Artificial Intelligence

I love the phrase “human in command”. We use it a lot at CloudGuard, and I mean every word of it. But there’s something the security industry rarely says out loud: putting humans in command is a double-edged sword. Humans are brilliant. Humans also get tired. SOC alert fatigue is...

What a week in the Nordics!  CloudGuard supported Microsoft Nordics on the SMB Security CSP Accelerate programme, a series of deep-dive events for in-country Microsoft partners focused entirely on SMB security.   Rather than launching anything new, the sessions were about accelerating partner understanding of the security capabilities already available,...

If you work in IT or security, Cybersecurity Awareness Month probably looks familiar. Every webinar invite, every vendor email, every stand at every event is selling some version of the agentic Security Operations Center (SOC). Autonomous. Self-healing. An AI analyst that never sleeps. At CloudGuard, a UK-based Microsoft Security specialist...

TL;DR Prompt injection is an attack where untrusted text, either typed by a user or hidden in content an AI application reads, is treated by a large language model (LLM) as instructions. This can make the model ignore its rules or take actions it shouldn’t. Prompt injection is ranked the...

AI Cybersecurity: 8 Things Your IT Teams Need to Know In 2026 AI is changing how attackers work and how organisations manage risk. When deciding how your organisation should embrace AI, cybersecurity should be top of the consideration list. For IT leaders, a priority is control of AI tools that...

When I shared my last article, a few people got in touch asking for a more practical follow-up, specifically around how small teams can use Claude Pro without putting business data at risk. This piece goes step by step through exactly that. Understand what you’re actually adopting Claude Pro is...

How easily can AI be used to exploit a device? In just 4 prompts, AI can teach anyone how to maliciously exploit a device. Even with very minimal cybersecurity knowledge. This is known as AI prompt hacking. I’ve wrote this article to show you how easily it taught me the...

At CloudGuard, we are always looking out for the trends shaping the future of cybersecurity. One of the biggest announcements to catch our attention came from Microsoft’s Ignite 2024 conference where they introduced a concept called “Agentic AI.” If you have not heard that term before, imagine an AI that does...

This year I once again had the pleasure of attending Integrate 2024 London, a conference which has always been important to me for both its technical content and unparalleled access to representatives from Azure Integration Services’ various Product Teams. There were was a plethora of sessions from both the Microsoft...

AI threats are advancing by the hour, orchestrated by sophisticated individuals and groups worldwide. These threat actors utilise AI to launch targeted attacks on businesses for various motives, including financial gain and political reasons. The growing trends of AI-driven phishing techniques and impersonation tactics has heightened the need for organisations...