San Francisco, Calif. — The amazing digital services we have today wouldn’t have come to fruition without the leading technology and telecom giants investing heavily in R&D. Related: GenAi empowers business I had the chance to attend NTT Research’s Upgrade Reality 2024 conference here  last week to get a glimpse at some of what’s coming next. My big takeaway: GenAI is hyper-accelerating advancements in upcoming digital systems – and current ones too. This is about to become very apparent as the software tools and services we’re familiar with become GenAI-enabled in the weeks and month ..read more

San Francisco and Tokyo, Apr. 11, 2024 – At Upgrade 2024, NTT Corporation (NTT) and NTT DATA announced the successful demonstration of All-Photonics Network (APN)-driven hyper low-latency connections between data centers in the United States and United Kingdom. In the U.K., NTT connected data centers north and east of London via NTT’s Innovative Optical Wireless Network (IOWN) APN, and communication between them was realized with a round-trip delay of less than 1 millisecond. In the U.S., data centers in Northern Virginia achieved similar results. The goal of this initiative is to transform ge ..read more

CISOs can sometimes be their own worst enemy, especially when it comes to communicating with the board of directors. Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too well. She serves on the board of several technology companies and also happens to be steeped in cyber risk governance. I recently attended an IoActive-sponsored event in Seattle at which Pegueros gave a presentation titled: “Merging Cybersecurity, the Board & Executive Team” Pegueros shed light on the land mines that enshroud cybersecurity presentations made at the board level. She noted that ..read more

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated their widely used Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) — a free respected landmark guidance document for reducing cybersecurity risk. Related: More background on CSF However, it’s important to note that most of the framework core has remained the same. Here are the core components the security community knows: Govern (GV): Sets forth the strategic path and guidelines for managing cybersecurity risks, ensuring harmony with business goals and adherence to legal requirements and standards. This is the newest addition which was inferre ..read more

Congressional bi-partisanship these day seems nigh impossible. Related: Rising tensions spell need for tighter cybersecurity Yet by a resounding vote of 352-65, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless its China-based owner, ByteDance Ltd., relinquishes its stake. President Biden has said he will sign the bill into law, so its fate is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate. I fervently hope the U.S. Senate does not torpedo this long overdue proactive step to protect its citizens and start shoring up America’s global stature. Weaponizing social media Ho ..read more

A close friend of mine, Jay Morrow, has just authored a book titled “Hospital Survival.” Related: Ransomware plagues healthcare Jay’s book is very personal. He recounts a health crisis he endured that began to manifest at the start of what was supposed to be a rejuvenation cruise. Jay had to undergo several operations, including one where he died on the operating table and had to be resuscitated. Jay told me he learned about managing work stress, the fragility and preciousness of good health and the importance of family. We also discussed medical technology and how his views about patient priv ..read more

Americans lost a record $10 billion to scams last year — and scams are getting more sophisticated. Related: Google battles AI fakers Recently used to impersonate Joe Biden and Taylor Swift, AI voice cloning scams are gaining momentum — and one in three adults confess they aren’t confident they’d identify the cloned voice from the real thing. Google searches for ‘AI voice scams’ soared by more than 200 percent in the course of a few months. Here are a few tips  how to not fall prey to voice cloning scams. •Laugh. AI has a hard time recognizing laughter, so crack a joke and gauge ..read more

Charities and nonprofits are particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, primarily because they maintain personal and financial data, which are highly valuable to criminals. Related: Hackers target UK charities Here are six tips for establishing robust nonprofit cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive donor information and build a resilient organization. •Assess risks. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. Many nonprofits are exposed to potential daily threats and don’t even know it. A recent study found only 27% of charities un ..read more

SINGAPORE – Feb. 29, 2024.  In the modern age, large companies are wrestling to leverage their customers’ data to provide ever-better AI-enhanced experiences. But a key barrier to leveraging this opportunity is mounting public concern around data privacy, as ever-greater data processing poses risks of data leaks by hackers and malicious insiders. Silence Laboratories is on a mission to create infrastructure to enable complex data collaborations between enterprises and entities, without any sensitive information being exposed to the other engaging parties. Silence Laboratories today announ ..read more

Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 27, 2024 — Chipmaking has become one of the world’s most critical technologies in the last two decades. The main driver of this explosive growth has been the continuous scaling of silicon technology (widely known as the Moore’s Law). But these advances in silicon technology are slowing down, as we reach the physical limits of silicon. For this reason, the industry has been investing heavily in nanomaterials like carbon nanotube, graphene and TMDs, which are expected to enable chips with unprecedented functionality. However, making electronic devices with these extrem ..read more