Episode description
Episode description
Welcome to the third part of our AI mini-series.
In this episode, Jeff and Lianne discuss how AI is transforming the world of cybersecurity, and what you need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
They share their personal experiences with using AI tools, such as the custom GPT suite and the tool they are creating, Security Sage, to enhance their security practices and workflows.
They also explore the challenges and risks that AI poses to cybersecurity, such as phishing, vishing, OSINT, data leaks, and model inversion attacks.
They offer some practical advice on how to use AI safely and responsibly, and how to leverage it to become a better cybersecurity professional.
In this Episode we cover:
How AI is democratizing and disrupting the field of cybersecurity
How to use prompt engineering to get the best out of AI models
How to protect yourself and your organization from AI-enabled cyberattacks
How to use AI to improve your cybersecurity function and become an ally and enabler for your business
How to keep up with the latest developments and trends in AI and cybersecurity
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Show Notes
What is the Metaverse, Exactly? Wired
AI Winter: The Highs and Lows of Artificial Intelligence. History of Data Science
Over 84% of us are using AI - Jeff got this stat from here
Jeff and Lianne’s talk on Product Security which includes lots of insight on threat modelling, attack tress and abuser stories
Recommended Coursera Course for CHATGPT Prompt engineering
ChatGPT will provide more detailed and accurate responses if you pretend to tip it, according to a new study. Windows Central.
Report that suggests the younger generation are more permissive with their data and privacy. Cybsafe.
Hear Lianne and Jeff talk about AI at the Future of Cybersecurity Conference in Manchester on 8th February 2024
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on AI
About Lianne Potter
As the Head of SecOps for the largest greenfield technology transformation project in Europe, Lianne is building a leading edge security team from scratch to meet the needs of a modern retail organisation while empowering her team to think innovatively to create new standards in best practices.
Lianne has delivered talks across the globe to share her vision for a new type of security function.
Drawing upon her expertise as a cyber-anthropologist (through her consultancy, The Anthrosecurist), her practical experience as a security-focused software developer and as a security practitioner; Lianne combines the human and the technical aspects of security to evangelise a cultural security transformation.
She is on the advisory board for a community enterprise aimed at encouraging diversity in tech, is a published author, podcast regular and Host of Cybersecurity Podcast Compromising Positions, and won Computing.com’s Security Specialist of the Year for her work on human-centric approaches to security.
In 2021 she won two awards for Security Leader of the Year 2021 and Woman of the Year in the Enterprise category and in 2023 she won Cyber Personality of the Year in The Real Cyber Awards.
She is doing a Masters in AI and Data Science in 2024.
LINKS FOR LIANNE
Compromising Positions Podcast
ABOUT JEFF WATKINS
Jeff is Chief Product and Technology Officer for xDesign.
He is a lifelong technologist with nearly 25 years’ experience in the industry, first having started coding at age 6.
Having worked in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Retail industries, on enterprise and national scale programmes.
Over the years he has become increasingly interested in Cybersecurity and AI and how both will shape our future, both technologically and the human impact.
Jeff has founded multiple CyberSecurity teams and is currently working on several new pieces around the secure development and deployment of Generative AI based solutions.
He is a tech blogger, writer, podcaster and host of Compromising Positions and public speaker, having recently keynote at the Webinale international web conference in Berlin.
Jeff has a Masters in Cybersecurity and will be starting his Masters in AI and Data Science in 2024.
LINKS FOR JEFF
Compromising Positions Podcast
Keywords: AI, Cybersecurity, Threat Modelling, Prompt Engineering, AI Attacks, Human Risk, Data Leaks, Model Inversion, AI Education, Podcast