The Google Cloud Next conference is taking place this week, showcasing new and upcoming developments in cloud computing, including but not limited to innovations in AI, apps and data. While exhibitors showcase their technology and services to lure potential customers, the threat of malicious actors exploiting the growing connectivity of the world continues to grow.
On the other hand, Google Cloud Expanding Duet AI, Provides a threat intelligence overview, simplified data analysis, and analysis of potential attacks. This is an example of AI being used in the cybersecurity space, this time as a defender.
An ongoing concern associated with the generative AI boom is the potential for hackers to use generative AI for phishing scams and other forms of cyberattacks. One security risk is the possibility that some generative AIs retain the data they used to train. It contains sensitive information and can open the door for breaches and data theft.
One of the trade-offs of a digitally connected world is that the intrusion of information flows intended for legitimate commerce and communication can cause exponential damage. For this reason, financial institutions and other organizations under regulatory scrutiny have historically been very careful in deciding which data is sent to the cloud and which remains locked-and-keyed on-premises. I’m here.
Choosing to keep some data isolated from the public cloud may do more than deter money-hungry hackers. It can have interstellar effects.
In 2004, the revamped and reimagined “Battlestar Galactica” television series debuted, reinterpreting the short-lived 1978 show. Despite being reimagined, the core plot of the original series, about humanity’s escape across space from a robot threat, remained largely intact. The series saw numerous tonal and technical changes.
A key aspect of the conflict in the reimagined series was the ability of adversaries called Cylons to infiltrate humanity’s computer system networks, especially military resources. They remotely switched off weapons and other defensive elements before the humans could retaliate. Apparently, this left his Twelve Colonies of Kobol heavily exposed, followed by nuclear destruction.
What saved the series’ protagonist ship, the Galactica, from a similar fate was simple, old-school IT strategies abandoned by the newer, more advanced ships in the fleet. This difference played a destined role. of mankind in the stars.
Viper pilots, step into the cockpit and begin the retro-tech approach behind Battlestar Galactica, navigating the relevance of cybersecurity in an increasingly cloud-first world.
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