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Cloud and Cyber Security Expo
Attended the Cloud and Cyber Security Expo at Excel in London. There were hundreds of vendors focusing on security as well as data center management. Got to meet some of our current suppliers while finding new ones for a number of security services that we require.
Microsoft AI Tour 2025 – Excel, London
Today Microsoft AI Tour was held in Excel, London. There were quite a few presentations and vendor stalls. A good place to get an overview of the vendors working with Microsoft AI services. While there were quite a few presentations, it was difficult to take much in due to the crowded nature of the place. … Read more
ChatGPT and University Study
Having spent some time working on my Masters course work, I have grown quite disillusioned with the process. For some reason, I had the view that a masters program would be going in to latest cyber security and emerging technologies. However we are spending time on slides on theory that has been static for 20 … Read more
Counter Ransomware Initiative Guidance Recommendations
Counter Ransomware Initiative has published new guidelines on dealing with ransomware payments to cyber criminals. More information on the guidance can be found at this link.
Authy 33 million phone number leak
Another day, another data leak. It is really frustrating when companies that are working in or providing products for IT security result in data breaches or security compromises. This has the impact of companies depending on Authy now needing to be aware of another potential attack vector. In addition, you can never be sure that … Read more
Infosecurity Europe 2024
This week Infosecurity Europe 2024 was held in Excel in east London from 4th to the 6th of June. Many of the leading vendors in cyber security were at this events with stalls, providing demonstrations and arranging future follow ups. There were also a number of presentations and conferences going in to various aspects of … Read more
Is AI model collapse inevitable?
Model collapse, according to Wikipedia refers to refers to “the gradual degradation in the output of a generative artificial intelligence model trained on synthetic data, meaning the outputs of another model (including prior versions of itself)”. It is an interesting and realistic concept. Generating output based on a model gives the ability to generate near … Read more
ChatGPT will be ‘Laughably Bad’ in 12 months
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap has said that ChatGPT will be ‘Laugably Bad’ in 12 months time, highlighting the speed at which the technology is progressing. He made this comment at the 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference. However I can’t help but think that if LLMs are the focus of this ‘progress’, we are unlikely … Read more
The Cybersecurity Manager’s Guide – Book review
This book is almost completely focused on how to deal with the people and the culture with in an organisation in your role as a security manager. That is not meant as a complaint. Getting done for security within an organization depends heavily on how other people and departments cooporate with you. From a techie … Read more