Leveraging AI to Build Cyber Capacity

AI is transforming both the threat landscape and our defensive capabilities. What does cyber mission readiness mean in this new environment? A researcher from the CERT Division of Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU’s) Software Engineering Institute (SEI) describes the current challenges and emerging solutions that individuals and teams can use to build and sustain their cyber and AI-readiness. The webcast showcases Crucible, an open source framework that integrates learning management, hands-on labs, team exercises, competitions, threat sharing, and AI models into a unified cyber readiness platform.

What Will Attendees Learn?

How to leverage AI to build cyber capacity and effectively share threat information across organizations
Techniques for motivating performance through cyber challenge competitions
Methods for using AI to assist in developing cyber-skills mastery via guided self-assessment
AI-driven strategies for forging elite teams that are prepared for cyber and cognitive operations amid nation-state competitions

Speaker and Presenter Information

Chris May serves as the technical director of the CERT Division’s Cyber Mission Readiness (CMR) Directorate at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU’s) Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Chris leads a diverse team of cybersecurity engineers and researchers on large-scale projects for numerous U.S. government agencies. He directs CMR’s cybersecurity modeling, simulation, exercise programs, and research efforts. He directs the CERT Division’s execution of U.S. Department of War joint and combined cyber exercise programs. His team develops and transitions numerous open source software prototypes, hands-on exercise platforms, and modeling and simulation tools.

Chris taught at CMU as an adjunct faculty member in applied cybersecurity and digital forensics. He also founded CMU’s Cyber Forensics and Incident Response curriculum track. He served seven years in the U.S. Air Force as a communications officer in various IT positions in Korea, Germany, and the United States.