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AIS247: AI Security Essentials for Business Leaders

AIS247Cybersecurity Leadership
  • 2 Hours (Self-Paced)
Course authored by:
Dan deBeaubien
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Equip yourself to navigate the AI revolution securely with strategies that maximize productivity gains while minimizing associated risks in your enterprise.

Course Overview

This course equips executives, business leaders, and key staff with the essential knowledge to understand, oversee, and govern AI adoption responsibly and securely. With practical insight into generative AI, AI literacy, technology trends, risk management frameworks, policy governance, and real-world security threats, AIS247 ensures leaders are prepared to make informed decisions that align innovation with security and compliance.

Through actionable frameworks and engaging case studies, participants will develop fluency in AI across organizational strategy, risk, security, ethics, and operations.

What You’ll Learn

  • Identify common AI technologies, terminology, and use cases.
  • Understand how generative AI models work, including their risks and limitations.
  • Recognize and mitigate threats including prompt injection, deepfakes, misinformation, and more.
  • Implement responsible AI policy aligned with emerging legal requirements.
  • Govern AI systems using risk-based frameworks such as NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act guidance.
  • Evaluate your organization’s AI maturity and create a roadmap for improvement.
  • Build fluency in agentic AI workflows, data security, and model governance.

Business Takeaways

  • Confidently oversee enterprise AI initiatives with risk-informed decision-making.
  • Accelerate AI adoption while reducing compliance, privacy, and reputational risk.
  • Support executive conversations around strategic, secure, and ethical AI use.
  • Establish a cross-functional AI leadership team and policy framework.

Meet Your Author

Dan deBeaubien
Dan deBeaubien

Dan deBeaubien

Dan deBeaubien is a 35-year veteran of information technology. He formerly served as the CTO of Michigan Technological University. Since joining He has worked across a diverse range of security and training areas, from Security Awareness to SANS OnDemand, and contributed to various product development and training initiatives at SANS.

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Course Syllabus

Explore the course syllabus below to view the full range of topics covered in AIS247: AI Security Essentials for Business Leaders.

Section 1AI Security Essentials for Business Leaders

Through actionable frameworks and engaging case studies, participants will build AI competency across organizational strategy, risk, security, ethics, and operations. They'll gain the capability to lead informed decisions, anticipate challenges, and drive responsible innovation across departments.

Topics covered

  • Why AI?
  • Prompt Engineering
  • AI Policy & Governance
  • 2025 AI Technology Trends
  • End-User Risk Mitigation

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Relevant Job Roles

Communications Security (COMSEC) Management (OPM 723)

NICE: Oversight and Governance

Responsible for managing the Communications Security (COMSEC) resources of an organization.

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Executive Cybersecurity Leadership (OPM 901)

NICE: Oversight and Governance

Responsible for establishing vision and direction for an organization's cybersecurity operations and resources and their impact on digital and physical spaces. Possesses authority to make and execute decisions that impact an organization broadly, including policy approval and stakeholder engagement.

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Privacy Compliance (OPM 732)

NICE: Oversight and Governance

Responsible for developing and overseeing an organization’s privacy compliance program and staff, including establishing and managing privacy-related governance, policy, and incident response needs.

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Cybersecurity Policy and Planning (OPM 752)

NICE: Oversight and Governance

Responsible for developing and maintaining cybersecurity plans, strategy, and policy to support and align with organizational cybersecurity initiatives and regulatory compliance.

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    $299 USD*Prices exclude applicable local taxes
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    I needed this introductory course to get started in understanding AI. This was the right level of content and a good value.
    Sandra C.NYSLRS
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    Appreciate your team offering this course; it is very much appreciated.
    Hevard Christopher S.Cayman Islands Government
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    A reasonable course for complete beginners.
    Jack S.UK MoD
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