PinnedArtificial Intelligence vs Cyber-Security — Which career is better ?Cyber-security is one of the hottest fields around right now and so is Artificial Intelligence with both usually taking the top spots of trending jobs. Both of them also happen to be the stuff I like talking or writing about the most ! …Cybersecurity5 min read
1 day agoPassive Income in Cyber Security — How to guideAnyone who is reading the news nowadays will realize that these are financially trying times for everyone. Due to several global crises, everyone is feeling the pinch on their wallets no matter where they live in the world and having a side-hustle or a passive income stream is quickly becoming…Cybersecurity8 min read
6 days agoThe upcoming EU Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and its impactIn my previous posts, we saw what risks AI can introduce and why it is so important to have controls in place to stop the accidental or deliberate misuse of AI. The sad fact is that companies usually prioritize profit over controls and will try to reduce costs wherever possible…Artificial Intelligence6 min read
May 15AWS control tower — the best way to govern multi-account environmentsAnyone who has worked in the cloud knows how quickly this environment can increase in complexity as more and more workloads get migrated. Companies usually start with small non-critical systems but quickly want to migrate other business systems once they see the cost-benefits and power of the cloud. This can…Cloud Security7 min read
May 13AI cyber-security vs traditional Cyber-Security — Part 3 of 3In part 1 and part 2 of this series; we learnt about the key differences between traditional cyber-security vs AI cybersecurity and the unique types of attacks that can target AI systems. …Artificial Intelligence5 min read
May 10AI cyber-security vs traditional Cyber-Security — Part 2 of 3In part 1 of this series I discussed some of the key differences Cyber-security of AI systems differs from traditional software based applications and why applying traditional defense-in-depth strategies will not be enough to mitigate AI based risks. In this part let us go into detail of some of the…Artificial Intelligence4 min read
May 8How to pass CCSP Exam in 2022Last week I posted about the CCSK exam, my tips for how to pass it and why it is a great entry cert if you want to get into cloud security. In this post lets take a look at the next most popular vendor-agnostic, cloud security cert which is the…Ccsp6 min read
May 1How to get CCSK certified in 2022A few weeks back I made a post talking about Cloud Security certifications and the pros / cons of each. Platform agnostic certifications like the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge ( CCSK ) and Certified Cloud Security Professionals ( CCSP ) which are not bound to any specific platform like…Ccsk3 min read
Apr 30AI cyber-security vs traditional Cyber-Security — Part 1Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been touted as one of the biggest evolutions of technology in recent years bringing seismic changes to our social and work lives. It has become ingrained in our lives from digital assistants to chat bots to even our Netflix movie recommendations. As companies race to adopt…Cybersecurity4 min read
Apr 16PCI DSS v4 — New requirements and changes explainedPCI DSS and the cloud was a topic I talked about in my earlier post here and shortly after that the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published version 4.0 of its standard which was a very nice coincidence. I thought it was would be timely to summarize the changes…Pci Dss4 min read
