Weekly Learning Journal
Follow my weekly learning in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity. Each entry includes a synopsis of a relevant resource, my analysis connecting it to CYBR 325 course concepts, and reflections on its practical security implications.
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Week 8: When a Trusted AI Assistant Ships the Attack
Published: October 20, 2026 Week 8 moved from ethical frameworks toward implementation: what it takes to turn principles like accountability, privacy, and fairness into controls that still work after an AI system is deployed.…
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Week 7: When the Training Data Is the Attack Surface
Week 7’s topic was security tools and applications, and our class looked at what happens when AI is applied to health care. In Lab 7, I was the Recorder for Breakout Room 1, where…
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Week 6: A Cloned Voice, a Valid Login, and a Confident Model
Week 6 moved into AI in security operations, and Monday’s class had two breakout rooms. In the first, Group 1 explored HeyGen, an AI video avatar platform, and I created an avatar using my…
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Week 5: From a Phishing Prediction to a Security Decision
This week in CYBR 325, I trained a Random Forest classifier on the PhiUSIIL phishing dataset in Google Colab. The displayed metrics rounded to 1.0000, but the confusion matrix showed one missed phishing website…
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Week 4:Machine Learning Fundamentals
Beyond Accuracy: What Machine Learning Fundamentals Mean for Cybersecurity In Monday’s CYBR 325 lab, I built and trained a small neural network in TensorFlow that classifies iris flowers into three species from four measurements.…
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Week 3: AI Algorithms
When Search Algorithms Go Looking for Vulnerabilities Week 3 had no class meeting because of Labor Day, so the material was self-directed: Chapters 3 and 4 of AI Basics, plus an assignment and a…
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Week 1: Exploring Careers in AI, Machine Learning, and Cybersecurity
What amazes me about artificial intelligence is how it is shaping cybersecurity and influencing organizations’ security posture. As I begin CYBR 325, I want to understand what this change means for someone preparing to…
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Week 2: Why AI Fundamentals Are Security Fundamentals
Week 2 of CYBR 325 introduced the foundations of artificial intelligence. Dr. Cooper explained how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning relate to one another, traced the field’s history, and introduced algorithms including…
