The Attributer, Author at The SABSA Institute

The Attributer’s Blog – Innovative

Many with an interest in technology will have been watching developments in artificial intelligence, and in particular generative pre-trained transformers. A much smaller group may have performed some experiments of their own, but the release of ChatGPT in November 2022 brought this technology to the general population. In fact, just two months after launch ChatGPT was estimated to have over […]

The Attributer’s Blog – Adaptive

In the past months, as everybody has witnessed and experienced first-hand, our lives – the way we love, work, live, communicate, commute, to name a few, have changed. Change for some has been a little, for others change has been 180 degrees. Work has stopped for some, for others business has thrived. Nicholas Taleb wrote, in his 2001 book Fooled by […]

The Attributer’s Blog – Private

The Attributer had the privilege of serving on the Jericho Forum during the period leading up to its closure (‘sunsetting’) in November 2013. During that latter period, we were working on a paper to set out the principles for protecting the privacy of personal data. Recently, during the time of lockdown to control the Coronavirus pandemic, The Attributer has been […]

The Attributer’s Blog – Accountable

It is exactly a year since The Attributer last visited this attribute. Then the issue was with the Board of Disney and its decisions over cyber security. A group of shareholders were unhappy with the Board position and the company was heading for a clash at the forthcoming annual stockholders meeting. This time we are dealing with the ongoing story […]

The Attributer’s Blog – Digitally Architected

In the world of digital transformation, things are moving quickly. The concept of zero trust has matured significantly. Now we can see a much more holistic approach, often referred to as the ‘software defined perimeter’. One of the key features is the use of secure APIs for machine-to-machine communications. Many web applications are now bundles of microservices rather than a […]