Cyber Security: Data, Privacy and AI Security

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Course Overview

What You'll Learn

  • The Cyber Security: Data, Privacy, and AI Security Specialization is designed to give you the critical skills needed to protect organisations in today’s data-driven and AI-powered world.
  • You’ll start by mastering the fundamentals of data security and information privacy, learning how to identify risks, apply de-identification techniques, and implement frameworks that ensure compliance with global regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA.
  • You’ll understand how adversarial attacks threaten machine learning models, learn strategies to defend against manipulation, and explore techniques for building robust, trustworthy AI systems.

The Cyber Security: Data, Privacy, and AI Security Specialization is designed to give you the critical skills needed to protect organisations in today’s data-driven and AI-powered world. Bringing together three advanced courses Cyber Security: Data Security and Information Privacy, Cyber Security: Data Privacy, and Cyber Security: Security of AI, this program blends technical expertise, regulatory insight, and forward-looking strategy. You’ll start by mastering the fundamentals of data security and information privacy, learning how to identify risks, apply de-identification techniques, and implement frameworks that ensure compliance with global regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. From there, you’ll explore how to embed privacy by design across systems and processes, conduct privacy impact assessments, and respond effectively to incidents. Finally, you’ll advance into one of the most pressing frontiers of cyber security: securing AI. You’ll understand how adversarial attacks threaten machine learning models, learn strategies to defend against manipulation, and explore techniques for building robust, trustworthy AI systems. Developed by Macquarie University’s Cyber Skills Academy, ranked in the top 1% of universities globally. By the end, you will have the knowledge and applied experience to lead privacy initiatives, secure sensitive data, and protect AI systems, positioning yourself as a forward-looking cyber leader.

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