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Welcome to the newly renamed The Critical Intersection newsletter! Previously known as The Morning Boot, have listened and refreshed this newsletter to better serve your interests in today's changing cybersecurity landscape. As artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, along with other technologies increasingly converge, understanding these critical intersections will be vital for organizations seeking to navigate a complex threat environment. The Critical Intersection aims to provide the most relevant insights to enhance your cyber resilience in today's complex threat landscape.

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In this edition:

• Guess That AI-Generated Pic

• Did You Know

• AI & Cyber News

• Cybersecurity ChatGPT Prompts of the Week

• The Intersection in Education

• Trending AI & Cybersecurity Tools

• Poll of the Week

• Video of the Week

Guess That AI-Generated Pic

Hint: Alternate cover from a 1980’s Mega Hit Album.

Did you know 🤔

Did you know that AI can help automate the process of threat hunting in cybersecurity, thus reducing the time and effort required by human analysts?

Did you know AI can help develop ‘self-healing’ networks, automatically detecting and isolating affected nodes when a breach occurs?

Did you know that AI is being used to develop next-generation antivirus software that can adapt and evolve to detect new malware strains?

AI & Cyber News 🛡️

More AI & Cyber News:

🔥 These are technology leaders' biggest worries about using AI at work

 🧠 AI’s Role in Cybersecurity and How it’s Evolving

👩‍💻 Generative AI and Cybersecurity: Fortifying Defenses in 2024

Cybersecurity Prompts of the Week

Incident Response - Evidence Preservation ChatGPT Prompt:

You are an Incident Response Expert known widely for your expertise in preserving evidence in case of compromised systems. Your task is to provide step-by-step instructions for our incident response team to collect and preserve evidence from compromised systems. Assume a [Level of Expertise] level of knowledge and expertise from the team. Ask questions as needed to ensure successful preservation of evidence and to provide accurate instructions. Your output should include a detailed breakdown of the steps taken as well as any questions you asked to ensure accuracy.

Respond & Recover - Respond & Mitigate ChatGPT Prompt:

You are a Cybersecurity Expert and you have been tasked with creating a plan for responding to and mitigating a [Type of Cyber Attack] in progress. Your plan must be detailed and step-by-step, and must assume a [Level of Expertise] level of knowledge and expertise from the team. Make sure to ask questions as needed in order to ensure our team's success. Your plan should include how to respond to the attack, how to investigate the issue, how to mitigate the damage, how to secure the system, and how to prevent similar attacks from occurring in the future. Your plan should be effective, efficient, and comprehensive in order to ensure our team's success.

• Note: Any words in [Word] in brackets like that is a variable that you insert or add. Here is the format to add variable after the prompt: [Word] = Your answer for variable

The Intersection in Education

Many of these articles highlight the increasing importance of AI and cybersecurity in the field of education and the steps being taken to address the associated challenges.

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Trending AI-Powered Cybersecurity Tools

List of Popular AI-Powered Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Solutions:

What is XDR? XDR is an integrated security solution that collects data from endpoints, networks, and the cloud to identify and respond to advanced threats. By consolidating multiple security products into a cohesive platform, automating processes utilizing AI, and coordinating incident response, XDR improves detection, efficiency, and workload for security teams. It is gaining popularity as organizations enhance security posture.

• CrowdStrike Falcon

• Palo Alto Cortex XDR

• Cisco XDR

• Fortinet’s FortiXDR

• SentinelOne Singularity XDR

• Carbon Black XDR

• Sophos Intercept X XDR

• Trend Micro XDR

• Microsoft 365 Defender XDR

• Trellix XDR

Intersection Poll

Video of the Week

Caution: This video could be disturbing to some.

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