Course #3
Closing the AI Exposure Management Gap
Master the art of operationalizing AI defense strategies
About this course
The AI Exposure Gap is structured as a 4-module course, approximately 2 hours of total content, designed for CISOs, security leaders, and senior practitioners who need to operationalize AI defense strategies without hype.
This course, developed in collaboration with Dr. Gerald Auger, PhD, provides CISOs, security leaders, and senior practitioners with expert-led training on operationalizing AI defense strategies without hype. Learn how to effectively move from reactive defense to proactive exposure management and implement a strategic playbook to protect your organization in an AI-accelerated world.
What You’ll Gain from this Course:
Rethink AI Defense
“AI-powered defenses are not necessarily the most effective way to eliminate AI weaponized attacks.”
Harden MCP Servers
“I know how to secure my MCP servers’ configuration and AI-related permissions to prevent lateral movement.”
Practical Tool Evaluation
“I can distinguish between marketing hype and tools that actually reduce my team’s workload.”
Module 1 (2 Lessons)
Module 2 (3 Lessons)
Module 3 (3 Lessons)
Module 4 (3 Lessons)
About the Instructor
DR. Gerald Auger, PhD
Cybersecurity Consultant, Faculty at The Citadel, Chief Content Creator at Simply Cyber
Dr. Gerald Auger, PhD is a 20+ year cybersecurity professional, academic, and author. He has been the cybersecurity architect at MUSC, a multi-billion dollar academic medical center. He currently delivers Cybersecurity program development and maturity consulting services, educates as Adjunct Faculty in The Citadel Military College Cyber Sciences department, advises on all cybersecurity content at Haiku, and fulfills the role of Chief Content Creator on the successful YouTube channel Simply Cyber.
Dr. Auger is passionate about cybersecurity and has educated 10’s of thousands of students on the discipline. Dr. Auger holds a PhD in cyber operations and two Masters in Computer Science and Information Assurance.
Safely Adopt AI Without Introducing Risk
Eliminate validated attack paths that traverse and target AI resources and discover AI tools, agents, and workloads to eliminate shadow AI
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