Kutub Thakur, PhD, is a distinguished cybersecurity expert, educator, and researcher with extensive experience across both public and private sectors, including the United Nations, major financial institutions, utility companies, and academic institutions. He earned a PhD in computer science with a specialization in cybersecurity at Pace University in New York, an MS in electrical and computer control systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin, and a BS in computer systems technology at the City University of New York.Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, PhD, is a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the United International University (UIU), Bangladesh. He earned a PhD in computer engineering in 2009 at Kyung Hee University, South Korea, and a BSc in computer science and information technology at the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, in 2003. He has served as chair and a member at numerous top-ranked international conferences. He is currently the editor-in-chief of two journals: International Journal of Computers and Applications and Journal of Cyber Security Technology. Dr. Pathan has also edited or authored 36 books. He is a senior member of the IEEE.

• 1. An overview of the machine learning role in cybersecurity transformation. 2. Machine learning (ML). 3. Understanding data, datasets, and training for ML. 4. Building training and testing datasets. 5. Data analytics. 6. Deep learning and neural networks. 7. Modern cybersecurity tools. 8. Machine learning in cybersecurity. 9. ML-powered top platforms.