]
Digital services, including Generative AI, rely heavily upon Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to access and relay data. But securing these conduits can be difficult so is this a problem that AI could help solve?
We spoke to James Sherlow, systems engineering director, EMEA, at Cequence Security, to find out how Generative AI might be used to address API security.
Google launches new AI risk assessment tool
Last year Google launched its Secure AI Framework (SAIF) to help people safely and responsibly deploy AI models.
Today it's adding to that with a new tool that can help others assess their security posture, apply these best practices, and put SAIF principles into action.
AI expected to be the most important tech in 2025
A new study by the IEEE -- the world's largest technical professional organization -- focuses on on what are likely to be the most important technologies in 2025 along with future technology trends, including expectations for AI's market growth, benefits, uses, and skill sets.
The study surveyed over 350 CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, and other technology leaders in Brazil, China, India, the UK and US at organizations with more than 1,000 employees, it finds that 58 percent believe AI will be the most important tech next year, while 26 percent say cloud computing and 24 percent robotics.
Majority of SaaS applications and AI tools are unmanaged
A new report reveals that 90 percent of SaaS applications and 91 percent of AI tools within enterprises remain unmanaged, suggesting a widespread vulnerability that continues to grow.
The study from Grip Security highlights the limitations of traditional security strategies in combating 'SaaS risk creep' the number of SaaS applications used in an enterprise increased by 40 percent over the last two years.
The CEO's digital playbook for 2025 [Q&A]
As we head towards the end of the year, the pace of challenges posed by technologies like AI shows no signs of letting up.
So what should CEOs be doing to ensure that their workforces are equipped to deal with the changes and ensure that their business remains competitive? We spoke to Mike Lee, general manager at AND Digital, to find out.
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