Speakers - Shoshana Sugerman, Sanya Joseph, Sari Lewis, Ishita Pandey, Dr. Brian Callahan

AI developed Cybersecurity Awareness Training

Generative AI sits at the precipice of new era in cybersecurity. Many tasks crucial to securing today's enterprises are made possible only through the use of AI systems. However, there may be other tasks where understanding the nuances and risks of AI are underresearched. In this talk, a team of students from RPI and their professor dive into the benefits and risks of using Generative AI to develop RPI's Cybersecurity Awareness Training. Far from a simple prompt and delivery, Generative AI on these human-facing tasks require some ethical considerations and a fair amount of testing and refinement before its full potential can be realized.

They will show how you can best use Generative AI for your own Cybersecurity Awareness Training campaign, what pitfalls to be aware of, and how to ensure your employees receive the best training by leveraging the best of what AI--and humans--bring to the table.

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Speaker- Brian Callahan

OpenBSD: Developing the security you rely on since 1996

OpenBSD is the home of OpenSSH. Besides the primary ssh implementation the world depends on, OpenBSD has spearheaded a wide variety of security mitigations, techniques, and code that is baked into every device you own. OpenBSD's influence also allows it to push the world's security forward in powerful ways that most don't even realize, yet absolutely rely on.

In this talk, from an OpenBSD developer who earned his account in 2013, we will explore what makes OpenBSD special, why our track record on security is so important, and how you benefit from the work of the global team of OpenBSD developers. Even if you don't directly run OpenBSD (though you should!), you'll come away with a greater understanding of the work it takes to produce the world's most secure operating system and the ways in which OpenBSD has made the world a better--and more secure--place.

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Speaker- Zach Keenan

Some fun things that a regular user can discover in AzureAD (Entra). This includes attack techniques and tools. What you can do to spot them, and how to stop them.

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Speaker- Jim Greene

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence have taken the world by storm in recent years, especially with the explosive growth of tools such as ChatGPT. This presentation will cover the current state of AI/ML in cybersecurity, what it can and cannot do, how big players such as Microsoft are using it, and what tools are freely available to security professionals. We will discuss how to use these tools for enhancing intelligence gathering, threat hunting and incident response.

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Speakers- Mahsa Goodarzi, Krishnan Radhakrishnan, M. Abdullah Canbaz

In recent years, Language Model technologies have witnessed remarkable advancements, transforming the way we interact with AI and process natural language. One of the most influential developments in this domain is Large Language Models (LLMs), such as GPT-3 and its successors. These models demonstrate astonishing capabilities, but they also introduce complex challenges, particularly regarding their consistency and potential for generating hallucinations in responses.

This presentation delves into the fascinating world of Platform/Prompt Engineering, where we explore how the careful crafting of input prompts can significantly influence the output of LLMs. We will uncover the techniques used to harness the power of these models and guide them towards generating desired, reliable, and contextually relevant content.

However, with great power comes great responsibility. As LLMs grow in sophistication, they exhibit occasional inconsistencies and even hallucinations in their responses. We will address this critical concern, discussing methods for assessing the inconsistency and hallucination capacity of LLMs. By understanding the causes of these issues, we can develop strategies to mitigate their impact and improve the reliability of LLM-generated content..

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Speaker - Philippe Langlois

Join Philippe Langlois, one of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report Authors, as he goes through the major findings of the report and how organizations can leverage the report to help drive their cybersecurity efforts.

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Guest Speaker - Brian Nussbaum

Brian Nussbaum - of the University at Albany and its Open Source Intelligence Laboratory - will present on how publicly available (not leaked!) documents can provide insight into how offensive cyber operations have been used countering international terrorism.

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Be sure to come out to the REBOOT of Cybeer Security Meetups, where we'll be talking about some awesome stuff including:

• An update on ANYCon

• InfoSec Fails of the Month

• Hacker Trivia

• Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker Brian Nussbaum - Open-Source Intelligence and Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Brian Nussbaum, an assistant professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany, will discuss open-source intelligence developments tied to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From commercial satellite imagery to crowd-sourced information on military deployment locations, the invasion has highlighted how emerging technologies and social media can help understand and shape a modern conflict.

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This month we will have two events going on!

Kali Linux Crash Course

Kali Linux is a hacker swiss army knife of toolkits and software. Want to learn about hacking? Interested in getting involved in CTFs? Can't remember your myspace account password?

Bring your laptop and a USB drive and learn how to install and use Kali!

Whether you've never installed Kali, or have used it before and want some tips and tricks, there's something for you.

Already use Kali all the time? Are you a wise sage of veteran hacking? Test your might with...

Hacker Trivia

Flex your mighty hacker brain in our first-ever CyBeer Hacker Trivia night! Come have some drinks and put your knowledge to the ultimate test!

Register to attend for free at:
https://cybeer-december2019.eventbrite.com