Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative possibilities, but it also introduces new security challenges. This course equips security and data protection leaders with strategies to securely manage AI within their organizations. Learn a framework for proactively identifying and mitigating AI-specific risks, protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and building a resilient AI infrastructure. Pick use cases from four different industries to explore how these strategies apply in real-world scenarios.
Introduction to Security in the World of AI
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Beginner level
No prior experience required
1 hour to complete
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Understand the key concepts of AI, machine learning, and generative AI, and how models are built into APIs and applications.
Understand the current landscape of potential threats both due to AI and when using AI.
Understand at a high level how to organize an ecosystem for preventing these threat attacks.
Develop and implement a comprehensive AI security strategy based on Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF).
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces you to the core concepts of AI security. You'll explore the reasons why securing AI systems is crucial in today's world, gain a basic understanding of how AI works, and learn about the various ways we interact with AI and how that impacts security.
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This module guides you through the creation of a robust framework to protect your AI initiatives. You'll explore how AI is transforming the security landscape, the key components of a strong security foundation, and the SAIF framework—a strategic approach to maintaining AI security. You'll learn the six core elements of SAIF and their real-world application through use cases across four different industries.
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This concluding module reviews key concepts from the course, and provides additional resources to guide you on your continued AI security journey.
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