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Securing AI in 2025: A Risk-Based Approach to AI Controls and Governance

Discover how organizations can manage AI-related risks with a structured, risk-based approach. This blog summarizes the SANS Draft Critical AI Security Guidelines v1.1, outlining how enterprises can implement AI securely and effectively through governance, controls, and strategic oversight.

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LINUX Incident Response and Threat Hunting Poster

Use this poster as a cheat sheet to identify key artifacts, investigate common attacks, and apply proven tools and techniques to quickly detect, triage, and respond to incidents on Linux systems.

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Identify the right course for you by using our free one-hour course previews to explore subjects and verify materials match your skill level.

Podcasts

Blueprint

Advancing cyber defense skills

GIAC: Trust Me, I'm Certified

Industry leaders in cyber security

Internet Storm Center

Daily infosec threat updates from the ISC

Cloud Ace Podcast

Discussions on all topics that touch cloud security

Wait Just an Infosec

A weekly cyber security live stream

Cyber Leaders Podcast

Cyber Leaders

Critical insights from leaders shaping the industry

Newsletters

An annotated, semiweekly executive summary of the most recent and important and important cyber security news deadlines.

A reliable weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active new exploits, insightful explanations of how recent attacks worked, and other valuable data.

The world's leading, monthly security awareness newsletter designed for the common computer user, translated in over 20 languages and free for the community.

Free Tools & Workstations

Digital forensics and incident response-based Linux distribution bundling most open-source DFIR tools available.

Penetration testing Linux distribution bundling many pen testing tools.

Free Linux toolkit for assisting malware analysts with reverse-engineering malicious software.

Cutting-edge open-source windows based digital forensics tool suite for scalable, scriptable, fast forensics.

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