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Welcome to the fourth annual Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit hosted by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE)! 
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Building a Virtual SOC with AI: Free, Web-Based Cyber Labs for Everyone
Thursday June 25, 2026 8:45am - 9:30am CDT
BLDG T-924
As cybersecurity threats grow, access to realistic, hands-on training environments remains limited—especially for students outside traditional technical programs. This session demonstrates how an AI-assisted design process was used to create a fully web-based, virtual Security Operations Center (SOC) that is free and accessible to any student with a browser.

The virtual SOC replicates real-world analyst workflows through four monitoring screens and an integrated activity dashboard that guides learners through incident investigation and response. Students gain practical experience with the tools, processes, and decision-making used by SOC analysts.

Beyond cybersecurity, the environment functions as an interdisciplinary laboratory. Students engage from multiple perspectives—evaluating business risk and continuity, analyzing digital evidence, examining social engineering and human factors, and building detection logic, automation, and AI-assisted analysis. This reflects modern incident response, where technical, organizational, and human factors intersect.

A key innovation is the use of AI to generate realistic, customizable scenarios and continuously refine them through rapid iteration—enabling instructors to quickly adapt exercises to different disciplines, skill levels, and emerging threats. Attendees will tour the live environment and see how AI accelerates scenario design and evolution. Participants will leave with practical methods, sample prompts, and implementation strategies to build, adapt, and scale their own AI-driven, scenario-based learning experiences across disciplines.

Speakers
avatar for Michael Qaissaunee

Michael Qaissaunee

Professor, Engineering and Technlogy, Brookdale Community College
Professor Mike Qaissaunee is Chair of the Engineering and Technology Department and Director of the Cyber Center at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, New Jersey. He has led multiple National Science Foundation grants advancing interactive teaching, technician education, and... Read More →
Thursday June 25, 2026 8:45am - 9:30am CDT
BLDG T-924
  AI Emerging Technologies and Risk Implications, Presentation

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