AI and Cybersecurity
Learn how AI supports cybersecurity, how attackers misuse AI, and how employees can use AI tools safely and responsibly.
Course offered by
Instructor
Panagiotis Tsanakas
Lead Instructor
Language
English, Ελληνικά
Subtitles: English
Learning Objectives
- Identify everyday uses of AI and explain how AI recognises patterns and supports predictions.
- Describe how AI can support cybersecurity defenders in detecting anomalies, suspicious logins and phishing attempts.
- Recognise risks linked to generative AI, including data leakage, overtrust, hallucinations and unsafe prompting.
- Identify how attackers may use AI to create realistic phishing, scams, fake support interactions and deepfake audio or video.
- Apply safe AI-use practices by avoiding sensitive data sharing, verifying outputs and following organisational policies.
- Explain basic cybersecurity considerations for AI systems, including privacy, explainability, robustness and verifiability.
- Evaluate whether an AI-generated message, summary or request should be trusted, verified, escalated or rejected.
Prerequisites
- No technical prerequisites.
- Basic digital literacy and familiarity with everyday workplace tools are recommended.
- The course is suitable for non-technical learners and does not require coding, AI development or cybersecurity operations experience.
Topics dealt with
AI & New TechnologiesGRC, Legal & Privacy
Modules
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