AI-Powered Cybersecurity for Leaders

Spearhead innovative strategies to more efficiently and effectively safeguard your business.

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This course, delivered in a live, executive format that maximizes your time with your instructor and peers, equips you to think critically and strategically about adopting AI for cybersecurity within your business. You will acquire the knowledge you need as a leader to ask the right questions to develop solutions that are truly effective at meeting your organization's needs without creating new, unmanaged risks.

After completing the course, you will be able to:

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the fundamental principles and the state of the fields of AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity. 

  2. Articulate common cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities and different mitigation strategies.

  3. Identify key applications of AI and machine learning to meet cybersecurity challenges.

  4. Assess and manage potential risks or hazards associated with AI adoption.

  5. Integrate consideration of AI into developing business requirements and cybersecurity controls.

  6. Explain and develop strategies to take advantage of the disruptions that AI brings to cybersecurity.

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive credentials certifying completion from the University of Chicago, including a digital badge, and become part of the UChicago network.

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Our Approach to Live Online Learning

Designed to provide a rich learning experience while maximizing your time, this course is delivered via four ninety-minute live webinars in conjunction with asynchronous materials.

Immersive live sessions

The interactive, instructor-led live webinars bring you, your peers, and your instructor together to learn collaboratively about the current state of the field, engage with real-world problems, and explore authentic solutions.

Self-paced asynchronous materials

Supplementing these live sessions are asynchronous materials consisting of readings, videos, and interactive content you can access and engage with at your convenience. You will devote approximately four hours to these activities.

Personalized support

The instructional assistant—a subject matter expert—will accompany you on your journey through the content, answer your questions, and provide feedback on your work.

Meet Your Instructor

Benjamin Blakely-YellowCircle
Benjamin Blakely, PhD

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Intelligence Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory

Guest Speaker

UCH - Faculty - Nick Feamster
Nick Feamster, PhD

Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, Director of the Network Operations and Internet Security Lab, Director of Research at the Data Science Institute, and Founder and Co-Di...

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This course is an excellent fit for:

  • Executives and other decision-makers who set the AI and/or cybersecurity strategy for their organizations

  • Members of boards of directors

  • Professionals working in digital transformation, including CIOs, CTOs, and other technology executives

  • Managers and leaders in roles related to risk and compliance, data governance, security and privacy, and ethics, including in-house counsel

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