AI-Enabled Cyber Defense Professional

Overview

The AI-Enhanced Cyber Defense Professional program is an integrated training program designed to equip cybersecurity practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to defend modern digital environments using artificial intelligence. The courses comprising this program equip students with foundational AI concepts and with applied cybersecurity skills, preparing learners to leverage AI for threat detection and secure AI-driven systems against emerging risks.

This program includes the following courses:

Fundamentals of Modern AI + Security & Privacy in AI – Fundamentals of Modern AI introduces essential AI concepts, generative AI, LLMs, copilots, agentic AI, cloud tools, responsible AI practices, and real-world applications. Security & Privacy in AI covers AI risk, NIST AI RMF, privacy considerations, LLM vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies for secure AI implementation. The evening schedule for this program structures this training in a series of 4-hour interactive workshops over the course of one month.

AI-Enhanced Network and Packet Analysis – This cyber-intensive course will familiarize students with network fundamentals, packet behavior, and defensive traffic analysis.

CompTIA SecurityX exam preparation – An advanced, hands-on cybersecurity course focused on enterprise security architecture, incident response, automation, cloud/on-prem security, cryptography, and threat analysis. Supports exam preparation and real-world defense skills.

Schedule

3 weeks daytime / 3 months evening