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Keeping you informed with the latest developments and news in the cyber security and intelligence sectors.
Trust & Safety: A look ahead to 2025
Working within the Trust and Safety industry, 2024 has been PGI’s busiest year to date, both in our work with clients and our participation in key conversations, particularly around the future of regulation, the human-AI interface, and child safety.
Lies, damned lies, and AI - Digital Threat Digest
At their core, artificial systems are a series of relationships between intelligence, truth, and decision making.
A pointless digital jigsaw - Digital Threat Digest
Feeding the name of a new criminal to the online OSINT community is like waving a red rag to a bull. There’s an immediate scramble to be the first to find every piece of information out there on the target, and present it back in a nice network graph (bonus points if you’re using your own network graph product and the whole thing is a thinly veiled advert for why your Ghunt code wrap with its purple-backlit-round-edged-dynamic-element CSS is better than everyone else’s).
Modern solutions - Digital Threat Digest
There is a tendency to think that modern problems require modern solutions. Got a problem with AI-generated content? Your only hope is to build an AI-powered detection engine.
When did you last audit your suppliers?
Many organisations overlook a proactive approach to supply chain management until they experience a data breach or other cyber incident—which can be a very costly mistake.
When your social media feels like a disappointing pizza delivery - Digital Threat Digest
Ever notice how your favourite social media platform is like a pizza you’ve ordered? By the time its delivered, it’s soggy, cold, and missing half the toppings you’ve asked for.
A guide to payment compliance ahead of the March 2025 PCI DSS changes
With the approaching deadline for PCI DSS 4. 0.
Arrested development - Digital Threat Digest
I am firmly of the opinion that if Google had fired all their feature developers around 2013 then their 2024 offering would be far superior to the unfortunate guff it has become today.
The election spectacle - Digital Threat Digest
Tuesday night saw the celebration of a major political event, a commemoration of political stability and continuity: Guy Fawkes Night.
Five quick wins to reduce your risk of a data breach
What is a data breach? A data breach occurs when sensitive, protected, or confidential information is accessed, shared, or stolen by an unauthorised person.
Ghosts in the machine? - Digital Threat Digest
In the mid-20th century, Gilbert Ryle threw sand in the eye of Cartesian dualism, calling the idea of a separate mind a 'category mistake' and dubbing it the 'ghost in the machine'—essentially suggesting that Descartes had outed himself as harbouring an imaginary friend.
The 'oligarchisation' of politics online - Digital Threat Digest
Everything that I have learned about the US elections this year has been against my will. Don't get me wrong, I am well aware that whoever controls the White House has significant impact around the world, and I will admit that keeping up with American politics makes me a better analyst.
