Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity & Professional Effectiveness

Curriculum

1. 1

   Overview of generative AI: LLMs, GPT, Claude, Gemini: what every professional should know

   Accessible lecture

   2h
2. 2

   Prompt engineering for cybersecurity and finance roles: techniques and examples

   Hands-on workshop

   3h
3. 3

   AI for everyday productivity: writing reports, policies, emails and analyses with ChatGPT/Claude

   Hands-on workshops

   3h
4. 4

   AI risks and limitations: hallucinations, bias, confidentiality: good practice

   Lecture + practical cases

   2h
5. 5

   Legal framework for AI in Africa: personal data, copyright and liability

   Condensed course

   2h
6. 6

   Assessment: producing a quality professional deliverable with AI assistance

   Assessed exercise

   2h

Skills acquired

• Use generative AI tools to multiply professional productivity
• Write effective prompts for cybersecurity and compliance tasks
• Identify and mitigate the risks of using AI in a financial context
• Meet African legal obligations when using AI tools

Curriculum

1. 1

   Machine learning for bank fraud detection: supervised learning, anomaly detection

   Data science workshop (notebooks)

   5h
2. 2

   AI and the SOC: UEBA, SOAR, AI-driven SIEM: boosting detection capabilities

   Cyber Range lab

   5h
3. 3

   Intelligent automation of information security tasks: generating SIEM rules, policies, audit reports

   Hands-on workshops

   4h
4. 4

   RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) for compliance: an AI assistant on BCEAO/BEAC regulation

   Hands-on no-code lab

   4h
5. 5

   Generative AI for crisis management: decision support, communication, ROOM#42 simulation

   ROOM#42 exercise with AI

   4h
6. 6

   No-code AI tools for non-developers: Make, Zapier, Power Automate, Copilot

   Hands-on workshop

   4h
7. 7

   Applied AI project: development and defence

   Coaching + presentation

   2h

Skills acquired

• Deploy ML fraud detection models on African banking data
• Boost a SOC's capabilities with AI tools (UEBA, SOAR, AI-SIEM)
• Automate compliance and reporting tasks with no-code AI tools
• Use AI as a decision-support tool in ROOM#42 crisis exercises

Curriculum

1. 1

   Architecture of a responsible AI programme for an African financial institution

   Strategy workshop

   5h
2. 2

   LLM fine-tuning and advanced RAG: building a proprietary information security AI assistant

   Cyber Range lab

   6h
3. 3

   Offensive AI: deepfakes, voice cloning, generative phishing: understanding the threat to defend better

   Cyber Range lab (controlled demonstrations)

   5h
4. 4

   Algorithmic governance: explainability (XAI), bias, auditing AI models in a regulatory context

   Expert seminar

   4h
5. 5

   An African AI Act and international compliance: anticipating AI regulatory obligations

   Foresight lecture

   4h
6. 6

   Integrating AI into information security crisis management: real-time decision support (AI-augmented ROOM#42)

   Major ROOM#42 exercise

   6h
7. 7

   Defence of the strategic AI project before a panel

   Oral examination

   5h

Skills acquired

• Design and govern a responsible AI programme for an African financial group
• Deploy a proprietary information security AI assistant based on RAG/LLM fine-tuning
• Assess and counter offensive AI threats (deepfakes, generative phishing)
• Ensure AI systems comply with African and international regulatory obligations

Curriculum

1. 1

   Teaching applied AI: making technical concepts accessible to non-developers

   Seminar

   5h
2. 2

   Designing and maintaining AI teaching environments (notebooks, APIs, labs)

   Technical workshop

   6h
3. 3

   Delivering and certifying AFP-AI

   Demonstration

   10h

Skills acquired

• Train all AFP profiles in the professional use of AI
• Maintain the AI teaching environments of the ACRC Cyber Range
• Continuously adapt the AFP-AI framework to fast-changing tools and regulations