university Hawaii The University of Maui is hosting the second of three free online cybersecurity clinics. Hawaiiself-employed and small business owners. “Security using Gen”A.I.” is the topic of this session, which will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. HSTvia Zoom.
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Moderator: Debashis Bhattacharya (University Professor and Program Coordinator) ah The University of Maui Applied Business and Information Technology Program) clinic helps participants transform their generative. A.I. From buzzword to powerful security ally.
This session will focus on security and privacy issues related to: A.I.provides a clear roadmap for integration A.I. Stay ahead of advanced cyber threats by leveraging tools ethically and effectively.
Participants will learn practical use cases such as:
- How generative A.I. Identify anomalies and patterns that traditional rule-based systems miss.
- Prompt Engineering Fundamentals for Small Businesses.
- Overcoming data privacy concerns and the “shadow” A.I.While maximizing your defensive ability.
- Automate threat detection and reduce incident response time.
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Presenter: Jody Ito ah Chief Information Security Officer. David Stevens, Assistant Professor Kapiolani community college, university Hawaii campus.
“Generative A.I. Tools such as chatGPT They are popular because they have learned almost everything there is to know on the internet and respond to chat prompts in a human-friendly way. The risks here are loss of data privacy, training bias, and training-induced hallucinations. A.I. The tool itself. This webinar will help small and medium-sized enterprises use GenAI tools reliably and effectively to protect their businesses,” said Bhattacharya.
These clinics are part of the university. Hawaii Cybersecurity Clinics are funded by a $1 million grant and wraparound support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund.
