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IBM Generative AI for Cybersecurity Professionals Specialization
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IBM Generative AI for Cybersecurity Professionals Specialization

Enhance your career in Cybersecurity with AI. Build in-demand generative AI skills and gain credentials for your cybersecurity career in 3 months or less. No degree or prior experience required.

Dr. Manish Kumar
Rav Ahuja
Antonio Cangiano

Instructors: Dr. Manish Kumar +2 more

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8

(200 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply your skills to recognize real-world generative AI uses and identify popular generative AI models and tools for text, code, image, audio, video.

  • Gain knowledge of generative AI prompt engineering concepts, examples, common tools and learn techniques needed to create impactful prompts.

  • Learn how to identify appropriate generative AI tools for cybersecurity.

  • Apply your generative AI skills to address standard and advanced cybersecurity needs.

Skills you'll gain

  • Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
  • Category: Content Creation
  • Category: Virtual Environment
  • Category: Artificial Intelligence
  • Category: Natural Language Processing
  • Category: Cybersecurity
  • Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
  • Category: ChatGPT
  • Category: Prompt Engineering
  • Category: Vulnerability Management
  • Category: Large Language Modeling
  • Category: Threat Detection

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May 2025

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Describe generative AI and distinguish it from discriminative AI.

  • Describe the capabilities of generative AI and its use cases in the real world.

  • Identify the applications of generative AI in different sectors and industries.

  • Explore common generative AI models and tools for text, code, image, audio, and video generation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Program Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: OpenAI
Category: Generative AI
Category: Virtual Environment
Category: Image Analysis
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Content Creation

What you'll learn

  • Explain the concept, relevance, and best practices of prompt engineering to guide generative AI models in producing meaningful, accurate outputs.

  • Apply prompt engineering techniques to text prompts, improving the reliability and quality of large language models.

  • Practice prompt engineering techniques and approaches, including interview pattern, chain-of-thought, tree-of-thought, to improve prompt outcomes.

  • Explore commonly used tools for prompt engineering to aid with prompt engineering.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: OpenAI
Category: Generative AI
Category: Image Analysis
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: ChatGPT

What you'll learn

  • Explain the fundamental concepts of Generative AI and its significance in cybersecurity.

  • Apply generative AI techniques to real-world cybersecurity scenarios, including UBEA, threat intelligence, report summarization, and playbooks.

  • Assess the use of generative AI in cybersecurity against threats, like phishing and malware, and understand potential NLP-based attack techniques.

  • Mitigate attacks on generative AI models and analyze real-world case studies, identifying key success factors in implementation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Malware Protection
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Anomaly Detection
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Incident Response

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Dr. Manish Kumar
Dr. Manish Kumar
IBM
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