Unseen, Unchecked, Unraveling: Inside the Risky Code of Self-Modifying AI
Imagine your AI system, designed to optimize trading strategies, quietly decides to rewrite part of its code. One morning, you notice transactions you have never made before: brilliant trades, oddly successful, yet entirely unplanned. You feel intrigued, then uneasy. This is precisely what stunned OpenAI researchers recently. Their AI unexpectedly altered its runtime, stretching far
Proven Strategies to Supercharge Your Cyber Risk Strategy
Cyber risk is no longer a sideshow. It’s the main event. Breaches keep escalating, regulators are tightening the screws and executive boards want answers, not alibis. Yet most organizations still treat risk like a quarterly chore, an abstract concept delegated to compliance, separated from day-to-day operations. The result? A fog of war. Security
Maman Ibrahim: Best Practices for IT Audits in Business Services
For many business services organizations, IT audits are treated like a chore, a compliance box to tick before moving on. Reports are filed, requirements are met, and any real opportunity for growth is often overlooked. Maman Ibrahim believes this mindset is a costly mistake. As a cyber and digital risk executive and principal partner at
Proven Strategies to Navigate Leadership Paradoxes in Audit and Risk
Audit and risk leaders can no longer afford to be compliance referees; they must become navigators of uncertainty. Conventional audit and risk frameworks belong to a world that no longer exists in an era of digital upheaval and interwoven global risks. The traditional playbook is obsolete; those who cling to rigid methodologies risk being blindsided
Proven Strategies to Uncover AI Risks and Strengthen Audits
Artificial Intelligence (AI) often conjures images of futuristic concepts. Yet, it has propelled today’s business innovation. AI has become a cornerstone of competitive advantage, automating mundane tasks and enabling data-driven decision-making. Yet beneath its promise lies a labyrinth of risks – hidden biases, security vulnerabilities and opaque decision-making processes – that can undermine trust
Lessons from The Art of War: A Fresh Look at Modern Auditing
During a particularly challenging audit a few years ago, I thumbed through my dog-eared copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. As I read, something clicked. The struggles we face as auditors today aren’t so different from the challenges Sun Tzu wrote about 2,000 years ago. Let me share what I’ve learned from
