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SANS 2025 AI Survey: Measuring AI’s Impact on Security Three Years Later

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SANS 2025 AI Survey: Measuring AI’s Impact on Security Three Years Later (PDF, 2.52MB)Published: 03 Sep, 2025
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Ahmed Abugharbia
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AI is not on the horizon. It is here. It has been here. Generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLM) entered the cybersecurity zeitgeist nearly three years ago when ChatGPT became available to the public. Business leaders are clearly interested in using GenAI. They are scrambling to incorporate it in any way that makes sense—and many ways that might not make sense.

SANS 2025 AI Survey Webcast & Forum: Measuring AI's Impact on Security Three Years Later

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Ahmed is the founder of Cyberdojo with 17+ years in cloud, network, and application security. He specializes in GenAI security and has led projects in cloud security, application security, and incident response.

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