With the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI), the demand for experts in the field of cyber security is also increasing. With this in mind, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has launched a six-month certificate program in Cyber Security and AI Security for working professionals. The course will be conducted under the Institute’s Continuing Education Program (CEP). Its special feature is that working people will be able to continue their studies through online classes on Saturdays. This program will teach techniques to protect AI systems from cyber attacks.
The objective of this certificate program from IIT Delhi is to educate the participants about the challenges related to security of AI systems and ways to overcome them. In which topics like Adversarial Machine Learning, Large Language Model (LLM) Prompt Injection, Abuse of Agent AI and Model Supply Chain Attack will be taught.
Special focus on five types of cyber attacks
Apart from this, special attention will be given to five types of cyber attacks on agent AI. These include multimodal jailbreaks, modal context protocol (MCP) prompt injection, memory poisoning, tool-calling exploits, and modal hub supply chain attacks.
78 hours of online learning, five modules
This six month program will be of total 78 hours. It is divided into five modules. Practical training will also be given in this. Participants will be taught to use security tools and frameworks such as PyRIT, Garak, Sigstore, OPA and Falco. Course classes will be conducted online every Saturday. People working in this way will get a chance to study along with their responsibilities. At the end of the course, participants must complete a capstone project. Under this, they have to design and implement a production-grade solution related to AI security. The project will be evaluated by the faculty members of IIT Delhi.
Who can apply?
This program is useful for cyber security professionals, AI and machine learning engineers, data scientists, DevOps and platform engineers. Apart from this, professionals related to Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) can also apply. To apply, a candidate must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics or a related subject. A minimum of 50 percent marks is required in the degree. Apart from this, knowledge of any one programming language is also mandatory.
How much will the fee be?
According to media reports, the fee for this six-month certificate program is around Rs 1,40,000. 18 percent GST has to be paid separately on it. After adding GST, the total fee comes to Rs 1,65,200. The fee receipt will be issued by the CEP of IIT Delhi, which can be downloaded from the CEP portal.
Successful candidates will get e-certificate
Participants who successfully complete the program will be issued a digitally verified e-certificate of completion from CEP-IIT Delhi. This course can be useful for professionals who want to acquire new technical knowledge and practical skills in the field of AI and Cyber Security along with their existing job.
