Make security and privacy decisions for AI systems in production

No. Sessions are not recorded. This is a deliberate choice to keep all conversations private and confidential, so that participants feel safe sharing real challenges, ongoing decisions, and truthful perspectives from their organizations.

Participants are expected to attend at least 4 of the 5 weeks. Consistent attendance is one of the criteria for receiving your InfoQ certification.

If you do need to miss a session:

• Connect with your peers through the private Slack channel to catch up on key discussions.
• Review the session materials and slides shared in the Google Drive folder.
• Complete the homework assignment for that week.
• Post any questions in Slack — your facilitator, peers and the InfoQ team will be available to help.

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Registration fees are not refundable.

Yes, we've developed a template you can use to explain to your manager how you can benefit from the cohort participation.

Yes, in-person cohorts are offered at select QCon conferences, such as QCon London and QCon San Francisco.

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Yes. The program is open to freelancers and the self-employed. When registering, simply enter your trading name or "Independent" in the Company Details section.

The program is a collaborative initiative between InfoQ and QCon, both of which are practitioner-driven brands owned by C4Media Inc.

InfoQ is a practitioner-driven community news site focused on facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in professional software development.

We do not offer scholarships or complimentary seats for the InfoQ Certification at this time. Should this change for future cohorts, we will announce it via our official channels.

We are dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive experience for everyone. Our Code of Conduct can be found at https://certification.qconferences.com/code-conduct .

Participants who registered for the online cohorts will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to join the sessions during the week prior to the start of the cohort.

To ensure an optimal experience, you will need:

• A stable internet connection: High-speed access for video conferencing.
• Zoom: The latest version of the Zoom desktop client.
• Slack: Access to our private workspace for peer networking and coordination.
• A laptop or desktop: While mobile devices are supported, a computer is highly recommended for collaborative work and session participation.

The program runs for five weeks, with two 2-hour live sessions each week — four live hours a week — plus independent work between sessions and a group Capstone project.

Yes, alumni enrolling in a second Certification program receive a $147 discount. To claim your alumni code, please email certification@qconferences.com when ready to register for your second program.

Plan for 4 hours of live sessions each week, split across two 2-hour workshops, plus up to 2 hours of independent work. This is a significant time investment because we are not just watching talks.

We are undertaking the challenging, practical work of applying these frameworks to real-world challenges alongside your senior peer group.

No. The program is for experienced technical people with at least five years of relevant experience. It starts from system design, threat models, controls, testing, and organizational constraints rather than introductory material on AI or cybersecurity. Each week is structured around a real decision you are working on, not a case study.

The program is built around decisions that depend on architecture and context. A sandbox may be appropriate for one agent workflow and irrelevant to another. A privacy control can reduce one risk while introducing operational cost elsewhere. An evaluation is useful only if it reflects the failures that matter for the system.

The cohort format gives you time to examine those choices against specific systems and hear how engineers in other organizations are handling similar constraints. That is why the program is built around a confidential peer group, live exercises, expert facilitation, and a group capstone rather than self-paced study.

This cohort gives you the confidential peer group and an experienced facilitator to do that work, and you'll earn the InfoQ Certified AI Security & Privacy Engineering Program certification as a result.

The Capstone project is the final milestone. Each working group assesses an AI product architecture across the areas covered in the program, explaining the main security and privacy risks, the controls selected, how those controls would be tested, and who owns the relevant decisions. In Week 5, each group gives a 20-minute presentation followed by discussion with the cohort. Selected work may later be developed into a technical article for InfoQ — examples can be found on InfoQ.com .

Certification is awarded based on two factors: consistent attendance and active participation in the live sessions, and the successful completion of the group Capstone project.

This is for experienced engineers and technical leaders responsible for AI systems where security, privacy, access, or sensitive data are part of the design: senior software engineers, staff and principal engineers, software architects, AI/ML platform engineers, security and privacy engineers, technical leads, and engineering managers. We recommend at least 5 years of relevant experience.

No. Security and privacy engineers are part of the audience, but the program also applies to senior software engineers, staff and principal engineers, architects, AI/ML platform engineers, technical leads, and engineering managers who are responsible for AI systems.

No. Regulated industries are a strong fit because privacy, compliance, and auditability are explicit system constraints. The same technical questions apply when an AI system handles confidential company data, customer information, proprietary data, or takes autonomous actions.

The syllabus covers sensitive data in AI workflows; threat modeling and red teaming; guardrails, data-flow controls, and sandboxes; observability, testing, and evaluations; and governance and auditing.

The exercises include mapping data flows, using threat-modeling methods, red teaming, testing controls, building evaluations, and defining ownership.

Certification is awarded based on active participation in the cohort and successful completion of the group capstone, presented in Week 5.