Supply Chain Cyber Resilience: AI-Powered Defense

In this course, award-winning cybersecurity leader Nicole Dove introduces foundational elements of supply chain cybersecurity and the evolving role of AI in both attacks and defense. Examine real-world supply chain breaches to learn about common threat actors and tactics. Build your understanding of defense strategies, AI powered security tools, and how employees at all levels can contribute to supply chain protection. Explore the fundamentals of supply chain attacks and how AI is transforming both offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies. By the end of the course, you will be able to identify key threat actors and motivations, recognize major real-world attacks, and understand evolving attack techniques. Plus, you’ll gain insight into how cybersecurity teams and AI can work together to detect, prevent, and respond to threats.

Learning objectives
Analyze the techniques used by threat actors to compromise organizational supply chains and how artificial intelligence amplifies these attack capabilities.
Evaluate the effectiveness of different AI-powered defensive strategies in detecting, preventing, and responding to supply chain security incidents.
Differentiate between traditional supply chain attacks and those enhanced by artificial intelligence by examining case studies of SolarWinds, Kaseya, and NotPetya.
Design a multi-layered defense strategy that incorporates both human awareness and AI-powered tools to protect organizational supply chains.
Critique current organizational approaches to supply chain management by identifying security gaps that could be exploited by advanced persistent threats using AI capabilities.