Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Distortion's Kevin Pentecost and Jason Popillion on Cyber Immortality, AI Companions and Security Risks
They dig into emerging use cases like AI “companions,” virtual girlfriends/boyfriends, grief bots, and even “virtual immortality” where a chatbot continues posting and interacting on social media after someone’s death.
Security Experts Share Their 2026 Cybersecurity Predictions
Here are the predictions we believe will have significant impacts on security professionals in the year ahead: the bad and the good.
Why Forrester Says Your Agentic AI Deployment Will Cause a Breach in 2026
The agentic AI governance gap is a fundamental enterprise weakness. Sixty-three percent of organizations lack AI governance policies, according to IBM's research. This creates a complete lack of any meaningful organizational control over these deployments.
AI-Powered Espionage Disclosure: Industry Questions Value of Anthropic's Postmortem
Anthropic's disclosure lacked important elements, which explains the professional criticism that erupted despite the potmortem's potential significance. And while the post is marketing for Anthropic, it also provides strategic threat context for security executives.
The Real AI Threat and the Blurred Lines Between Actual Risk and Marketing Hype
AI-driven attacks are real, and they’re occurring. But to paraphrase cyberpunk writing pioneer William Gibson, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed."
Cybersecurity's Talent Paradox: Why So Many Open Jobs Likely Coexist with Career Chaos
The field desperately needs people, but neither employers nor job seekers seem yet to fully align on what skills those people should possess in an AI-dominated future.