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The “Cheapfake” Challenge: Why Low-Quality Deception Still Succeeds

In cybersecurity, the focus is often on "Hollywood-grade" digital puppets. But a more insidious threat is hitting the bottom line: the Cheapfake. While elite deepfakes require massive computing power, cheapfakes use low-cost AI, basic editing, or simple speed manipulation to create "good enough" deception. At TC&C, we have found that these manipulations succeed by exploiting…

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Budgeting for the Identity Layer: The 2026 Business Case

The Cost of Being Wrong Budget season forces a brutal clarity. Every initiative competes for funding; every risk is weighed against finite resources. Deepfake risk often struggles to gain traction because it feels "new." Unlike ransomware, it lacks decades of historical loss data. It is often dismissed as a "future threat"—until the first $10 million…

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Year-End Close Under Pressure

Finance’s Ultimate Pressure Test Year-end close is a race against the clock. Deadlines converge. Auditors demand documentation. Executives move rapidly between virtual boardrooms. In this environment, authority is assumed and urgency is normalized. This is the ideal hunting ground for synthetic impersonation. When approvals happen via video and voice, deepfakes replicate the exact signals finance…

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