This course offers a comprehensive exploration into the crucial security measures necessary for the deployment and development of various AI implementations, including large language models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It addresses critical considerations and mitigations to reduce the overall risk in organizational AI system development processes. Experienced author and trainer Omar Santos emphasizes “secure by design” principles, focusing on security outcomes, radical transparency, and building organizational structures that prioritize security. You will be introduced to AI threats, LLM security, prompt injection, insecure output handling, and Red Team AI models. The course concludes by teaching you how to protect RAG implementations. You learn about orchestration libraries such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and others, as well as securing vector databases, selecting embedding models, and more.

Securing Generative AI

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Explore security for deploying and developing AI applications, RAG, agents, and other AI implementations
Learn hands-on with practical skills of real-life AI and machine learning cases
Incorporate security at every stage of AI development, deployment, and operation
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Assessments
7 assignments
Taught in English
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September 2025
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