Attack in N’Djamena, US Sanctions RSF and fire spreads in Los Angeles. Plus AI workshop today
Andrew Sheves Good morning.
🇹🇩 Armed fighters, suspected to be members of Boko Haram, stormed Chad’s Presidential palace shortly after a visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister. Government forces thwarted the attack, leaving 18 of the 24 attackers dead, along with one member of the security forces. [More - Al Jazeera]
🇸🇩 On Monday, the US sanctioned the leaders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, accusing the group of conducting a genocide. Both the RSF and Sudanese militaries have caused indiscriminate harm to civilians during the conflict but until now, the US has refrained from leveling sanctions on the RSF due to the group’s close support to the UAE. [More - Washington Post]
🔥 The Palisades fire and several other uncontrolled wildfires continue to sweep through Los Angeles, with over 130,000 now under evacuation orders and thousands of homes destroyed. LAX remains open, but the fire is now within 8 miles of the airport and spreading, so travelers should expect delays if the fire remains uncontained. The Port of Long Beach is unaffected. [More - BBC Live Coverage]
Unfortunately, this didn’t make yesterday’s SITREP, but I’m running a short practical workshop on AI for Security Risk Managers today at 12:30 ET.
The session is going to be very hands-on and we’ll be covering three essential topics:
🏆 Three Quick Wins - How to speed up three common Security Risk Management tasks with AI.
✍️ Effective prompting - Stop guessing or using generic ‘helpful assistant’ prompts. Here’s how to write consistent, high-performance prompts.
⛑️ Safe Use of Public Tools - Finally, we’ll quickly cover what’s safe and not safe with online AIs and how to anonymize your queries.
AI Quick Wins for Security Risk Managers
Artificial intelligence is changing business and can be hugely beneficial for Security Risk Managers but it can be hard to know where to start. Plus, safety and confidentiality are always big concerns. So we’re sharing our cheat sheet to get you started. This practical session lets you get hands-on with common AI systems quickly, easily and safely so you can put these tools to work right away.
maven.com/p/b5068e/ai-quick-wins-for-security-risk-managers?utm_medium=ll_share_link&utm_source=email
! If ‘start using AI’ was one of your New Year’s resolutions, this 30-minute free session will set you on the right path.
I hope to see you there.
On to the numbers.
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Carpe tomorrow!