A discussion I often find myself engaged in is where investment should be focussed when it comes to cybersecurity - human or machine. Inevitably this conversation can invoke a degree of impassioned exchanges, dependent on the proposed purpose of the investment into artificial intelligence (AI).
Read MoreWith opposing views on the risk-reward this next generation technology could bring, how can this dichotomy be reconciled or middle ground achieved. It seems unconscionable that there is any singular correct answer to the question of how AI should be developed, and yet the potential for its capacity to learn frightens us to the point where we speak openly on forums, debate its future, and establish groups in the hope we can provide a semblance of control and operational parameters within which it will exist.
Read MoreBefore the Christmas break I spent a day with fresh and inspiring Cyber Security start-ups in Hammersmith at Cyber London (CyLon). On the Thursday I visited it was demo day, and the culmination of three months intensive work by the eight companies of 'Cohort Four'.
Read MoreFrom exploring the depths of the ocean to our race to inhabit other planets, scientific disciplines and areas of research are melding as never before to advance our knowledge and capability as a species. Amidst political upheaval, war, and growing threat of extremist activity around the globe, the world can often feel a dark place, far from our natural predisposition to learn and be explorers, but we are on the verge of some remarkable discoveries and breakthroughs that remind us of what we can achieve.
Read MoreWith the current generation of IT ‘users’ we are seeing a decline in the number of engineers who can actually do something with these platforms. This is a common problem across IT and engineering in general, despite an impetus to entice students into the engineering disciplines.
Read MoreCyber is a word now synonymous with information security, and whilst its origins hark back to Norbert Wiener’s book (1948) ‘Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine’, its meaning gained a more relevant theme when promoted by William Gibson in his book ‘Neuromancer’ (1984).
Read MoreThe accelerated development of digital technology to enhance our everyday lives is unstoppable, and set to continue on its skyward trajectory. We are now seeing an increase in the melding of innovative concepts from disparate scientific and technical fields in what has been dubbed ‘innofusion’, to advance all areas from medical to military.
Read MoreHistorically it has often been difficult to reinforce the driver for alternate energy sources when the price of oil is at a low. If fuel is cheap, where is the impetus to move to alternate sources. Whilst this may have been an argument in the past, it is no longer acceptable to the majority of the world’s population, who are better educated than ever before on the implications of the relentless extraction and burning of this reserve.
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