ChatGPT + Cybersecurity: AI-Powered Tabletops & Training

Vanderbilt applies generative AI to the preparation and facilitation of cybersecurity exercises. Tabletop foundations lead into AI enhancements and smaller recurring scenarios. The focus is organizational rehearsal rather than exploiting systems or replacing a security response process.

What you will learn

• Explain the purpose of a cybersecurity tabletop exercise.
• Use AI to develop a fictional incident scenario.
• Organize a smaller practice activity around an unexpected event.

Who this suits

Beginners; the provider requires no earlier background.

Before you enroll

Keep scenarios fictional and review them for accuracy before use. An AI-generated exercise may omit the systems, responsibilities or constraints that matter to a particular organization.

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Put it into practice

Create a fictional service-outage tabletop with three decision points. Record the assumptions and write a debrief question that tests whether responsibilities were understood.

Source and review

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