CISOs should be thinking now about changing the assumption that the ‘Great Machine’ of artificial intelligence is so transformational it can replace, rather than augment, human activity. There’s a philosophical concept called the Great Man Theory that suggests history is all about how significant individuals act as centers of gravity for society as a whole — think Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Elizabeth I, or the founding fathers of the American Revolution. ...

For those considering their next career move, a new study by The Economist and the Burning Glass Institute highlights the best British companies to work for to get ahead in your career - categorised between access, promotion, retention and pay - in a good example of open source data analytics, using “publicly available data on 151 of the country’s biggest and most recognisable employers.”

Increased AI usage is driving significantly higher energy demands, often met by fossil fuels, raising sustainability concerns. Gartner Predicts Power Shortages Will Restrict 40% of AI Data Centers By 2027 - Gartner Gartner predict that data centres will experience power shortages in the next few years, driven mainly by increases in usage of AI. Data centre emissions are soaring - it’s AI or the climate - The Conversation Three of the biggest tech companies, Microsoft, Google and Meta, have reported ballooning greenhouse gas emissions since 2020. Data centres packed with servers running AI programs day and night are largely to blame. ...

Forrester Research challenges the Three Lines of Defence (3LOD) model twenty years on. The research firm writes that the three lines of defence is outdated: built for SoX, 3LOD hasn’t been reconsidered in two decades, and it’s time for a change. The three lines of defense (3LOD) concept was initially developed as a corporate governance framework to implement segregation of duties requirements under the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. […] But as anyone who has tried to implement it as a foundation for enterprise risk management will tell you, the 3LOD is not a model for managing risk. Instead, it defines, with ample rigidity, the roles required to comply with segregation of duties requirements. This division is conceptually simple but does not match the operating model at most organizations. Forrester ...

The US Government’s National Institute for Standards and Technology, known commonly as NIST, released its updated Cybersecurity framework in February. This was the first new version in 10 years, following the 1.0 version in 2014 that was primarily aimed at protecting US critical infrastructure. The new 2.0 version is international and aimed for broad consumption: drafted in collaboration with experts across 100 countries, it should also be easier to use. Version 2.0 also introduces a new category: Govern, recognising that the world has changed since 2014, with Cyber now an enterprise risk being discussed in the boardroom. ...