Cybersecurity Webinars and Workshops

Combating Insider Threats with People, Processes, and AI-based Technology

Insider threats are some of the more difficult threats to detect from both a human and technology perspective. Understanding the problem, risks, and methods to prevent insider threats is the first step in ensuring this toxic risk does not affect your organization. Join SANS Senior Instructor Heather Mahalik, and BlackBerry VPs Pooja Kohli (Product Management), and Tony Lee (Global Services Technical Operations) to learn how insider threats and insider risk can be stopped before they begin by implementing AI-based behavior analytics software, such as BlackBerry Persona, to work alongside your defenders. Be among the first to receive the associated whitepaper written by Heather Mahalik.

Beyond ChatGPT, Building Security Applications using OpenAI API

ChatGPT was launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Since then, it has been the subject of many discussions. ChatGPT itself is one application that was built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3 models. We can programmatically interact with these models via OpenAI API. In this talk, we will go beyond ChatGPT and discuss OpenAI API, fine-tuning our own models for specific tasks, and building security applications on top of them. We will be building a sample application that interprets human requests and performs the basic tasks requested.

SANS 2023 - Featured Keynote: ChatGPT, GANs, and Deep Learning: Pulling Back the Curtain

ChatGPT and other GAN technologies are dominating the news, but can you tell what’s hype and what’s not? How do these AI tools work? Are there security applications or concerns? How difficult is it to use these tools for red/blue/purple team accelerators? In our Featured Keynote, SANS Fellow David Hoelzer will discuss potential risks that advanced AI poses to cybersecurity, and what steps are being taken to address these challenges. He will also demonstrate and explore the ways in which AI can be used to improve cybersecurity and protect against cyber threats. If you want to be in the know on AI, join David for this comprehensive overview and its potential impact on cybersecurity and society.

Cybersecurity in the Age of LLM: Risks, Opportunities, and the Future of AI-Driven Information Security

With the rapid development of large language models (LLM) and generative AI, the landscape of cybersecurity has experienced a paradigm shift. In this one-hour webcast, we will delve into the emerging information security risks and opportunities associated with LLM and cyber deception operations. As these technologies become increasingly sophisticated, it is imperative for organizations to stay informed about potential threats and best practices in order to maintain a strong security posture.

LLM時代のサイバーセキュリティ：リスク、機会、AIを活用した情報セキュリティの将来性

大規模言語モデル（LLM）と生成AIの急速な発展に伴い、サイバーセキュリティの世界はパラダイムシフトを経験しています。これらの技術がますます高度化する中、組織は強固なセキュリティ体制を維持するためには、潜在的な脅威とベストプラクティスについて常に情報を得ることが不可欠となります。

SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit: The Dark Side of AI and the Questions You Should Be Asking

Call for Presentations Now Open | Deadline: Monday, May 1Learn More and Submit Your Proposal“Can we use AI in our workplace?” — This question is being asked of every CISO and technical leader worldwide. The answers are not easy.

Deep Dive: Building Security Applications with Generative AI

In this talk, Ahmed Abugharbia and Abdul Kittana will deep dive into various methodologies and options for developing applications using generative AI technologies.

AI & ChatGPT Solutions Forum 2023

AI seems to have taken the world by storm lately. From ChatGPT to automated spear phishing techniques, the security world has already seen changes in processes, automation, and threat detection - not to mention attack techniques! The recent surge of AI opens up opportunities for both defenders and adversaries alike. What can we build? What can we automate? How can we use AI to augment security to buy time and add another layer of defense to our enterprise?In this AI-focused solutions forum, we’ll examine how AI will continue to change the security landscape. After all - tools for one are tools for many. Just as defenders benefit from AI capabilities, adversaries have found their own uses. From writing malware to discovering vulnerable systems, threat actors have found efficiencies using AI capabilities. Defenders must be prepared for how AI will help bolster defenses, while adversaries use it to ramp up their attacks.Join us for our first-ever SANS AI & ChatGPT Solutions Forum, where we will discuss the risks, vulnerabilities, and benefits linked with the rapid introduction of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the world. Information security experts will bring their ideas, theories, and case studies of how AI will impact security for years to come.Join in on the action! Connect with fellow attendees and our event chairs in the SANS Solutions Forum Interactive Slack Workspace. Sign in once and you'll be all set for the rest of our 2023 Solutions Forums. We'll see you there!

Filling the Human Gap with Technology - Artificial Intelligence May Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

“People have become the primary attack vector for cyber-attackers around the world,” said Lance Spitzner, SANS Security Awareness Director and co-author of the report, SANS 2022 Security Awareness Report. “Humans rather than technology represent the greatest risk to organizations, and the professionals who oversee security awareness programs are the key to effectively managing that risk.”

Think Like a Hybrid Attacker Solutions Forum 2023

Today’s cyberattacks use any means necessary to gain access. As enterprises continue to shift to hybrid and multi-cloud environments, embrace digital identities, digital supply chains, and ecosystems — SOC teams are continuously faced with more. More attack surface for attackers to exploit and infiltrate. More methods for attackers to evade defenses and progress laterally. More noise, complexity and hybrid cloud attacks and incidents.

AI in XDR: What it Means and Where it Fits

Detecting, investigating, and stopping advanced cyberattacks at speed and scale is becoming increasingly unsustainable, thanks to the complex technology SOC teams must rely on. In the face of an ever-expanding attack surface, highly evasive and emerging attacker methods, and an increasing SOC analyst workload, SOC teams are struggling—and threat detection is suffering.

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2023: SANS@Night - Security for Generative AI 101

Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI (GenAI), and transformers have made headlines since ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022. Now every security organization is considering how GenAI will impact their customers and business. As a result, security professionals have to understand how these technologies work and, importantly, how to use them securely. Come learn what is being done to secure the 1) usage of GenAI 2) development of AI models and 3) integration of GenAI functionality into business applications.