Cybersecurity and AI 7.5 credits

The course provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. It introduces core AI and ML concepts and their applications within the cybersecurity domain. It covers how adversaries exploit AI technologies to conduct sophisticated cyber-attacks such as personalised phishing, deepfake generation, and automated hacking techniques. Concurrently, the course explores defensive strategies utilizing AI/ML, including anomaly detection, behavioral analytics, and automated log analysis for threat detection and incident response. The course includes the following elements: - Fundamentals of AI and ML - AI/ML-driven offensive cybersecurity techniques (e.g. personalized phishing and social engineering, deepfakes and misinformation, automated attack strategies, - AI/ML-driven defensive cybersecurity techniques (e.g. intrusion detection systems, behavioral and anomaly detection, automated analysis and response, and ethical and societal impacts of AI in cybersecurity