Author: Malavika Madgula
Malavika Madgula is a writer and coffee lover from Mumbai, India, with a post-graduate degree in finance and an interest in the world. She can usually be found reading dystopian fiction cover to cover. Currently, she works as a travel content writer and hopes to write her own dystopian novel one day.
Spending on cybersecurity increased exponentially in the past 10 years and is showing no signs of slowing… Spending in the cybersecurity industry was a whopping USD 80 billion in 2023 alone, with the number projected to cross USD 87 billion by the end of 2024. Despite this staggering investment, hackers are still exploiting vulnerabilities, and intercepting network, application, and device communications. In fact, cybercrime is expected to inflict damages worth nearly USD 10.5 trillion by 2025, according to a Cybersecurity Ventures report. Nowadays, attacks are state-of-the-art, outwitting all traditional security methods including cryptography, key management, authentication, and even privacy challenges.…
For years, we have played video games at home on our computers or consoles — and interruptions have been a part of our gaming lives… If you have ever been in a heated game of Halo and have had to pause the game or turn it off and then start over, then maybe it is time to get onto “Cloud Gaming”. The term might have seemed completely foreign a decade ago, but the premise is quite simple. Imagine if you could play any game on any device, wherever you want and whenever you want, as long as you have a…
In an era when the digital landscape is evolving at an eye-watering pace, the concept of enterprise network transformation is significant for organizations that want to remain competitive and agile. As it is, modern enterprise networks are a complicated web of interconnected data, applications, and infrastructure. However, enterprises should not let this complexity be an excuse for unreliable service, security breaches, or network downtime. With the many challenges that organizations and companies are navigating, from mergers and acquisitions to cloud expansion, along with the increased complexity of network technologies, understanding the factors driving enterprise network transformation is very important. The…
Once thought of as science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now a reality that is becoming more embedded in our everyday lives… The overall applications are wide-ranging, from social media to banking and more. However, it has also led to confusion surrounding the related technologies, especially AI, neural networks, machine learning, and deep learning, with the terms being used interchangeably often. Perhaps the best way to understand their differences is via the Russian nesting doll analogy, meaning that all concepts are subsets of the prior. That is to say, they are a series of AI systems ranging from the biggest…
Colo, carrier hotels – Colocation data centres go by many names. They are facilities where organizations can rent space, equipment, and bandwidth. Not just that, but colocation facilities also provide physical security, data centre cooling, power, and more for the networking equipment, storage, and servers of other companies, thus minimizing complexity and costs. They ensure that the equipment and servers are powered well, secure, and connected to high-speed networks. Many enterprises see hosted infrastructure and in-house data centres as an either-or situation, but it does not have to be that way. Colocation data centres are the third option that splits…
A longstanding joke in the cybersecurity industry is that the only way to truly secure data and information is to store it offline on a machine that cannot be connected to power or the internet — and then lock it in a sealed cave… Even then, it might not be 100% secure. So, what is the only logical way to keep data secure? Encrypt it. The study of cryptography isn’t new; it has existed for thousands of years. It is the process of hiding and coding communique to ensure that only the individual it was intended for can access it.…
Human genomes are complex, and artificial intelligence (AI) has stepped in to decode them further. Right from DNA sequencing to identifying genetic mutations, the rapid development of AI is significantly impacting the health industry and how we understand human genomes. In the last few years, both interest in and funding for genomics and AI has grown, with the latter being touted as one of the critical technologies that can transform the healthcare industry. In fact, there are now businesses and industries relying on genomic data analysis for research and development of diagnostic decision-making and therapeutics. This article does a deep…
Cloud migration might seem like a daunting prospect, especially when enterprises have been running their own infrastructure for years. However, there’s real promise for organizations across industries in moving to the cloud, especially with so many companies now featuring remote teams… From budget savings to scalability, the cloud can help businesses streamline and simplify processes. However, the cloud is not a “magic bullet” option and migrations need to be carefully planned, with teams having complete knowledge of what to expect. There are many misconceptions and myths around cloud computing, which could hinder an enterprise from achieving the optimal results from…
Transitioning to sustainable energy systems is one of the most critical challenges of our time, as it requires innovative technologies to optimize integration and efficiency for enterprises across numerous sectors. That said, the Internet of Things has been among the most transformative technologies in this arena, reshaping the landscape of energy management continuously. At the heart of this energy transition is IoT energy monitoring systems, an impressive technological achievement that is transforming how we make, use, and share energy. As we enter what seems to be an uncertain future in terms of energy and climate change, the importance of innovation…
In August 2023, ethical hackers from all over the world descended on DEFCON 31, one of the world’s largest annual hacker conferences, to participate in a Generative AI Red Team competition. The objective? To coax LLM (large language models) to behave badly, which ranged from getting them to expose fake credit card numbers to confidently state incorrect answers to math problems. As present-day and cool as it sounds, the term ‘red teaming’ became popular during Cold War-era military simulations, where the “home” team was represented by the colour blue and the “enemy” team by the colour red. The term was…