Author Archives: Tessa Zavala

Meet  Armur AI , a company that proactively simulates attacks using AI-driven penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities before hackers do. They call it AI driven offense. “In the future of cybersecurity, the most vigorous defense will belong to those who hack first.”   Entrepreneur | Cybersecurity’s New Frontier: AI That Thinks Like a Hacker

The Center for Internet Security “found that 82% of K-12 organizations suffered what it called a “cyber incident,” based on an 18-month study of 5,000 institutions.” 45% of these cyber incidents involve humans through phishing or other social engineering methods. A friendly reminder to educate your people about phishing techniques. Route Fifty | 82% of schools […]

Open AI’s contribution to the U.S. government’s “AI Action Plan,” is to push for a definition of fair use. Open AI  likens the best fair use definition to the U.S. copyright strategy that “[preserves] American AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material.”  Tech Crunch | OpenAI calls for US government to codify ‘fair use’ for […]

The Administration is open to proactively hacking back at hackers. This will be one to watch. States are keen to parrot the federal government in 2025.  Politico | Weekly Cybersecurity

Google co-founder, Larry Page, is all in on Ai startup focused on manufacturing. How will Ai impact manufacturing? The startup looks to craft AI that can create “highly optimized” designs for objects and then have a factory build them. Tech Crunch | Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup

In fall 2024, PwC surveyed 345 investors across geographies, asset classes and investment approaches to learn more about their expectations, concerns and outlook for the future. The resulting analysis, PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2024: Cautiously optimistic, investors expect growth, identifies four key themes: Harvard Law School Forum on Governance | What is Top of Mind for […]

A federal court in Wyoming has fined 3 lawyers for multiple “hallucinated” AI citations in a legal brief. Do we all need to be reminded of Ronald Regan’s “trust, but verify? ” Or, am I the only paranoid lawyer out there that verifies everything?  Bloomberg Law | Morgan & Morgan Lawyers Fined for ‘Hallucinated’ AI […]

15 states are seeking ways to limit crypto fraud by placing limitations on crypto ATMs. The trend is that the bills would limit transactions to $1,000 a day per customer, and cap fees at $5 or between 3%- 15% of a transaction’s cost. Crypto fraud increased 45% according to an annual report by the FBI. […]

Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act would protect investors’  names, addresses, and years of birth from disclosure. Currently investor personally identifiable information is held in the Consolidated Audit Trail. “In September 2024, Senator Britt, alongside Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 12 other Republican lawmakers, sent a letter to then-SEC Chair Gary Gensler, urging the immediate […]

AI wasn’t a hot topic for the nation’s governors in their state of the state speeches. 5 governors discussed cybersecurity. AI was a trusty sidekick to energy use and generation in speeches. Government Technology | Governors’ Tech Commitments in 2025