ISSA Sacramento Valley *Thursday EVENING* Chapter Meeting – 8/14/2025 – HANDS-ON Create Custom AIs for Security
NOTE: This meeting will be held on a Thursday evening in lieu of our regular Friday lunch meeting.
Speaker: Steven Templeton
Topic: Beyond Chatbots: Building Custom AIs for Real-World Security and Education
Synopsis:
In this hands-on presentation, we’ll create task-specific AIs using OpenAI’s Custom GPT builder. You’ll learn how to design prompts, connect models to your data, and even build agents that ask questions instead of just answering them.
Whether you’re a SOC analyst, AI tinkerer, or just AI-curious, this session will give you the language, tools, and ideas to get started with custom AI in your own domain.
Note: This talk is a follow-on to last month’s talk. See these slides to review (or discover, if you missed that meeting) the material and to prepare for this meeting. Also note that you will need an OpenAI ChatGPT Plus subscription to be able to create a GPT. The price is $20 for one month. See this web site to create your account.
Speaker Bio: Steven Templeton is a cybersecurity consultant, educator, and former wildlife biologist who brings over 25 years of experience blending technology, security, and creativity. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Security from UC Davis, has worked extensively in industrial control system (ICS) security and compliance, and currently teaches in the cybersecurity engineering graduate program at the University of San Diego. Steven has a knack for making complex ideas approachable — from machine learning to Splunk to AI-based roleplaying tools for cryptography students.
Meeting Details: This will be a hybrid meeting (both in-person and on-line). You may attend remotely via Zoom (see below) or attend in person at Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento CA.
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This is hybrid meeting on Zoom and in-person.
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84186623031?pwd=EtHkuqg0it61fhLsaZIpC8aCHldHG9.1
Meeting ID: 841 8662 3031
Passcode: 668146