Kiersten Todt on the cybersecurity policy landscape; AI training for election officials
Kiersten Todt has worked on just about every hot-button cybersecurity issue you can imagine. Currently the CEO of Liberty Group Ventures, her most recent role in government was as the chief of staff a...
14 Mar 202439min
David Haber breaks down the AI security industry; ALPHV snarls U.S. health care
Every day, AI models are being deployed in new places, and that is creating demand for a new industry: companies that secure AI systems. Whether it’s preventing models from being used to write malicio...
7 Mar 202447min
Robert M. Lee on critical infrastructure attacks; and is LockBit back?
In recent months, U.S. security officials have issued a series of dire warnings about the hacking threat to American critical infrastructure. According to a chorus of intelligence officials, Chinese h...
29 Feb 202444min
LockBit’s very bad day; Adam Meyers on Israel-Gaza cyber ops
When Hamas fighters crossed into Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping hundreds more, it marked a new era of the conflict between Israel and an array of militant groups. Most of...
22 Feb 202435min
Legal aid for hackers; Big Tech wants action on commercial spyware
Whether you call it hacking or legitimate security research, getting computers to do things that they shouldn’t is an activity that exists in a legal gray area. Sometimes, hackers acting in good faith...
15 Feb 202433min
How the Pentagon is embracing AI; election officials’ concerns going into 2024
Everyone seems to agree that AI is going to revolutionize warfare, but exactly how is very much up for debate. Jack Shanahan has worked at the center of the U.S. military’s attempt to integrate AI int...
8 Feb 202445min
Craig Newmark on why he’s funding cybersecurity projects
Founded in 1995, Craigslist helped shape the modern web as we know it today, reshaping online economies and how people bought and sold goods. Today, its founder Craig Newmark is perhaps better known f...
1 Feb 202437min
Threats to elections in 2024 and a deepfake in New Hampshire
In the year 2024, elections will take place around the world affecting some 4 billion people — an election year unlike any other. Besides the United States, voters will go to the polls in the European...
25 Jan 202444min
