The AUGMENTED DEFENDER

AI is changing cybersecurity — for defenders, too.

This practical guide shows you how to use modern AI safely and effectively across SOC, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, and Security Governance—without turning your organization into a data-leak or hallucination risk.

You’ll learn how to:

• Accelerate triage and investigations with AI-assisted summaries, hypothesis ranking, and structured next steps
• Turn noisy alerts into clear decisions using repeatable checklists and validation workflows
• Improve reporting: executive summaries, incident timelines, post-mortems, and remediation plans
• Understand real-world risks: hallucinations, prompt injection, data leakage, model misuse, and how to mitigate them
• Build an “AI-ready” security program: policies, approval workflows, logging, and human-in-the-loop controls

Included Toolkit (copy/paste):

• AI-safe data handling checklist
• Output validation (anti-hallucination) checklist
• SOC triage checklist
• Templates: AI usage policy, incident report, IR ticket/SOP
• Case studies: phishing/BEC + EDR alert walkthroughs (defensive-only)

Ethical note: This book is written for defensive security and responsible use.