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

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Contact UsIn this mega-discussion with Seth Misenar on GenAI and LLM usage for security operations we cover some very interesting questions, such as:
- The unique capabilities GenAI affords to those working in security operations.
- The importance of natural language processing
- How AI is helping us create and detect phishing email
- Where and how AI is lowering the bar for entry-level security SOC roles
- Should we worry about AI hallucinations?
- Should we worry about all the scary AI output we've seen hit the news?
- Should we worry that AI will take our jobs?
- Using these models in a cost-efficient way
- What is a reasoning model and how is it different than what we've had up to this point with LLMs?
- What are LLMs NOT good at?
- The future of AI - Multimodal interaction, Larger Context Windows, RAG, and more
- What is Agentic AI and why will it change the game for the future of AI?
- Resources for where to start learning!
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