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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 8

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 8

This course is part of Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Specialization

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

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7 hours to complete

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What you'll learn

Develop a foundational understanding of AI threats and LLM security frameworks.
Master techniques to mitigate risks such as prompt injection and training data poisoning.
Implement best practices for securing AI supply chains and protecting sensitive information.
Enhance AI system resilience through proactive security testing and incident response strategies.

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This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge to protect large language models (LLMs) and AI systems from emerging threats. You will explore critical security challenges such as prompt injection, training data poisoning, and model theft. You will gain insights into frameworks like MITRE ATLAS and NIST, and learn to implement best practices for securing AI ecosystems. By the end of this course, you will be proficient in identifying vulnerabilities, applying mitigation strategies, and enhancing the resilience of AI systems.

This module covers securing generative AI. It begins with an introduction to AI threats and large language model (LLM) security. You will learn about OS Top 10 for LLM applications and the MITRE ATLAS framework. You will learn about the Coalition for Secure AI and the best practices being developed by organizations like NIST and others. You will learn about prompt injection, insecure output handling, training data poisoning, model denial of service, and supply chain security. You'll also learn about other threats, like sensitive information disclosure, insecure plugin design, and excessive agency. You will learn concepts that will help you understand overreliance in AI, model theft attacks, and understanding red teaming of AI models. The module will also cover retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and its different permutations, as well as explore tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, and other orchestration libraries used with AI. You will learn how to secure embedding models, secure vector databases, and develop strategies for monitoring and incident response.

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36 videos7 assignments

36 videosTotal 224 minutes

Module Introduction2 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Understanding the Significance of LLMs in the AI Landscape7 minutes
Exploring the Resources for this Course - GitHub Repositories and Others3 minutes
Introducing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)12 minutes
Understanding the OWASP Top-10 Risks for LLMs6 minutes
Exploring the MITRE ATLAS™ (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems) Framework6 minutes
Understanding the NIST Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations7 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Defining Prompt Injection Attacks12 minutes
Exploring Real-life Prompt Injection Attacks4 minutes
Using ChatML for OpenAI API Calls to Indicate to the LLM the Source of Prompt Input10 minutes
Enforcing Privilege Control on LLM Access to Backend Systems6 minutes
Best Practices Around API Tokens for Plugins, Data Access, and Function-level Permissions3 minutes
Understanding Insecure Output Handling Attacks3 minutes
Using the OWASP ASVS to Protect Against Insecure Output Handling5 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Understanding Training Data Poisoning Attacks4 minutes
Exploring Model Denial of Service Attacks3 minutes
Understanding the Risks of the AI and ML Supply Chain9 minutes
Best Practices when Using Open-Source Models from Hugging Face and Other Sources13 minutes
Securing Amazon BedRock, SageMaker, Microsoft Azure AI Services, and Other Environments16 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Understanding Sensitive Information Disclosure3 minutes
Exploiting Insecure Plugin Design3 minutes
Avoiding Excessive Agency4 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Understanding Overreliance5 minutes
Exploring Model Theft Attacks5 minutes
Understanding Red Teaming of AI Models14 minutes
Learning objectives1 minute
Understanding the RAG, LangChain, Llama Index, and AI Orchestration17 minutes
Securing Embedding Models10 minutes
Securing Vector Databases12 minutes
Monitoring and Incident Response8 minutes
Course Summary8 minutes

7 assignmentsTotal 210 minutes

Introduction to AI Threats and LLM Security Quiz30 minutes
Understanding Prompt Injection & Insecure Output Handling Quiz30 minutes
Training Data Poisoning, Model Denial of Service & Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Quiz30 minutes
Sensitive Information Disclosure, Insecure Plugin Design, and Excessive Agency Quiz30 minutes
Overreliance, Model Theft, and Red Teaming AI Models Quiz30 minutes
Protecting Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Implementations Quiz30 minutes
End of Course Assessment30 minutes

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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 8

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 8

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Tools you'll learn

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Build your subject-matter expertise

There is 1 module in this course