AI-Powered Cyber Defense: Automating Security with Intelligent Agents

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this course, you will learn how AI can revolutionize cyber defense, focusing on automating security workflows using intelligent agents. By exploring AI-driven tools and platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel and OpenAI's ChatGPT, you'll gain practical insights into building and deploying automated security systems. You will also understand the role of AI in enhancing threat intelligence, integrating various cybersecurity tools, and optimizing incident response. You will start by setting up your cybersecurity lab and configuring essential tools like Microsoft Sentinel and ChatGPT for automated workflows. From there, you will progress through lessons that help you integrate advanced features, such as AI-driven threat detection and automated security reporting, while learning to customize solutions for specific use cases. The course also explores threat intelligence enhancement with AI, including using services like VirusTotal for better analysis. Designed for cybersecurity professionals, this course will benefit those looking to enhance their security operations with AI and automation. The target audience includes IT professionals, cybersecurity analysts, and anyone interested in advanced defense mechanisms powered by artificial intelligence. There are no strict prerequisites, but familiarity with basic cybersecurity principles is helpful. The difficulty level is intermediate, as the course builds on foundational cybersecurity knowledge. By the end of the course, you will be able to configure and deploy AI-driven cybersecurity automation, integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into your security workflows, enhance threat intelligence using AI, and implement advanced AI solutions for real-time defense scenarios.