SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals

Modern security leaders must deal with an endless barrage of changes to the business, technology, and threat landscape. This requires a combination of technical knowledge, understanding of risk, and the ability to lead teams in times of intense pressure. Doing so requires building a comprehensive program of controls to manage information risk, enhancing cybersecurity governance while ensuring compliance, and dealing with inevitable incidents and crises.
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Sharpen your executive decision-making in Cyber42, an engaging, a scenario-based leadership simulation game. Compete and collaborate in realistic scenarios that challenge you to make tough calls under pressure, debate outcomes with peers, and prove your ability to drive the strongest security impact. You’ll leave with greater confidence in a skill every senior leader expects from a CISO: nimble, informed decision-making.
Enhance your proficiency in operational cybersecurity decision-making through, a scenario-based leadership simulation game. Practice agile decision-making, rapid information synthesis, and strategic trade-offs, core competencies for success in leadership roles. Engage in thought-provoking discussions and walk away with practical insights to improve your leadership impact.
AI is transforming every aspect of technology, and cybersecurity is no exception. This transformation brings a dual impact: on one hand, AI introduces new risks by expanding the attack surface and enabling more advanced threats. On the other, it offers powerful tools that can strengthen our defences. This talk explores both sides of the shift—how AI challenges cybersecurity and how it can help redefine it.
Registration: All students who register for a 4–6 day course will be eligible to play NetWars for free. Registration for this event will be through your SANS Account Dashboard the week of the event.
About DFIR NetWars: Focused on digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting, and malware analysis, this tool-agnostic approach covers everything from low-level artifacts to high-level behavioral observations.
Registration: All students who register for a 4–6 day course will be eligible to play NetWars for free. Registration for this event will be through your SANS Account Dashboard the week of the event.
About DFIR NetWars: Focused on digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting, and malware analysis, this tool-agnostic approach covers everything from low-level artifacts to high-level behavioral observations.
Modern smartphones collect an extensive array of data that offers insights into a user's daily behaviour, often without them being fully aware of it. This presentation will delve into how digital forensics can analyse such data to reconstruct an individual's actions, routines, and habits.
Registration: All students who register for a 4–6 day course will be eligible to play NetWars for free. Registration for this event will be through your SANS Account Dashboard the week of the event.
About Core NetWars: The most comprehensive of the NetWars ranges, this ultimate multi-disciplinary cyber range powers up the most diverse cyber skills. This range is ideal for advancing your cybersecurity prowess in today's dynamic threat landscape. The winning team and the top five solo players from every Core NetWars tournament throughout the year are offered a chance to compete in the annual SANS Core NetWars Tournament of Champions.
Registration: All students who register for a 4–6 day course will be eligible to play NetWars for free. Registration for this event will be through your SANS Account Dashboard the week of the event.
About Core NetWars: The most comprehensive of the NetWars ranges, this ultimate multi-disciplinary cyber range powers up the most diverse cyber skills. This range is ideal for advancing your cybersecurity prowess in today's dynamic threat landscape. The winning team and the top five solo players from every Core NetWars tournament throughout the year are offered a chance to compete in the annual SANS Core NetWars Tournament of Champions.