Julie Mehan – författare

A global perspective on AI

AI is much more than just a simple tool powering our smartphones or allowing us to ask Alexa about the latest cinema times. It is a technology that is, in very subtle but unmistakable ways, exerting an ever-increasing influence over our lives – and the more we use it, the more AI is altering our existence.

The rise of AI and super-intelligent AI raises ethical issues. AI is the power behind Google’s search engine, enables social media sites to serve up targeted advertising, and gives Alexa and Siri their voices. It is also the technology enabling self-driving vehicles, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that have the ability to kill without direct human intervention. All of these bring up complex ethical issues that are still unresolved and will continue to be the subject of ongoing debate.

There are untold how-to books on AI technology, replete with methods to improve and advance the statistics and algorithms of AI; however, the social, ethical and security impacts are often at best a secondary consideration – if discussed at all.

This book explores the complex topic of AI ethics in a cross-functional way, alternating between theory and practice. Practical and recent events, and their associated challenges, are presented, such as the collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the application of AI technologies. The book also gives an up-to-date overview of the potential positive and negative outcomes of AI implementations together with an analysis of AI from an ethical perspective.

Before you dive into a world populated with AI, read this book to understand the associated ethical challenges of AI technologies

A global perspective on AI

AI is much more than just a simple tool powering our smartphones or allowing us to ask Alexa about the latest cinema times. It is a technology that is, in very subtle but unmistakable ways, exerting an ever-increasing influence over our lives – and the more we use it, the more AI is altering our existence.

The rise of AI and super-intelligent AI raises ethical issues. AI is the power behind Google’s search engine, enables social media sites to serve up targeted advertising, and gives Alexa and Siri their voices. It is also the technology enabling self-driving vehicles, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that have the ability to kill without direct human intervention. All of these bring up complex ethical issues that are still unresolved and will continue to be the subject of ongoing debate.

There are untold how-to books on AI technology, replete with methods to improve and advance the statistics and algorithms of AI; however, the social, ethical and security impacts are often at best a secondary consideration – if discussed at all.

This book explores the complex topic of AI ethics in a cross-functional way, alternating between theory and practice. Practical and recent events, and their associated challenges, are presented, such as the collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the application of AI technologies. The book also gives an up-to-date overview of the potential positive and negative outcomes of AI implementations together with an analysis of AI from an ethical perspective.

Before you dive into a world populated with AI, read this book to understand the associated ethical challenges of AI technologies

A global perspective on AI

The rise of AI and super-intelligent AI raises ethical issues. AI is the power behind Google’s search engine, enables social media sites to serve up targeted advertising, gives Alexa and Siri their voices, and enables OpenAI’s ChatGPT to produce written responses from just a few prompts by the user. It is also the technology enabling self-driving vehicles, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without direct human intervention. All of these bring up complex ethical issues that are still unresolved and will continue to be the subject of ongoing debate.

This book:

This book presents a concrete approach to identifying appropriate ethical principles in AI solutions

A global perspective on AI

The rise of AI and super-intelligent AI raises ethical issues. AI is the power behind Google’s search engine, enables social media sites to serve up targeted advertising, gives Alexa and Siri their voices, and enables OpenAI’s ChatGPT to produce written responses from just a few prompts by the user. It is also the technology enabling self-driving vehicles, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without direct human intervention. All of these bring up complex ethical issues that are still unresolved and will continue to be the subject of ongoing debate.

This book:

This book presents a concrete approach to identifying appropriate ethical principles in AI solutions

In an era characterised by the remarkable growth of AI, there emerges a profound ethical dimension that demands our attention. This book presents a timely and significant addition to the ongoing discourse around the ethical implications of AI in general, as well as the new and disruptive AI technologies, such as generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.

 This book discusses:

This book is a philosophical approach to the AI world, so it is of use to anyone curious about the moral issues surrounding advancements in AI, and not only for those who have a background in AI.

In an era characterised by the remarkable growth of AI, there emerges a profound ethical dimension that demands our attention. This book presents a timely and significant addition to the ongoing discourse around the ethical implications of AI in general, as well as the new and disruptive AI technologies, such as generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.

 This book discusses:

This book is a philosophical approach to the AI world, so it is of use to anyone curious about the moral issues surrounding advancements in AI, and not only for those who have a background in AI.

The intentions of the cyberterrorist, the cybercriminal, the cyberactivist and the state-sponsored hacker are not the same. They can all cause serious problems for your organisation, however, including information theft, disruption of normal operations and undermining your reputation or credibility.

Many books on cybersecurity focus on technical responses to these threats. As important as this is, human fallibility and other known vulnerabilities will allow hackers to easily break into a system that has not taken account of these factors.

This book encourages cybersecurity professionals to take a wider view of what cybersecurity means, and to exploit international standards and best practice to create a culture of cybersecurity awareness within their organization that supplements technology-based defenses.

This second edition takes account of the changing threats in the cyber landscape, and includes an updated body of knowledge that describes how to acquire, develop, and sustain a secure information environment that goes beyond technology. This enables you to move towards a cyber aware organizational culture that is more robust and better able to deal with a wider range of threats. Related references and recommendations for additional reading are included at the end of each chapter, making this a valuable resource for trainers and researchers, as well as cybersecurity practitioners.

The intentions of the cyberterrorist, the cybercriminal, the cyberactivist and the state-sponsored hacker are not the same. They can all cause serious problems for your organisation, however, including information theft, disruption of normal operations and undermining your reputation or credibility.

Many books on cybersecurity focus on technical responses to these threats. As important as this is, human fallibility and other known vulnerabilities will allow hackers to easily break into a system that has not taken account of these factors.

This book encourages cybersecurity professionals to take a wider view of what cybersecurity means, and to exploit international standards and best practice to create a culture of cybersecurity awareness within their organization that supplements technology-based defenses.

This second edition takes account of the changing threats in the cyber landscape, and includes an updated body of knowledge that describes how to acquire, develop, and sustain a secure information environment that goes beyond technology. This enables you to move towards a cyber aware organizational culture that is more robust and better able to deal with a wider range of threats. Related references and recommendations for additional reading are included at the end of each chapter, making this a valuable resource for trainers and researchers, as well as cybersecurity practitioners.

Every type of organisation is vulnerable to insider abuse, errors, and malicious attacks: grant anyone access to a system and you automatically introduce a vulnerability. Insiders can be current or former employees, contractors, or other business partners who have been granted authorised access to networks, systems, or data, and all of them can bypass security measures through legitimate means.

Insider Threat – A Guide to Understanding, Detecting, and Defending Against the Enemy from Within shows how a security culture based on international best practice can help mitigate the insider threat, providing short-term quick fixes and long-term solutions that can be applied as part of an effective insider threat program.

Read this book to learn the seven organisational characteristics common to insider threat victims; the ten stages of a malicious attack; the ten steps of a successful insider threat program; and the construction of a three-tier security culture, encompassing artefacts, values, and shared assumptions. Perhaps most importantly, it also sets out what not to do, listing a set of worst practices that should be avoided.