SEC536: Adversarial AI - Penetration Testing AI Systems


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Earn 30 CPEs.
Course material is geared for cybersecurity professionals with hands-on experience.
Apply what you learn with hands-on exercises and labs.
The move from practitioner to manager comes with a specific problem: your team now covers more ground than you ever worked in. You are accountable for cloud posture, application security, vulnerability management, and the SOC, and your credibility depends on knowing enough about each to ask a useful question.
LDR512 covers that ground in five days of live, virtual instruction. Broad on purpose, spanning governance, architecture, engineering, team leadership, and operations, and written on the assumption that you would rather understand a control than memorize its acronym. Roughly an hour each day goes to Cyber42, a running simulation where you select initiatives, spend a budget you do not have enough of, and live with the consequences.
This course addresses generative and agentic AI security in depth in the engineering section, including LLM application architecture, the OWASP Top Ten for LLM and agentic applications, MITRE ATLAS, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. You’ll get 30 CPE credits for this course, and it’s aligned to the GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC) certification.
Security managers and directors, information security officers, aspiring security leaders and CISOs, and practitioners taking on team lead responsibilities. It assumes a basic understanding of technology, networks, and security; if you are entirely new to the field, SEC301 is the better starting point.
What makes LDR512 stand out is its focus on translating technical risk into business language. It equips you with the tools to communicate effectively with executives, boards, and non-technical stakeholders while still maintaining technical credibility.
The content has been exceptional, tying together many disconnected ideas I've encountered throughout my career into a structured, clear framework. It's already provided so much value I could leave at the end of day one satisfied.
To learn more about LDR512, business takeaways, laptop requirements and more, please visit the course page.
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Kenton is a well-respected cybersecurity consultant and thought leader based in Calgary, Canada. To SANS, Kenton brings more than 25 years of hands-on and management experience in a wide range of industries from hi-tech to critical infrastructure.
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Hands-on learning with the opportunity to ask questions and receive instant feedback from world-renowned experts. Afterward, reinforce your skills with 4-months of access to daily course lecture archives.
Learn cutting-edge cybersecurity knowledge with hands-on labs that provide you with techniques you can immediately use in your organization.

