What is AI ethics?

How do we make decisions? When we hire,  or when we decide what website to read for more information. Is it important to know how we made these decisions or what the results  were? Should a bank explain why they denied a loan? How about healthcare coverage? AI helps in this decision as well? Should … Read more

Better password policy: Complex? or longer passwords?

What is the better password policy? A longer password like NIST 800-53 says?   Key NIST password guidelines Minimum length of 8 characters and maximum length of at least 64 characters if chosen by the user. Allow usage of ASCII characters (including space) and Unicode characters. Check prospective passwords against a list that contains values … Read more

Fake Email? or Phishing Email?

I got this email from Cathy Clarke… It claimed to be able to help me get a tax refund due to the SETC and ERC federal programs because of the pandemic   Here is text of email: Hi <insert-name>, Just wanted to check if you’ve submitted your tax refund claim yet? SETC and ERC are … Read more

Risk Management AI Framework by NIST

NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) has come up with an AI Framework – still a work in progress, but it is coming into shape with this 1.0 version.   There are many aspects to discuss, but the most important are… The Core of the framework:   “A Culture of Risk Management is cultivated and … Read more

You Moved Your Stuff to the “Cloud”, What Could Go Wrong?

ArsTechnica has the story: “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups The $135 billion pension account UniSuper (in Australia) which has 647,000 members thought it was being brought ‘up-to-date’ by moving it’s IT systems to the Google Cloud. Unfortunately this interesting post by CEO of UniSuper and GoogleCloud Head  explains the … Read more