📌 What You Need:
- ChatGPT (Free or Plus — Plus recommended for larger or technical responses)
- Access to security tools/logs (e.g., SIEM, IDS, CVE databases)
- Optionally: threat reports, sample CVEs, training content
🛡️ 1. Threat Analysis
Goal: Analyze logs, detect patterns, and spot threats.
Prompt Example:
“Analyze this security log for potential threats. Logs are from a Linux server.”
(Paste log snippet)
ChatGPT Outputs:
- Flagged suspicious login attempts (e.g., failed SSH logins from unknown IPs)
- Potential brute-force or malware indicators
- Suggestions for immediate checks (e.g., block IP, review login activity)
🔍 Tip:
“Summarize common attack patterns in these logs.”
📄 2. Policy Documentation
Goal: Create security policies, SOPs, and compliance docs.
Prompt Example:
“Create an Acceptable Use Policy for employees at a financial firm.”
ChatGPT Delivers:
- Clear headings: Scope, Responsibilities, Prohibited Actions, Monitoring
- Optional GDPR/CCPA language
- Editable Word/PDF-ready structure
🛠️ Can also ask:
“Write a cloud security policy for AWS usage in a startup.”
🚨 3. Incident Response
Goal: Generate playbooks and response procedures for security incidents.
Prompt Example:
“Write an incident response playbook for a ransomware attack.”
ChatGPT Gives:
- Step-by-step plan: Detection, Containment, Eradication, Recovery
- Tools to use (EDR, backups, isolation methods)
- Post-incident actions (reporting, lessons learned)
🔥 Ask variations:
“Create response procedure for phishing compromise in Microsoft 365.”
🛠️ 4. Vulnerability Assessment
Goal: Understand CVEs, prioritize, and write mitigation steps.
Prompt Example:
“Explain CVE-2023-23397 and how to mitigate it.”
Output:
- Explanation of the vulnerability (e.g., Outlook zero-click exploit)
- Risk level (CVSS score)
- Steps for mitigation (patch version, registry edits, etc.)
🔐 Extra:
“Create a patch management checklist for known CVEs.”
🎓 5. Security Training
Goal: Generate internal training and awareness content.
Prompt Example:
“Write a phishing awareness training email for employees.”
Result:
- Short email with examples of phishing tactics
- Tips on reporting suspicious emails
- Links to security portal or LMS
📽️ Try:
“Create a slide outline for a cybersecurity 101 workshop.”
🧪 6. Penetration Testing
Goal: Plan pentests, create payload checklists, and summarize results.
Prompt Example:
“Outline a penetration test for a web app hosted on AWS.”
ChatGPT Provides:
- Scoping (asset listing, test duration)
- Tools to use (Burp, Nmap, SQLMap)
- Reporting format (risk levels, CVSS scores, remediation plans)
🛠️ Example Add-on:
“Write an executive summary of the findings for the CISO.”
⚖️ 7. Compliance Mapping
Goal: Map security controls to regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, etc.)
Prompt Example:
“Map CIS Controls to NIST 800-53 and explain any overlaps.”
Result:
- Side-by-side control mapping table
- Notes on which controls are partially or fully aligned
- Recommendations to bridge compliance gaps
✅ Also works with:
- HIPAA
- PCI-DSS
- SOC 2
⚠️ 8. Risk Assessment
Goal: Document threats, vulnerabilities, impacts, and mitigation strategies.
Prompt Example:
“Create a cybersecurity risk assessment matrix for a small e-commerce company.”
ChatGPT Gives:
- Risk matrix (Likelihood vs. Impact)
- Identified threats (DDoS, SQL Injection, Insider Threat)
- Suggested mitigations (WAF, IAM, audit logging)
📊 You can follow up with:
“Convert this into a table for management presentation.”
🧭 Summary Cheatsheet
| Task | How ChatGPT Helps |
|---|---|
| 🔍 Threat Analysis | Analyze logs and identify anomalies |
| 📄 Policy Documentation | Write security policies and user guidelines |
| 🚨 Incident Response | Build playbooks for common threats |
| 🔧 Vulnerability Assessment | Explain CVEs, prioritize risks, suggest remediations |
| 🎓 Security Training | Generate training material and email campaigns |
| 🧪 Pen Testing | Create test plans and write clear findings |
| 📜 Compliance Mapping | Align controls to standards like ISO/NIST |
| ⚠️ Risk Assessment | Build and explain risk matrices |