"How might we use artificial intelligence (AI) to give WiscNet members experience practicing cybersecurity incident response and planning?"
WiscNet is thrilled to announce the Mr. Pickles and Steve World Tour, a one-of-a-kind immersive journey through ransomware response. In this experience, we’re using AI tools like ChatGPT to support learning, experimentation, and discovery about cybersecurity. Join Mr. Pickles, our storytelling chimpanzee, and Steve, our veteran capybara incident-response expert, as they guide you through a fun, friendly, and deeply practical cybersecurity simulation. Each stop mixes hands-on practice with peer networking and expert coaching. Prepare to laugh, learn, and level up your incident-response skills. Mr. Pickles and Steve can’t wait to meet you!
2025
Apr 29 & 30 - WiscNet Connections 2025 - Stevens Point, WI 💵
Jul 23 - Lawrence University - Appleton, Wisconsin 👩🏻💻
Aug 5 - WiscNet World Headquarters™ - Madison, WI 💵
Aug 7 - WiscNet Board of Directors August 2025 - Madison, WI 💵
Sep 15 - 18 - The Quilt Fall Member Meeting 2025 - Dearborn, MI 👩🏻💻
Oct 1 - WiscNet MiniConnections Waukesha - Waukesha, WI 🎟️
October 2025 (TBD) - Wisconsin Science Festival - Madison, WI ⏰
Nov 5 - 7 - SETDA Leadership Summit 2025 - Arlington, VA ⏰
Nov 19 - WiscNet MiniConnections Wisconsin Rapids - Wisc. Rapids, WI 🎟️
Dec 8 - 10, 2025 - SLATE 2025 - Wisconsin Dells, WI ⏰
2026
Feb 2 - 5 - The Quilt Annual Member Meeting 2026 - New Orleans, LA 👩🏻💻
Mar 1 - 3 - WEMTA 2026 - Wisconsin Dells, WI ⏰
Mar 8 - 10 - Brainstorm 2026 - Wisconsin Dells, WI ⏰
Apr 13 - 16 - Internet2 Community Exchange 2026 - Chicago, IL ⏰
Apr 29 & 30 - WiscNet Connections 2026 - Stevens Point, WI 🎟️
🎟️ Tickets Available | ⏰ Tentative | 💵 Sold Out | 👩🏻💻 Private
Artificial Intelligence Best Practices
See what steps WiscNet is working towards internally to assure both ourselves and our members we are taking into consideration artificial inteliigence and cyberseucrity best practices.
WiscNet Cybersecurity Tabletop
The WiscNet Cybersecurity Tabletop is an interactive storytelling tool designed to help WiscNet members practice responding to cyber threats in realistic scenarios. Users choose a role on the cybersecurity incident response team. Through engaging, guided simulations set in the fictional community of Sudden Valley, Wisconsin, users face escalating challenges like ransomware or phishing attacks. They make strategic decisions, roll dice to determine outcomes, and learn incident response best practices in a gamified experience.
Who Cooked Tilapia in the WiscNet Café
Who Cooked Tilapia in the WiscNet Café is your sardonic Game Master for the interactive mystery “Who Cooked Tilapia in the Office Café?” Set in the chaotic, quirky world of WiscNet HQ, Tilapia guides players through a pungent workplace whodunit. Players choose from three distinct roles—IT investigator, eager intern, or jaded project manager—and collect clues, interrogate eccentric coworkers, and navigate Slack drama to uncover the microwaved misdeed. With branching choices, unexpected twists, and a dose of office humor, Tilapia crafts a suspenseful, hilarious adventure that ends in dramatic confrontation and personalized epilogues. Part game, part satire, all fishy business—this is workplace mystery at its finest.
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