Author Archives: Lucian Systems

How to prevent prompt injection attacks

Large language models (LLMs) may be the biggest technological breakthrough of the decade. They are also vulnerable to prompt injections, a significant security flaw with no apparent fix. As generative AI applications become increasingly ingrained in enterprise IT environments, organizations must find ways to combat this pernicious cyberattack. While researchers have not yet found a […]

5 steps for implementing change management in your organization

Change is inevitable in an organization; especially in the age of digital transformation and emerging technologies, businesses and employees need to adapt. Change management (CM) is a methodology that ensures both leaders and employees are equipped and supported when implementing changes to an organization. The goal of a change management plan, or more accurately an […]

Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock now available with new safety filters and privacy controls

Today, I am happy to announce the general availability of Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock, first released in preview at re:Invent 2023. With Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock, you can implement safeguards in your generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) applications that are customized to your use cases and responsible AI policies. You can create multiple guardrails tailored to […]

Agents for Amazon Bedrock: Introducing a simplified creation and configuration experience

With Agents for Amazon Bedrock, applications can use generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) to run tasks across multiple systems and data sources. Starting today, these new capabilities streamline the creation and management of agents: Quick agent creation – You can now quickly create an agent and optionally add instructions and action groups later, providing flexibility […]

Import custom models in Amazon Bedrock (preview)

With Amazon Bedrock, you have access to a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies that make it easier to build and scale generative AI applications. Some of these models provide publicly available weights that can be fine-tuned and customized for specific use cases. However, deploying customized FMs in a […]

Amazon Titan Image Generator and watermark detection API are now available in Amazon Bedrock

During AWS re:Invent 2023, we announced the preview of Amazon Titan Image Generator, a generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) foundation model (FM) that you can use to quickly create and refine realistic, studio-quality images using English natural language prompts. I’m happy to share that Amazon Titan Image Generator is now generally available in Amazon Bedrock, […]

Pioneering Cybersecurity Education: An Interview with Cal Poly’s CIO Bill Britton

Welcome to CloudTweaks, where today we’re diving into the evolving world of cybersecurity education with William J. “Bill” Britton. Bill serves as the Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Cal Poly, as well as the Director of the California Cybersecurity Institute. With a career that spans over two decades in various […]