Good day ISC2-Sacramento chapter members and friends. First off, we want to address the fact that last month, we at ISC2-Sacramento called Christian McCaffrey a “can’t miss” #1 overall fantasy football draft choice. If you are looking for an apology, you came to the wrong place! That was nothing more than an AI generated statement in preparation for September’s ISC2 event when Abnormal Security came to talk to us about “Securing the Future: Protecting Your Organization from AI-Powered Cyber Threats”. That is right! Scott Deluke and Abnormal Security sponsored our eighth event of the year at Tipsy Putt under the Golden1 Center in Downtown Sacramento. Scott and his nearly two decades of experience in IT plays a key role in advancing the company’s AI-Native cybersecurity efforts. Who better to speak to us about AI-Powered cyber threats. For the gamers in the crowd, Scott’s presentation “Grand Theft GenAI” was modeled after the popular video game most of you can guess. To show the good side of Gen AI, Scott shared a sweet letter to Santa from his son asking for the game GTA 5 minus the *******. Yes, we had to censor that word so that LinkedIn does not cancel us. On one side of the coin, GenAI can help make a 7-year old’s wish come true. On the other side of the coin, we have all the evil AI can do. From Developing and spreading malware to creating phishing emails, GenAI can do it all, AND do it extremely well. So well in fact that it is easily monetized by being sold as Malware as a Service or Phishing as a Service. Scott gave us real world examples of how this has been done in the past. To battle this, Scott and Abnormal Security suggest using Good AI to battle the Bad AI. For more information on how Abnormal Security can help you and your organization request a demo here: https://lnkd.in/giYYAEJD or contact us at ISC2-Sacramento so that we may connect you. Thank you, Abnormal Security, once again for sponsoring a great event, and thank you to the Sacramento community for attending and supporting the local ISC2-Sacramento chapter. Until next time! P.S. ISC2 Sacramento will not comment on the Tipsy Putt golf game that occurred after the presentation as it came down to the wire between a zeekteker, an Abnormal Security-er and an ISC2 Board member with the final score being very questionable…