{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"7MS #718: Fun Professional and Personal AI Project Ideas","description":" Hey friends! After last week\u2019s heavy episode about my wife\u2019s health scare in Punta Cana, today\u2019s is a lighter one. (Quick update: she\u2019s doing better \u2013 still recovering, but appetite\u2019s back and she\u2019s got some pep again. Thanks so much to everyone who sent kind messages.)  Today I\u2019m gushing about how AI has been making my IT and security life way more efficient:  Firewall migration: Had AI walk me through a WatchGuard T15W \u2192 T25W migration (no clean config export path). AI captured everything \u2013 screenshots, branch office VPN, VLANs, firewall rules, DHCP reservations \u2013 all organized and replayed step-by-step. The whole project took ~1 hr 15 min (plus 30 min hunting down a subnet typo that was 100% my fault). GOAD lab automation: Worked with AI to build a script that handles the full lifecycle of my Light Pentest GOAD student lab \u2013 tear it down, rebuild from latest, assign Tommy Boy-themed passwords and sync user accounts to the Apache Guacamole and lab connections. Speaking of which \u2013 Light Pentest GOAD class will be re-offered soon once the calendar firms up! External pentest wrapper scripts: Finally automated the boring auxiliary testing stuff \u2013 nmap, Shodan API, Nessus queuing, subdomain hijacking checks, metadata searches, cred spraying against M365, sysleaks lookups \u2013 all correlated and deduplicated into one push-button menu. SysReptor automation: If you\u2019re not using&amp;nbsp;SysReptor&amp;nbsp;for reporting, check it out. Piping JSON findings straight into reports via API as I test has been a game-changer. A webinar on this might be in 7MinSec\u2019s future.   Got cool ways you\u2019re using AI for IT\/security work? We\u2019d love to hear them! ","author_name":"7 Minute Security","author_url":"https:\/\/7MinSec.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40914840\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40914840"}