Social Engineering in the Age of Generative AI - 2026

Generative AI is rapidly becoming an essential concept in artificial intelligence, offering incredible capabilities to simulate creativity and content generation. Tools like ChatGPT and MidJourney are changing the way industries operate. The "Social Engineering with GenAI " course is designed to provide a deep understanding of how generative AI technologies can be exploited for social engineering attacks and the strategies needed to defend against these sophisticated threats.

This course covers the principles, components, and best practices for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating social engineering attacks driven by Generative AI.

What You Will Learn

• Fundamental principles and components of Social Engineering and GenAI: Understand the basics of social engineering and how Generative AI can be used in these attacks.

• Identifying GenAI-driven social engineering attacks: Learn to recognize and analyze attacks facilitated by GenAI, supported by real-world examples and case studies.

• Defensive strategies against GenAI social engineering: Implement effective defense mechanisms, best practices, and training programs to enhance resilience against these threats.

  
  

Course Outline

Introduction to Social Engineering and GenAI

• What is Social Engineering?

• How Generative AI is revolutionizing social engineering tactics

• Importance of defending against GenAI-driven social engineering attacks

Identifying and Analyzing GenAI-Driven Social Engineering Attacks

• Overview of social engineering techniques

• Detailed analysis of GenAI-facilitated attacks

Defensive Strategies Against GenAI Social Engineering

• Security best practices and tools

• Developing policies and training programs

• Enhancing awareness and resilience

  
  

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for individuals interested in understanding and defending against social engineering attacks facilitated by Generative AI, including:

• Cybersecurity professionals

• IT Managers

• AI practitioners

• Security Analysts

• Anyone interested in learning about GenAI and its implications in social engineering

Prerequisites

This course assumes a basic understanding of AI and cybersecurity, but no prior knowledge of Generative AI or social engineering is required.

Instructor

Taimur Ijlal is a multi-award-winning information security leader with over 20+ years of international experience in cyber-security and IT risk management in the fin-tech industry. Winner of major industry awards such as CISO of the Year, CISO Top 30, CISO Top 50, and Most Outstanding Security Team. Taimur's courses on Cybersecurity and AI have thousands of students from all over the world. He has also been published in leading publications like ISACA Journal, CIO Magazine Middle East, and has published two books on AI Security and Cloud Computing (ranked #1 new release on Amazon).