Keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cyber security; Large language models

Abstract

The point of this thesis is to analyze the growth of artificial intelligence in the world of cyber security, highlighting the specific impacts it has in the use of defense and offensive misuse. The way that this research was done was by using three main methods, those being interviewing cybersecurity specialists, testing the uses of public AI models and by reviewing peer-reviewed studies. Some of the findings that were discovered with the research were that AI can be a great asset in supporting defensive systems with such things as assisting in the creation of scripts, but there are also negatives where it can be used in phishing attacks as well. This thesis helps to argue the point that if organizations are to use AI in their work, then it will require careful managing by cyber professionals and there needs to be a great awareness in what methods it is being used with.

Thesis Completion Year

2026

Thesis Completion Semester

Spring

Thesis Chair

Rabelo, Luis

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Department of Computer Science

Thesis Discipline

Computer Science

Language

english

Access Status

Open Access

Length of Campus Access

None

Campus Location

Orlando (Main) Campus

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