Security Detective Teams

Investigation Worksheet

Your Name: _______________________________ Date: _______________

Team Members: _____________________________________________________________

Part 1: Your Detective Work (Before Talking to AI)

Look at the evidence packet. You have 10 minutes to investigate on your own.

What patterns do YOU notice?

In the login times:

In the passwords:

In the social media clues:

What feels suspicious to you? (Trust your gut.)

What questions came up that you can’t answer from the evidence alone?

Part 2: Working WITH Your AI Partner

Your AI partner is joining the investigation. They’re good at different things than you are. Talk to them like a teammate, not a search engine.

Your opening message to AI:

“You’re my investigation partner. We’re looking into mysterious account lockouts at a school. Here’s what I’ve found so far: [share your observations]. What patterns do you see that I might have missed?”

What did AI notice that you didn’t?

What did AI get WRONG or seem uncertain about?

What did AI ask YOU about? (Good partners ask questions back.)

Did you disagree with AI about anything? What happened?

Part 3: What Each Partner Contributed

Be specific. This is the important part.

Investigation Task	What YOUR Brain Did	What AI Did	What You Figured Out TOGETHER
Spotting patterns in the data
Understanding WHY someone would do this
Deciding what evidence matters most
Connecting clues to real-world context

Part 4: Your Conclusions

What do you think happened? (Your team’s theory)

How confident are you? Why?

[ ] Very confident — because ________________________________________________

[ ] Somewhat confident — because ___________________________________________

[ ] Not sure yet — because _________________________________________________

What would you investigate next?

Part 5: Reflection

What surprised you about working with AI?

What can humans do in cybersecurity that AI can’t?

What can AI do that humans would struggle with?

If you were a real cybersecurity analyst, how would you want to work with AI?

Security Detective Teams — NICE K12 2025