Brian S. Pauls

Founder & vCTO Cloudessy

Brian S. Pauls, Founder and CTO of Cloudessy, brings 30+ years of IT leadership to cybersecurity for manufacturing and logistics. He helps protect production lines and guides companies through tech shifts to stay efficient, secure, and future-ready.

Blog by Brian S. Pauls

AI Browsers Could Leave You Vulnerable to Cyber Threats

09.16.2025 08:00 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
AI Browsers Could Leave You Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
AI and agentic browsers offer convenience but pose serious security risks through prompt injection attacks. Learn how to protect yourself from these vulnerabilities.

Jasper for Small Business: A Guide to Growth & Efficiency

09.16.2025 07:50 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Jasper for Small Business: A Guide to Growth & Efficiency
Discover how small business owners can use Jasper to streamline content creation, improve marketing ROI, and drive scalable business growth.

Jasper ROI: 342% Returns for Business Growth

09.15.2025 10:34 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Jasper ROI: 342% Returns for Business Growth
A new Forrester study shows a 342% ROI for enterprise AI. Learn how platforms like Jasper drive real business growth and how you can get started.

Is ChatGPT 5 just kind of...meh?

09.11.2025 08:52 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Is ChatGPT 5 just kind of...meh?

Executive Summary

While OpenAI's ChatGPT 5 delivers incremental improvements over its predecessor, many small business owners are finding the upgrade underwhelming compared to the transformational leap from GPT-3 to GPT-4. The reality is that most businesses haven't fully leveraged existing AI capabi...

GPT-5 exhibits serious security flaws

08.11.2025 06:42 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
GPT-5 exhibits serious security flaws

OpenAI's latest model, GPT-5, has been out less than a week and it's already causing concerns among security experts, reports Ernestas Naprys at Cybernews. "Several security teams," he writes, "managed to jailbreak GPT-5 in less than 24 hours after its release."


Naprys goes on to ...