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Osano debuts Data Mapping product and Privacy Maturity Model
Privacy management software startup Osano Inc. today announced the launch of the multilevel Osano Privacy Maturity Model alongside a new Data Mapping product designed to help organizations understand where personal information is being stored, mitigate risks and grow mature privacy programs. The company’s Privacy Program Maturity Model serves as a framework and guide for organizations to evaluate ...
Unstructured raises $25M for large language model data processing expansion
Large language model data processing startup Unstructured Technologies Inc. has raised $25 million in new funding to expand its operations and business reach. Founded in 2022 by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst Brian Raymond, Unstructured offers a platform that allows companies to convert their unstructured internal data into formats that are compatible with large language models, ...
Tesla shares drop despite strong results in second quarter
Shares in Tesla Inc. dropped by over 4% in late trading despite the electric car and solar panel maker beating analyst expectations in its latest quarterly results. For its fiscal second quarter that ended June 30, Tesla reported adjusted earnings per share of 90 cents, up 20%, on revenue of $24.93 billion, up 47% year-over-year. Analysts ...
Behavior training improves cyber resilience in critical infrastructure
A new report from cybersecurity training services company Hoxhunt Ltd. released today surprisingly finds that critical infrastructure employees are becoming more engaged in organizational security. The “Human Cyber-Risk Report: Critical Infrastructure” was compiled based on examining more than 15 million phishing simulations and actual email attacks reported in 2022 by 1.6 million individuals involved in security behavior change programs. The ...
Industry titans join forces in the newly formed Ultra Ethernet Consortium
Leading cloud service, semiconductor and system providers joined forces today to launch the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, a new consortium for industrywide cooperation to build a complete Ethernet-based communication stack architecture for high-performance networking. The consortium seeks to cater to the evolving demands of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads, which need top-tier functionality, performance and interoperability ...
How Google’s AI Red Team is shaping the future of cybersecurity
A new report from Google LLC’s AI Red Team today explores a critical capability that the search giant deploys to support its Secure AI Framework: red teaming. Google released its Secure AI Framework in June to help companies protect artificial intelligence models from hacking. The framework is aimed at ensuring that when AI models are implemented, ...
Endor Labs report warns AI and LLMs struggle to classify malware risk
A new report from dependency lifecycle management startup Endor Labs Inc. has warned that artificial intelligence and large language models are unable to classify malware risk in most cases accurately. The “State of Dependency Management 2023” report, compiled by Endor’s Station 9 research team, explores emerging trends that software organizations need to consider as part of their ...
Microsoft highlights the role of AI in tackling cybersecurity challenges
In the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly crucial tool. How this plays out was discussed today in an interesting new blog post from Alym Rayani, vice president of security marketing at Microsoft, highlighting AI’s role in addressing the growing challenges in cybersecurity. The post emphasizes the ever-changing threat landscape and siloed ...
Rapid7 launches ‘Executive Risk View’ for streamlined risk scoring
Cybersecurity technology provider Rapid7 Inc. today launched “Executive Risk View,” a new solution that normalizes risk scoring in cloud and on-premises environments. Risk scoring is a method that quantifies the potential threat a vulnerability or a set of vulnerabilities poses to an organization’s information technology infrastructure. The method considers various factors, such as the nature of ...
Cloudflare report reveals disturbing rise in DDoS attacks against critical sectors
A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today details the disturbing rise in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the second quarter against critical sectors. The report describes targeted attacks by Russian-linked hacking groups, such as REvil, Killnet and Anonymous Sudan, against Western websites. A popular target in the second quarter was financial systems, with attempts ...









