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Ethical hackers are flocking to AI tools, but the technology may be causing more problems than it solves
Ethical hackers and security researchers are getting much more enthusiastic about AI and are using the technology more widely, but are worried about the threat it represents. Last year, only 21% of hackers told Bugcrowd that AI technologies enhance the value of hacking – but that figure has rocketed to 71% this year. Meanwhile, three-quarters revealed they’re actively using generative…
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Enterprises are struggling to fill senior cybersecurity roles — and it’s causing staff burnout to skyrocket
Four-in-ten cybersecurity teams are understaffed, with senior team members particularly hard to find, according to new research. While seven-in-ten junior cybersecurity staff positions are typically filled within six months and only 3% of roles take more than a year to fill, things are very different further up the hierarchy. More than half of companies told Kaspersky it takes between four…
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DevSecOps teams are ramping up the use of AI tools, but they’ve got serious concerns — AI-generated code is causing major security headaches, rampant ‘alert fatigue’, and is slowing down development processes
While a plethora of organizations globally are now using AI in their software development processes, DevSecOps teams are worried about the growing array of security risks, new research shows. In a recent survey by Black Duck Software, nine-in-ten developers reported using AI coding tools in their daily workflow and highlighted the marked benefits of integrating AI within the development lifecycle.…
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AI-Generated Code is Causing Outages and Security Issues in Businesses
Businesses using artificial intelligence to generate code are experiencing downtime and security issues. The team at Sonar, a provider of code quality and security products, has heard first-hand stories of consistent outages at even major financial institutions where the developers responsible for the code blame the AI. Amongst many other imperfections, AI tools are not perfect at generating code. Bilkent…
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