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AI Security: Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Specialization

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AI Security: Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Specialization

Build Secure AI Systems End-to-End.

Learn to identify, prevent, and respond to AI-specific threats across the entire ML lifecycle.

Reza Moradinezhad
Starweaver
Ritesh Vajariya

Instructors: Reza Moradinezhad

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Intermediate level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Secure AI systems using static analysis, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment techniques

  • Implement production security controls including monitoring, incident response, and patch management

  • Conduct red-teaming exercises and build resilient defenses against AI-specific attack vectors

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Specialization - 13 course series

Secure AI Code & Libraries with Static Analysis

Secure AI Code & Libraries with Static Analysis

Course 1, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Configure Bandit, Semgrep, PyLint to detect AI vulnerabilities: insecure model deserialization, hardcoded secrets, unsafe system calls in ML code.

  • Apply static analysis to fix AI vulnerabilities (pickle exploits, input validation, dependencies); create custom rules for AI security patterns.

  • Implement pip-audit, Safety, Snyk for dependency scanning; assess AI libraries for vulnerabilities, license compliance, and supply chain security.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: AI Security
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Code Review
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Analysis
Category: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library)
Category: Application Security
Category: Responsible AI
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Supply Chain
Category: DevSecOps
Category: AI Personalization
Secure AI: Threat Model & Test Endpoints

Secure AI: Threat Model & Test Endpoints

Course 2, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze and evaluate AI inference threat models, identifying attack vectors and vulnerabilities in machine learning systems.

  • Design and implement comprehensive security test cases for AI systems including unit tests, integration tests, and adversarial robustness testing.

  • Integrate AI security testing into CI/CD pipelines for continuous security validation and monitoring of production deployments.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Security Testing
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: AI Security
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Scripting
Category: Integration Testing
Category: Test Case
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Category: System Monitoring
Category: CI/CD
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Secure Coding
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Application Security
Category: DevOps
Optimize AI Inference Speed & Accuracy

Optimize AI Inference Speed & Accuracy

Course 3, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze inference bottlenecks to identify optimization opportunities in production ML systems.

  • Implement model pruning techniques to reduce computational complexity while maintaining acceptable accuracy.

  • Apply quantization methods and benchmark trade-offs for secure and efficient model deployment.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Model Deployment
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Keras (Neural Network Library)
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Network Model
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Convolutional Neural Networks
Category: Project Performance
Harden AI: Secure Your ML Pipelines

Harden AI: Secure Your ML Pipelines

Course 4, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply infrastructure hardening in ML environments using secure setup, IAM controls, patching, and container scans to protect data.

  • Secure ML CI/CD workflows through automated dependency scanning, build validation, and code signing to prevent supply chain risks.

  • Design resilient ML pipelines by integrating rollback, drift monitoring, and adaptive recovery to maintain reliability and system trust.

Skills you'll gain

Category: CI/CD
Category: AI Security
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Hardening
Category: Containerization
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Security Controls
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Engineering
Category: Resilience
Category: Infrastructure Security
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Secure AI Model Deployments & Lifecycles

Secure AI Model Deployments & Lifecycles

Course 5, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Execute secure deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, shadow) with traffic controls, health gates, and rollback plans.

  • Implement model registry governance (versioning, lineage, stage transitions, approvals) to enforce provenance and promote-to-prod workflows.

  • Design monitoring triggering runbooks; secure updates via signing + CI/CD policy for auditable releases and controlled rollback.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Model Deployment
Category: AI Security
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: System Monitoring
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: CI/CD
Category: DevOps
Secure AI Interpret and Protect Models

Secure AI Interpret and Protect Models

Course 6, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze and identify a range of security vulnerabilities in complex AI models, including evasion, data poisoning, and model extraction attacks.

  • Apply defense mechanisms like adversarial training and differential privacy to protect AI systems from known threats.

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of security measures by designing and executing simulated adversarial attacks to test the resilience of defended AI model.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Security
Category: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
Category: Security Engineering
Category: Penetration Testing
Category: Security Testing
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Data Validation
Category: Hardening
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Analysis
Category: Design
Category: Security Controls
Secure AI with Privacy and Access Controls

Secure AI with Privacy and Access Controls

Course 7, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze real-world AI security, privacy, and access control risks to understand how these manifest in their own organizations.

  • Design technical controls and governance frameworks to secure AI systems, guided by free tools and industry guidelines.

  • Assess privacy laws' impact on AI, draft compliant policies, and tackle compliance challenges.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Security
Category: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Category: Data Security
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Security Awareness
Category: Incident Response
Category: Cyber Security Policies
Category: Threat Management
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Cyber Governance
Category: Risk Management Framework
Category: Data Loss Prevention
Category: Security Controls
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Governance
Category: Generative AI
Category: Security Management
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Secure AI: Red-Teaming & Safety Filters

Secure AI: Red-Teaming & Safety Filters

Course 8, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Design red-teaming scenarios to identify vulnerabilities and attack vectors in large language models using structured adversarial testing.

  • Implement content-safety filters to detect and mitigate harmful outputs while maintaining model performance and user experience.

  • Evaluate and enhance LLM resilience by analyzing adversarial inputs and developing defense strategies to strengthen overall AI system security.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Security
Category: Security Testing
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: System Implementation
Category: Cyber Security Assessment
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Security Controls
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Penetration Testing
Category: LLM Application
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Threat Modeling
Secure AI Systems Across Lifecycle Stages

Secure AI Systems Across Lifecycle Stages

Course 9, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify and classify various classes of attacks targeting AI systems.

  • Analyze the AI/ML development lifecycle to pinpoint stages vulnerable to attack.

  • Apply threat mitigation strategies and security controls to protect AI systems in development and production.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Security
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Security Controls
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Data Security
Category: Application Lifecycle Management
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Security Testing
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework
Category: Cybersecurity
Automate AI Anomaly Detection & Response

Automate AI Anomaly Detection & Response

Course 10, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply machine learning techniques to detect anomalies in cybersecurity data such as logs, network traffic, and user behavior.

  • Automate incident response workflows by integrating AI-driven alerts with security orchestration tools.

  • Evaluate and fine-tune AI models to reduce false positives and improve real-time threat detection accuracy.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Query Languages
Category: Microsoft Azure
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Data Integration
Category: User Feedback
Category: Generative AI
Harden AI: Patch and Recover Incidents Fast

Harden AI: Patch and Recover Incidents Fast

Course 11, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply systematic patching strategies to AI models, ML frameworks, and dependencies while maintaining service availability and model performance.

  • Conduct blameless post-mortems for AI incidents using structured frameworks to identify root causes, document lessons learned, and prevent recurrence

  • Set up monitoring, alerts, and recovery to detect and resolve model drift, performance drops, and failures early.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Incident Response
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Patch Management
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Computer Security Incident Management
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Automation
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: AI Security
Category: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Problem Management
Category: Dashboard
Category: Incident Management
Secure Mobile AI Models Against Attacks

Secure Mobile AI Models Against Attacks

Course 12, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the fundamentals of deploying AI models on mobile applications, including their unique performance, privacy, and security considerations.

  • Analyze threats to mobile AI models like reverse engineering, adversarial attacks, and privacy leaks and their effect on reliability and trust.

  • Design a layered defense strategy for securing mobile AI applications by integrating encryption, obfuscation, and continuous telemetry monitoring.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Encryption
Category: AI Security
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Application Security
Category: Apple iOS
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Security Requirements Analysis
Category: Threat Management
Category: Security Management
Category: Model Deployment
Category: Mobile Security
Detect & Respond to Mobile AI Threats

Detect & Respond to Mobile AI Threats

Course 13, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze how AI features like sensors, models, and agents make phones attack surfaces and enable deepfake-based scams.

  • Evaluate technical attack paths—zero-permission inference and multi-layer agent attacks—using real research cases.

  • Design a mobile-focused detection and response plan with simple rules, containment steps, and key resilience controls.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mobile Security
Category: Incident Response
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Hardening
Category: Endpoint Security
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Threat Management
Category: Exploit development
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Security Controls
Category: AI Security
Category: Deep Learning
Category: Mobile Development Tools

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Instructors

Reza Moradinezhad
Coursera
6 Courses4,640 learners
Starweaver
Coursera
554 Courses1,049,415 learners
Ritesh Vajariya
Coursera
27 Courses18,649 learners

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