Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Acknowledgments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
About the Authors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix
1 Understanding Digital Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI .. . . . 1
Chapter Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Resilience: Beyond Legacy Cybersecurity Concepts . . . . . . 3
The NIST Four Pillars of Resilience. . . . . . . . . . 4
From Technical Defense to Digital Trust.. . . . . . . . 12
The AI Revolution: A Duality of Threat and Defense.. . . . . . 15
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Multiple-Choice Questions . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions. . . . . . . . . 23
Exercise/Project: Build a Cyber Resilience Playbook for AI-Era Threats . . . 24
2 Introduction to Generative AI, LLMs, and SLMs.. . . . . . 27
Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Overview of AI Technologies and Algorithms. . . . . . . 28
Introduction to Generative AI, LLMs, and SLMs.. . . . . . . 31