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AI can do what now?! What an ethical hacker says about deepfakes and AI

Real-time camera deepfakes are no longer science fiction. High-fidelity, AI-generated impersonation may be advancing quickly — but that's not the only AI risk financial services companies should be thinking about. In this episode of AI Can Do What Now?!, Lisa Jones-Huff, director of security solutions architecture at Elastic, sits down with ethical hacker Freakyclown (FC) to explore what is technically possible today with AI, where reality still falls short of the hype, and what security teams should be worried about.

Building Web API integrations that scale (5 key lessons)

I've used the Web API plugin with a wide range of APIs, and each one taught me something new. But before diving into building, I learned to pause and ask: What am I actually trying to display? Not what data the API can give me, but what would be useful on a dashboard? That shift in thinking — from ‘fetch everything’ to ‘fetch what matters’ — shapes how I approach every integration.

The 5 best Jira reporting tools for 2026

Jira is the backbone of project management for thousands of agile teams worldwide. But while Jira excels at tracking issues and sprints, its native reporting can leave teams wanting more — especially when it comes to sharing insights, visualizing trends, and integrating data from across the business. That’s where dedicated Jira reporting tools come in. In this guide, we rank the 5 best Jira reporting tools on the market today.

The "Now" Problem: Why BESS Operations Demand Last Value Caching

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) represent one of the most unforgiving environments for real-time data. Unlike a passive asset, a battery is a complex electrochemical system where safety and revenue are determined by split-second decisions. In this context, “average” latency can become a serious problem. Performance depends entirely on one key question.

The Accountability Era: Decision Paths That Stand Up to Review

Modern IT environments depend on decisions that can withstand scrutiny. As systems grow more interconnected and outages carry greater cost, organizations must understand not just what actions teams take, but how those actions were formed. Operators need guidance anchored in evidence and aligned with business impact. Operational accountability now extends beyond correctness. Teams must show the information that shaped the decision, the options considered, and the reasoning behind the chosen path.

9 Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2026

A Rapidly Evolving Network Landscape Demands the Right Monitoring Strategy Choosing the right network monitoring solution has become a mission‑critical decision for IT teams. In recent years networks have become increasingly hybrid, cloud‑distributed and reliant on remote connectivity. For enterprises with complex infrastructures, network monitoring is an essential tool.

What is Site24x7 Event Correlation? Causal AI and autonomous IT operations explained

When your distributed system goes down, your team spends days sorting through noise. That is revenue walking out the door. In this video, Jasper Paul breaks down the event correlation engine built to eliminate alert fatigue, and accelerate root cause analysis. Most monitoring tools still rely on basic time-window alert grouping — clustering alerts that fire at the same time and calling it correlation. But in a distributed system, outages are never isolated events. And grouping symptoms doesn't find root causes.

12 Best SSL Certificate Monitoring Tools in 2026

An expired or misconfigured SSL/TLS certificate doesn’t fail quietly. Users get blocked by browser warnings, conversions drop, and teams scramble to diagnose whether the problem is expiration, a missing intermediate, an SNI/hostname mismatch, or a CDN edge serving an old chain. That’s why SSL certificate monitoring in 2026 is less about “check the expiry date” and more about continuous validation + fast alerting + enough context to fix the issue quickly.