GIAC AI Platform Security Certification (GAIPS)

Prove you can secure agentic systems, RAG pipelines, MLOps workflows, and GenAI application architecture across the AI lifecycle.

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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

Questions

65%

Min. passing score

What GAIPS Covers

GAIPS groups its exam objectives into 8 domains, which SEC545's 5 course sections map to as shown below.

AI and LLM Foundations

Generative AI capabilities, limitations, and attack surfaces

Model Customization and Alignment

Fine-tuning and moderation controls, and their security implications

Knowledge Augmentation and Retrieval

RAG architectures and vector database risk

AI Application Architecture and Development Frameworks

GenAI app components, supply chain and integration-layer vulnerabilities

Agentic Systems and AI Integrations

Inter-agent communication, context management, and protocol-level security (MCP, A2A, ACP)

AI Infrastructure and Deployment Security

Hosting risk across cloud and other infrastructure

Development Pipelines and MLOps Security

Securing data workflows, training pipelines, and model lifecycle operations

AI Risk Management and Strategic Application

Structured threat modeling and long-term security planning

Prepare With This Course

SEC545: GenAI and LLM Application Security

Course Details

How SEC545 Prepares You for GAIPS

SEC545 is built around the exam objectives that make up the GIAC AI Platform Security (GAIPS) certification:

Section 1, GenAI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Security Risks builds skills tested under AI and LLM Foundations, Model Customization and Alignment, and Knowledge Augmentation and Retrieval.
Section 2, Securing GenAI Applications aligns with AI Application Architecture and Development Frameworks, plus the early ground of Agentic Systems and AI Integrations.
Section 3, Agentic AI Security extends into Agentic Systems and AI Integrations (MCP attack surface, transformer internals) and AI Infrastructure and Deployment Security.
Section 4, MLSecOps and Securing GenAI Applications Lifecycle builds skills tested under Development Pipelines and MLOps Security and AI Risk Management and Strategic Application (MAESTRO threat modeling).
Section 5, AI for Security applies AI Risk Management and Strategic Application and pulls every prior domain together in the capstone exercise.

Across all 5 sections, 20 hands-on labs and a capstone Capture the Flag exercise give you the chance to apply each skill against real AI infrastructure, including MCP servers, Airflow, and AWS Bedrock, before you sit the exam.

Read the full GAIPS certification overview here.

SEC545 Author

Ahmed AbuGharbia

Solutions Specialist Engineer at Fortinet

Ahmed AbuGharbia, SANS Instructor and SEC545 author, helps practitioners secure generative AI systems by identifying risks, understanding model behavior, and applying practical security controls.

Who It's For

AI/ML Engineers

Application Security Engineers

Cloud Security Engineers (responsible for GenAI deployments)

MLSecOps Engineers

Security Auditors and Risk Managers

Frequently Asked Questions

It proves you can audit and secure generative AI applications and LLM development pipelines, protecting data flows, model integrations, APIs, and deployment workflows against threats across the AI lifecycle.

One proctored exam, 54 questions, 2 hours, with a minimum passing score of 65%, delivered through GIAC's CyberLive format in a hands-on lab environment rather than pure multiple choice.

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.

AI/ML engineers, application security engineers, cloud security engineers responsible for GenAI deployments, and security auditors or risk managers evaluating AI systems.

SEC545: GenAI and LLM Application Security, a 5-day course with 20 hands-on labs and a capstone CTF exercise.

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