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Why I’m Not So Alarmed About AI And Jobs

Bozho May 5, 2023

With the advances in large language models (e.g. ChatGPT), referred to as AI, concerns are rising about a sweeping loss of jobs because of the new tools. Some claim jobsContinue reading

Nothing Is Secure [slides]

Bozho March 20, 2023

Yesterday I gave a talk on a local BSides conference in Bulgaria titled “Nothing is secure”. The point is simple: security is very hard, there are many details, many tools,Continue reading

Internally And Externally Facing Honeypots

Bozho March 16, 2023

Honeypots are great security tools – you install a “decoy”, which attracts malicious traffic. They have certain ports open and they work with certain protocols, mimicking regular interactions, e.g. SSH,Continue reading

A Security Issue in Android That Remains Unfixed – Pull-down Menu On Lock Screen

Bozho January 3, 2023

Having your phone lying around when your kids are playing with everything they find is a great security test. They immediately discover new features and ways to go beyond theContinue reading

The Lack Of Native MFA For Active Directory Is A Big Sin For Microsoft

Bozho August 24, 2022

Active Directory is dominant in the enterprise world (as well as the public sector). From my observation, the majority of organization rely on Active Directory for their user accounts. WhileContinue reading

Open APIs – Public Infrastructure in the Digital Age

Bozho August 3, 2022

When “public infrastructure” is mentioned, typically people think of roads, bridges, rails, dams, power plants, city lights. These are all enablers, publicly funded/owned/managed (not necessarily all of these), which allowContinue reading

On Disinformation and Large Online Platforms

Bozho May 25, 2022

This week I was invited to be a panelist, together with other digital ministers, on a side-event organized by Ukraine in Davos, during the World Economic Forum. The topic wasContinue reading

Don’t Reinvent Date Formats

Bozho January 4, 2022

Microsoft Exchange has a bug that practically stops email. (The public sector is primarily using Exchange, so many of the institutions I’m responsible for as a minister, have their emailContinue reading

I Have Been Appointed As E-Governance Minister of Bulgaria

Bozho December 18, 2021

Last week the Bulgarian National assembly appointed the new government. I am one of the appointed ministers – a minister for electronic governance. The portfolio includes digitizing registers and processesContinue reading

Simple Things That Are Actually Hard: User Authentication

Bozho November 30, 2021

You build a system. User authentication is the component that is always there, regardless of the functionality of the system. And by now it should be simple to implement itContinue reading

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I’m a software engineer and architect, with expertise in cybersecurity. Currently member of Bulgarian parliament and former minister of electronic governance of Bulgaria.

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