Emerging Technologies and Security
AI & Cyber Security
How AI is used for attack and defence.
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- 57 minutes of reading
- AI and machine learning basics for security peopleA plain-language introduction to artificial intelligence and machine learning for network and security staff: the main learning types, how models are trained and judged, and the terms you will meet in security products. 8 min · Beginner
- AI for threat detection and security operationsHow machine learning and generative AI are used in security operations: behaviour analytics, anomaly detection, alert triage and analyst assistants, with their strengths, limits and how to evaluate them. 8 min · Intermediate
- AI-powered attacks: deepfakes, AI phishing and automationHow criminals use AI to improve phishing, impersonate people with voice and video deepfakes, and automate reconnaissance, and the practical process and technical controls that defend against these attacks. 7 min · Beginner
- Securing LLM apps: prompt injection and the OWASP Top 10 for LLMsThe main security risks in applications built on large language models, including direct and indirect prompt injection, data leakage and excessive agency, mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications with practical controls. 9 min · Intermediate
- Adversarial machine learning: evasion, poisoning and model theftHow attackers target machine learning systems themselves through evasion, data poisoning, backdoors, model extraction and privacy attacks, and how to defend models across their lifecycle using frameworks such as MITRE ATLAS. 9 min · Advanced
- AI governance: NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001An overview of the main AI governance frameworks and laws that security and IT staff meet: the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act risk tiers and the ISO/IEC 42001 AI management system standard. 9 min · Intermediate
- Using AI tools safely at work: data, accuracy and policiesPractical guidance for using chat assistants and AI features at work without leaking data, trusting wrong answers or breaking policy, with a checklist for engineers and a simple outline for an acceptable use policy. 7 min · Beginner