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Fall is upon us and, with it, October brings Cybersecurity Awareness Month. We continue to integrate technology into every facet of our lives and with that, we need to be ever more vigilant in not just our cyber awareness but also of the rest of our family, friends, work, and environment in general. Below are some tips for beginning and maintaining a successful cybersecurity plan for everything around you:
Scams by text and email, as well as data breaches, have become a regular part of our daily lives. Often, we make ourselves vulnerable by sharing personal information. Whether it is for shopping online or home automation, we open ourselves up to vulnerabilities on a regular basis. In June, Amazon announced a project that, while may be well-intentioned, may present yet another way for people to be taken advantage of.
During the holiday release schedule in 2010, Disney released both a sequel to a niche movie, as well as a piece of technology that introduced an innovative technology to the masses. Tron: Legacy brought to light a technology used to de-age one of the film’s original and sequel stars: Jeff Bridges. The question posed today asks what if you utilized technology to create a “Deepfake” instead of de-age the actor… Well people, the future is here. But first… What is a deepfake?
The Department of Defense over the last several years has placed a great deal of hope in Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and the blend between the two known now as Extended Reality (XR). Last year, the U.S. Army awarded a contract to Microsoft worth up to $21.9 billion dollars over 10 years. This exuberant cost might look like Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) to many, but to those of us who have looked at ways to utilize this capability, this was what we call a flag planting moment. Years from now as our generations will look back, this will be a moment in which modern warfare moved into a new generation.
This time of year is a point of transition, where the beauty of spring grows into the blazing heat of summer. So, I tend to find activities that will get me away from the heat of a Georgia summer. One thing that helps me get my steps in and stay out of the heat is going to art galleries. Having spent some time studying art, I always find it fascinating to put myself in the artwork and into the artist’s perspective. A swarm of questions and thoughts hit me as I consider the source of inspiration for the art that I’m viewing.