AI-Powered Cybersecurity Essentials: Protecting Enterprise Networks explores how modern AI and machine learning safeguard complex, hybrid enterprise environments. The book progresses from cybersecurity and ML foundations to applied defenses: AI-enhanced intrusion detection, malware and APT discovery, automated incident response, and predictive threat intelligence with risk analysis. It then covers securing cloud and hybrid networks, protecting IoT and edge devices, rigorous evaluation and validation of AI-driven solutions, and the ethical and regulatory guardrails that govern responsible deployment, closing with actionable future trends.
Written for security architects, SOC analysts, network engineers, and researchers, the book blends principles with practical patterns, reference workflows, and implementation checklists. Readers will learn to design and tune AI-assisted controls, integrate them with existing stacks, operationalize detection and response, measure effectiveness, and navigate governance and complianceso they can confidently deploy resilient, human-centered, AI-enabled defenses across the enterprise.
.- Introduction to AI in Cybersecurity.
.- Foundation of Cyber Security.
.- Machine Learning Essentials for Cybersecurity.
.- AI-Enhanced Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).
.- Artificial Intelligence in Malware and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Detection.
.- Automated Incident Response and Security Automation.
.- AI for Predictive Threat Intelligence and Risk Analysis.
.- Securing Cloud and Hybrid Networks with AI: Architectures, Techniques, and
Future Directions.
.- Protecting IoT and Edge Devices Using AI.
.- Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of AI in Cybersecurity.
.- Evaluating and Validating AI-Driven Cybersecurity Solutions.
.- Future Directions and Emerging Trends.
Anurag Reddy Ekkati is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, focusing on cloud infrastructure security, digital certificate management, observability, and AI-driven cybersecurity automation. Anurag leads the design and development of secure, scalable platforms that enhance system reliability and operational visibility. One of Anurag's key contributions has been the end-to-end development of a highly reliable Digital Certificate Management Platform. This platform replaced multiple fragmented commercial solutions, resulting in zero certificate-related outages and millions in annual cost savings. Dr.Bishwajeet Pandey is a Professor at GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, India. He has been a Senior Member of IEEE since 2019. He holds an MTech in Computer Science from the IIIT, Gwalior, India, and a PhD in Computer Science from the Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy. He has taught at esteemed institutions such as Chitkara University, Chandigarh; Jain University, Bangalore; Astana IT University, Kazakhstan; Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan (QS World Rank 321); Walsh College, USA; and UCSI University, Malaysia (QS World Rank 265). Dr. Pandey is a prolific researcher with over 30 published books and more than 220 research papers indexed in Scopus. He has garnered over 4500+ citations. His leadership roles include serving as the Research Head of the School of CSE at Jain University, Bangalore, from 2021 to 2023 and as the head of the International Global Academic Partnership Committee at Birla Institute of Applied Science, Bhimtal, from 2020 to 2021. In 2023, Dr. Pandey was honoured with the prestigious Professor of the Year Award at Lord's Cricket Ground by the London Organisation of Skills Development. Beyond his outstanding research output, his greatest strength lies in his global academic network. He has visited 49 countries, participated in 105 international conferences, and co-authored papers with 218 professors from 93 universities across 42 nations.
