Securing Generative AI

Get the strategies, methodologies, tools, and best practices for AI security.

Overview

3.5 hours of video training

• Explore security for deploying and developing AI applications, RAG, agents, and other AI implementations
• Learn hands-on with practical skills of real-life AI and machine learning cases
• Incorporate security at every stage of AI development, deployment, and operation

This course offers a comprehensive exploration into the crucial security measures necessary for the deployment and development of various AI implementations, including large language models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It addresses critical considerations and mitigations to reduce the overall risk in organizational AI system development processes. Experienced author and trainer Omar Santos emphasizes “secure by design” principles, focusing on security outcomes, radical transparency, and building organizational structures that prioritize security. You will be introduced to AI threats, LLM security, prompt injection, insecure output handling, and Red Team AI models. The course concludes by teaching you how to protect RAG implementations. You learn about orchestration libraries such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and others, as well as securing vector databases, selecting embedding models, and more.

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About the Instructor

Omar Santos is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) security, research, incident response, and vulnerability disclosure. He is the co-chair of the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), a board member of the OASIS Open standards organization, and the founder of OpenEoX. Omar’s collaborative efforts extend to numerous organizations, including the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), where he co-chairs the PSIRT Special Interest Group (SIG). Omar is the lead of the DEF CON Red Team Village and the chair of the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) technical committee. He is the author of more than 20 books, numerous video courses, and more than 50 academic research papers. Omar is a renowned expert in ethical hacking, vulnerability research, incident response, and AI security. His dedication to cybersecurity has made a significant impact on technology standards, businesses, academic institutions, government agencies, and other entities striving to improve their cybersecurity programs.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Course Requirement

Linux system with Python 3.x installed.

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