AI in Cybersecurity

The SANS AI Security Maturity Model™ eBook gives you and your team a clear, actionable roadmap for understanding where your organization stands on AI security and exactly what it takes to get to the next level.

A free framework from SANS Faculty Fellow Lenny Zeltser and Cyber Defense Matrix author Sounil Yu for finding gaps, assigning ownership, and selecting controls to defend AI systems.

Security leaders are making AI security decisions with almost no data about how their peers handle the same challenges.

The three-track SANS model for protecting AI systems, putting AI to work in defense, and governing AI risk.

Ten AI security roles with verified job listings, salary ranges, workforce and threat data, and the SANS courses and GIAC certifications that match the work.

Security controls for GenAI systems across access, model protection, inference, monitoring, and GRC, covering prompt injection through AI bill-of-materials tracking.

Claude Mythos has changed the vulnerability landscape. Learn how to assess your exposure, prioritize your response, and build a security program ready for what comes next.

What AI-driven vulnerability discovery tools actually deliver today, and where the marketing outpaces the engineering.

What 947 global security professionals told us about the AI skills gap, regulatory hiring surge, and which roles are changing fastest.

AI-Focused courses are built entirely around AI security. They cover three core pillars: protecting AI systems, utilizing AI for offense and defense, and governing AI use and risk. Designed for specialized roles like AI Security Engineers, AI/ML Developers, and AI Governance Leads.

AI-Skills courses teach cybersecurity practitioners to use AI as a force multiplier within their existing roles. SOC analysts triage faster, investigators analyze evidence more efficiently, and threat hunters surface anomalies with greater precision. The focus is modernizing tradecraft, not securing AI itself.

Want a clearer picture of where AI security is heading? This quick-read infographic highlights how SANS is shaping the frameworks, standards, and policies guiding AI adoption worldwide – from OWASP and the EU AI Act to the 3-track model in the Secure AI Blueprint.

AI is transforming cybersecurity roles faster than organizations can adapt. From incident response to governance, today’s defenders need new skills, and entirely new job functions are emerging. These roles demand fluency in AI-driven threats, secure system design, and policy leadership. Whether you're planning your own path or shaping a team, now is the time to understand what the future requires.

And what does it take to get where you need to be? This quick-read summarizes what's inside the SANS AI Security Maturity Model™ eBook, a practical, evidence-based framework built for security leaders and practitioners.