This seminar was a great example of inter-institutional collaboration!
For our final event before the summer break, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Arash Habibi Lashkari (York University), Canada Research Chair in Behaviour-Based Cybersecurity.
This seminar was organized in partnership with the Joint Research Unit in Cybersecurity and Digital Trust (INRS-UQO), the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche et d’innovation en cybersécurité et société (CIRICS), the Computer Security Research Laboratory (LRSI), and the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyberresilience (IMC2).
Seminar Summary
Effective cybersecurity requires both securing AI systems and ensuring their resilience, by combining industry collaboration with advanced research. The Understanding Cybersecurity (UCS) series bridges IT education, cybersecurity training, and applied research, promoting AI-driven security while mitigating adversarial threats.
Using the Universal Anomaly Detection Model (UADM), our research detects zero-day attacks in AI-powered cybersecurity solutions while securing AI models by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities and threats. UCS also expands its outreach through social platforms, making security knowledge more accessible and actionable.
This initiative supports IT and cybersecurity stakeholders by providing technical insights for experts and non-technical resources for broader awareness, security advocacy, and the responsible development of AI.