How GenAI is Changing Your SOC for the Better with Seth Misenar

Click here to send us your ideas and feedback on Blueprint! In this mega-discussion with Seth Misenar on GenAI and LLM usage for security operations we cover some very interesting questions such as:  - The importance of natural language processing in Sec Ops - How AI is helping us detect phishing email - Where and how AI is lowering the bar for entry-level security SOC roles - Should we worry about AI hallucinations or AI taking our jobs? - What is a reasoning model and how is it different than what we"ve seen so far? - The future of AI - Multimodal interaction, Larger Context Windows, RAG, and more - What is Agentic AI and why will it change the game? Episode Links:The book from Manning Seth liked as a thoughtful accessible on-ramp: https://www.manning.com/books/introduction-to-generative-aiCoursera prompt engineering course series: https://coursera.org/specializations/prompt-engineeringGandalf Online Prompt Injection Challenges from Lakera (FYI Seth finds a lot of Lakera’s content to be really high-quality and useful): https://gandalf.lakera.ai/baseline“Nonsense on stilts” reference from Gary Marcus in response to the Google employee claiming LaMDA was sentient: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/nonsense-on-stilts?utm_source=twitter&sd=pf. AI as a monster with a smiley face image: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shoggoth-with-smiley-face-artificial-intelligenceEthan Mollick is the Wharton professor Seth mentioned, Seth says his “One Useful Thing” Substack is a valuable and thought provoking source: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/. Also his book, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, would also be worth checking out: Connect with John: - LinkedIn - Take A Training Course with John SOC Analyst and Leadership Training Courses: - SEC450: Blue Team Fundamentals - Security Operations and Analysis - LDR551: Building and Leading Security Operations Centers SANS: - Cyber Defense Course List - Upcoming Training Events - Free tools, VMs, cheat sheets and more for cyber defenders