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GIAC AI Security Automation Engineer Certification (GASAE)

Security Automation Certification Overview

Prove you can automate offensive, defensive, and cloud security operations with AI, from adversary emulation to SOAR-driven incident response

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What Is the GAIPS Certification?

The GIAC AI Platform Security (GAIPS) certification validates a practitioner's ability to audit and secure generative AI applications and large language model development pipelines, covering the data flows, model integrations, APIs, and deployment workflows that make up the AI lifecycle.

By the numbers

2 hrs

Exam duration

54

Questions

65%

Min. passing score

What GASAE Covers

GASAE groups its exam objectives into 10 domains, which SEC598's 6 course sections map to as shown below.

AI and Automation Fundamentals

Security Automation Fundamentals and Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals.

Workflow and Orchestration Engineering

Automating Workflows and Security Orchestration Automation and Response.

Cloud Security Automation

AWS Cloud Security and Incident Response Automation and Azure Cloud Security and Incident Response Automation.

Offensive Automation and Adversary Emulation

Adversary Emulation Fundamentals and Automating Offensive Workflows.

Defensive Automation and Detection Engineering

Defensive Security Automation and Using Automation and AI for Detection Engineering and Incident Response.

AI Infrastructure and Deployment Security

Hosting risk across cloud and other infrastructure

Prepare With This Course

SEC598: AI and Security Automation for Red, Blue, and Purple Teams

Course Details

How SEC598 Prepares You for GASAE

SEC598 is built around the exam objectives that make up the GASAE certification:

  • Section 1, Foundations of GenAI, LLMs, & Security Automation builds skills tested under Security Automation Fundamentals and Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals.
  • Section 2, Security Automation Engineering & AI Workflows aligns with Automating Workflows and Security Orchestration Automation and Response.
  • Section 3, Cloud Automation & AI Security Services aligns with AWS Cloud Security and Incident Response Automation and Azure Cloud Security and Incident Response Automation.
  • Section 4, Red Team Automation & Offensive AI Agents aligns with Adversary Emulation Fundamentals and Automating Offensive Workflows.
  • Section 5, Defensive Automation & AI-Augmented Response aligns with Defensive Security Automation and Using Automation and AI for Detection Engineering and Incident Response.

Across all six sections, 25 hands-on labs and a full-day capstone give you the chance to apply each skill in a live hybrid Azure, AWS, and on-premises environment before you sit the exam.

Read the full GASAE certification overview here.

SEC598 Authors

Jeroen Vandeleur

Jeroen Vandeleur

Technical Innovation Lead at NVISO

Jeroen Vandeleur brings NVISO field experience and a pragmatic automation mindset to SEC598, helping students apply AI, security monitoring, and purple-team workflows to real operational challenges.

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Jason Ostrom

Jason Ostrom

Founder and Principal Consultant at Stora Information Security

Jason Ostrom has revolutionized cybersecurity by developing open-source tools like PurpleCloud and Automated Emulation, enabling scalable adversary emulation in cloud environments.

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Who It's For

SOC Analysts and Detection Engineers

Incident Responders and Forensic Analysts

Red, Blue, and Purple Team Operators

Security Automation and Orchestration Engineers

Cloud Security Engineers and DevSecOps/IaC Engineers

Security Architects

Frequently Asked Questions

GASAE certification holders can apply real-world automation and AI across offensive, defensive, and cloud security operations, from automated vulnerability discovery to SOAR-driven incident response.

The GASAE exam uses GIAC's CyberLive format, hands-on lab challenges rather than traditional multiple choice, administered over 3 hours with 82 questions and a minimum passing score of 70%.

GIAC certifications are renewed on a recurring cycle through continuing education credits and a maintenance fee. For the current renewal requirements, see GIAC's renewal page.

GASAE is designed for SOC analysts and detection engineers, incident responders and forensic analysts, red, blue, and purple team operators, security automation and orchestration engineers, cloud security engineers and DevSecOps/IaC engineers, and security architects.

SEC598: AI and Security Automation for Red, Blue, and Purple Teams is built around GASAE's exam objectives, with 25 hands-on labs and a full-day capstone in a live hybrid Azure, AWS, and on-premises environment.

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