Generative AI and Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Threats
2.00 Credits
Member Price $105
Non-Member Price $135
Overview
This course explores how generative AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity. It highlights opportunities, such as enhanced threat detection, and risks, including AI-driven phishing and malware, particularly in financial contexts.
Highlights
• Generative AI applications in cybersecurity (e.g., threat detection, automation) • AI-enabled cyber threats, including phishing, deepfakes, and malware • Real-world incidents involving AI-related cybersecurity challenges • Proactive strategies for leveraging generative AI in cybersecurity • Regulatory and ethical implications of generative AI in financial cybersecurity
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Experienced CPAs, CITPs, accountants, & anyone who wants to better understand current cybersecurity & data privacy threats for individuals & businesses; anyone responsible for designing or implementing data security policies
Objectives
• Understand how generative AI is used for both defensive and malicious cybersecurity purposes • Identify potential risks from AI-powered threats and develop mitigation strategies • Analyze real-world AI-related cybersecurity incidents in the financial sector • Propose proactive measures to integrate generative AI into cybersecurity defenses • Evaluate how AI-generated risks impact regulatory compliance in financial systems
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jason Carney, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Jason Carney, CPA, CISA, PMP, CISSP, CCSP, Esq. is a Lead Information Security Analyst with Thomson Reuters. He has more than 15 years of experience in public accounting, consulting and industry. His specialties include information security, tax problem resolution and data analysis. Carney has worked in Federal Finance, Information Security and Tax. He is a member of the Minnesota Bar and was a President’s Scholar at the University of Saint Thomas Law School. Carney co-founded the Scott County Conciliation Clinic and represents impoverished debtors pro bono in association with the Volunteer Lawyers Network. He wrote “What is Business Intelligence and Why Should CPAs Care?” for Footnote and contributed to the upcoming What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Client Trust Accounts.
Non-Member Price $135
Member Price $105