March 17, 2026 The first part of this two-part article described a verification crisis driven by the rapid acceleration of AI‑generated disinformation. By 2026, disinformation campaigns have evolved from human‑crafted narratives into automated, multimodal, and coordinated AI systems capable of manipulating public opinion, destabilizing institutions, and contaminating AI training pipelines – effectively eroding trust in […]
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March 17, 2026 The global information ecosystem has entered a verification crisis driven by the rapid acceleration of AI‑generated disinformation. By 2026, disinformation campaigns have evolved from human‑crafted narratives into automated, multimodal, and coordinated AI systems capable of manipulating public opinion, destabilizing institutions, and contaminating AI training pipelines – effectively eroding trust in digital content. […]
February 24, 2026 AI has been the most dominant technology theme for several years now. It seems to get even more attention recently as the race to AI dominance heats up and more collateral damage is left in its wake. I believe there are more folks like me who are on the fence regarding the […]
February 24, 2026 AI has been the most dominant technology theme for several years now. It seems to get even more attention recently as the race to AI dominance heats up and more collateral damage is left in its wake. I believe there are more folks like me who are on the fence regarding the […]
February 12, 2026 Each January for the last 10 years I have happily accepted an invite to attend the Annual Cybersecurity Forum that is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and the School of Public Policy. This annual gathering of academics, and industry and policy leaders is organized by professors Lawrence […]
January 27, 2026 We have all been bombarded over the last few years about the race to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and super AGI and how it is a race that must be won. It was reported recently that the timeline to AGI is tightening, and according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, the window for […]
September 19, 2024 I have taken notice lately of the number of headlines that are discussing cyberspace threats in space. Well, not just threats in cyberspace space but also kinetic threats in space. In many ways the threats are interconnected as cyberspace attacks can lead to kinetic results in space. And the likely threat actors […]
January 15, 2024 Lately, I have been wondering about the emerging threat factors that are impacting the cyber kill chain and how the cyber kill chain and related frameworks [MITRE ATT&CK™, Diamond] processes, tools, and defenders need to adapt to these changes in 2024. Given today’s hottest topics, this line of thinking naturally led me […]
As 2022 ended and we rolled into another year, I began to see the yearly editions of the top data breaches, top threats, and top privacy fines from different cyber and privacy companies. There were also some predictions on what 2023 will bring from a security tool and protection perspective. Generally, I didn’t perceive much […]
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