IIT Delhi Launches 6-Month Certificate Programme In Cybersecurity And AI Security For Working Professionals

Six-month programme to equip working professionals with skills to secure, attack, defend and govern AI systems amid the evolving enterprise threat landscape

New Delhi, [Date]: IIT Delhi Continuing Education Programme (CEP) has launched the Certificate Programme in Cybersecurity and AI Security, a six-month programme that equips working professionals to tackle emerging security challenges as enterprise AI adoption grows.

As AI becomes embedded in enterprise systems, threats now include adversarial machine learning, LLM prompt injection, agentic AI exploitation and model supply chain attacks. At the same time, regulations such as the DPDP Rules 2025, SEBI CSCRF 2024 and RBI Master Directions 2024 are driving demand for professionals who combine cybersecurity, AI security and compliance skills.

Prof. Subodh Vishnu Sharma, Associate Professor, Dept of CSE, IIT-Delhi, said, “As AI moves into the core of enterprise systems, security can no longer be treated as separate from AI engineering. This programme takes a threat-first approach, helping professionals understand how AI systems are attacked and then build the defences to secure them, in line with India’s evolving regulatory requirements. With IIT Delhi faculty and industry practitioners guiding them, participants will work on real-world AI security problems.”

The programme combines cybersecurity and AI security through a threat-first, build-second approach, with a focus on practical, production-oriented learning. Over six months, it includes 78 live hours across five modules and one capstone, covering five frontier agentic attack surfaces: multimodal jailbreaks, MCP prompt injection, memory poisoning, tool-calling exploitation and model hub supply chain.

Participants will work with tools and frameworks including PyRIT, Garak, Sigstore, OPA and Falco, building practical skills in AI red teaming, adversarial ML, tool-calling security, memory poisoning and model supply chain risks.

In the hands-on capstone, participants will build and deploy a production-grade AI security solution, evaluated by IIT Delhi faculty. Sessions will be held live online on Saturdays, led by IIT Delhi faculty and industry practitioners.

The programme is aimed at cybersecurity professionals, AI/ML engineers, data scientists, DevOps and platform engineers, and GRC and compliance professionals. Applicants need a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, AI, IT, Mathematics, Statistics or equivalent, with a minimum of 50% marks and familiarity with any programming language.

On programme completion, participants will receive an e-Certificate of Completion, digitally verified and issued directly by CEP - IIT Delhi.

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