Q & A with a daring and dedicated computer security expert.

Montgomery Granger: Tell me a little about your background and your business.

Tamara Davis: My name is Tamara Davis and I am the CEO of Recon Secure Computing (RSC). We are a woman-owned, American veteran-fueled cybersecurity business which serves both law enforcement agencies as well as the civilian sector.

MG: What’s ‘new?’

TD: RSC is also a software development company and one of our upcoming product launches involves an encrypted communications platform which includes a side-loadable VPN (Virtual Private Network) smartphone client.

MG: What products/services do you sell?

TD: We are currently running NIST (National Institutes of Standards & Technology) -compliant cybersecurity solutions. Our newest products launch will include: 

ARKEN (new product name, from the Greek word, “archon,” or “The Director”) – customizable cybersecurity product which includes real-time intuitive AI Incident Response Protocols, daily network traffic report management, customizable internal/external firewall maintenance, and filtering/geofencing of known malware sites which also automatically blocks all unauthorized downloads.

ARKEN will replace our CyberWar Shield suite of products currently available. Our customers include enterprise-sized civilian and law enforcement agencies as well as SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) businesses.

OURweb – Our encrypted mesh-network communications platform includes a side-loadable VPN client and encrypted messaging with encrypted file transfer capabilities. OURweb exists to ensure that your freedom of speech will not be censored by the Woke Censorship Complex. 

MG: How would you explain AI (Artificial Intelligence) bots to a fourth grader?

TD: When someone says “AI bots”, the reality is far less exciting. “Artificial Intelligence” is simply a human-created software program. That’s it! An AI software program uses algorithms for pattern matching, and much like a Google Internet search, it is only as accurate as the data it’s programmed to look for. Poison the data and you get hilariously inaccurate or intentionally limited search results. Garbage in = garbage out. “AI” is not sentient, nor is it intuitive, and it is not taking over the world like some Hollywood movie. AI is a useful tool, but just like any other tool, it can be used for good purposes or it can be misused for harm.

MG: What are your feelings about AI chat bots, their assets and pitfalls?

TD: “AI” algorithms are already being widely used for various things such as environmental impact studies for construction projects or for optimizing traffic light patterns to ease street congestion. Some court proceedings employ algorithms to assist with finding the optimal sentencing with the goal of reducing recidivism while maximizing crime reduction and avoiding racial biases. The key point to remember when talking about AI is that the software algorithms are only as good as the software code within the program and the data input most likely includes inherently human biases or inaccuracies. Again: garbage in = garbage out.

MG: Is there a future with AI bots, or where the technology is leading us?

TD: The technology is taking us towards a more computer-dependent culture rather than a human-dependent future. This could lead to revolutionary breakthroughs such a robotic barista shop which creates the perfect custom-order latte every time, or it could lead to an employment situation which causes unnecessary or targeted job reductions where the dystopian scenario of, “Fired by a bot,” due to incorrect or biased report results could become the norm. As we are at the very beginning of this software introduction to the general culture, it’s difficult to accurately forecast whether the “AI revolution” will do more harm than good.

MG: Who is driving this truck?

TD: Who’s driving this truck? Software developers are. So far, Silicon Valley has been the entity who decides which developers are writing what algorithms. It’s time to change that paradigm and prioritize our own software developers who are American-focused rather than outsourcing to the cheapest foreign-based bidders.

MG: What is the best way forward? What technology is most helpful to humans, and how do we maximize the benefits?

TD: The best way forward involves designing a legal framework of reasonable regulations which will hold all the various entities involved to the highest standards. We’re not advocating for yet another bureaucratic nightmare of endless and expensive regulatory burdens, though; we need sunlight and accountability.

MG: Anything else you’d like to say?

TD: Our current Congress doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence that they will be able to skillfully enact such a legislative framework, and until we return to a VOTE EARNING election system instead of just a BALLOT GATHERING election system, there may not be much hope of electing a competent and NON-criminal Congress. Your freedom of speech deserves to be protected from being silenced by what we refer to as “The Censorship Complex.”

Contact: (866) 796 – 2241 and our website is: https://ReconComputing.com Twitter: @warriors_mom

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