ChatGPT for Cybersecurity: AI Tools for Protection & Threat Mitigation
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Course Overview
This course equips cybersecurity professionals with the skills to integrate ChatGPT into their workflows, enhancing threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management. Starting with an introduction to ChatGPT, the course covers its role in cybersecurity, focusing on prompt engineering and ensuring reliability.
Participants will explore how AI can aid in threat intelligence, from summarizing reports to profiling threat actors and identifying trends. The course also demonstrates how ChatGPT enhances incident response, guiding professionals through preparation, identification, containment, and recovery.

In vulnerability management, learners will discover how AI assists in identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities, as well as recommending remediation strategies. Automation is another focus, where ChatGPT helps streamline tasks like scripting and optimizing Python code.
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is ideal for cybersecurity professionals looking to enhance their skills with AI-driven tools. It is also suited for IT administrators, threat analysts, security engineers, and anyone involved in incident response, vulnerability management, or security awareness training. A basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts and familiarity with AI or machine learning will be beneficial.
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