There is no technology that can’t, and won’t, be used for both good and evil. So, no surprise, that’s what’s happening with ChatGPT, the latest, hottest tech toy. The chatbot was created by OpenAI, a research firm that declares its mission is to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all…

The dream of autonomous vehicles is obviously alluring: Summon a driverless car with an app, hop into it a few minutes later, and settle in with a book or movie, or simply take a nap while it takes you anywhere you want to go — the next town, a nearby…

Supposedly it was iconic New York Yankee Yogi Berra who said that “predictions are hard, especially about the future.” But then, some claim it was iconic Yankees manager Casey Stengel who said “don’t make predictions, especially about the future.” Whatever — same general idea. The difficulty of predicting what’s going…

It’s crystal-ball-gazing time for cybersecurity experts. But you don’t need a crystal ball — you don’t even need to be an expert — to predict that the ransomware tsunami will continue, and probably get worse. Statistics on the number of attacks in the year just passed are all over the…

It’s good to gaze into the cybersecurity crystal ball, as happens at this time of year when our cup overfloweth with predictions for 2023. But it’s also good to look in the rearview at a year that will be over in less than two weeks, both for what happened but…

As most people in business — especially the software security business — recall, it wasn’t a very Merry Christmas or Happy New Year at the end of 2021. Not because of a Grinch trying to destroy the holiday spirit in a global Whoville. …

To have any hope of succeeding at something, you have to get better at it. Based on that metric, the drive for better quality software is moving down the ladder of success. Things are getting worse, not better. According to “The Cost of Poor Software Quality in the US: A…

Know your enemy. That ancient wisdom from the Chinese General Sun Tzu was about physical war, but it’s just as relevant today to the online world. If you want to protect your digital assets, you’d better know how your enemies — malicious hackers — are likely to attack them. And…

Yes, it’s possible to build high-quality software products at the speed the market demands with security built in. But doing the security component effectively requires automated testing tools and policies. While the human element will always be necessary in some areas, manual everything won’t cut it. That’s the key takeaway…