AI NCAP – Certified AI Practitioner Training Course

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday business and technology environments. Whether organisations are formally deploying AI platforms or employees are using AI-enabled SaaS and productivity tools, security teams increasingly need to understand how AI changes their organisation’s risk profile.

The AI NCAP – Certified AI Practitioner Training Course is a two-day, instructor-led programme designed to give cyber security and technology professionals a practical understanding of AI through the lens of security, governance, attack and defence.

Who this course is for

Security teams need more than theory. They need clear understanding, practical governance, and hands-on awareness of the real risks and opportunities relating to AI. The AI NCAP course provides a balanced approach that helps organisations move forward with confidence while staying in control.

It gives delegates a working understanding of how AI operates, where it creates new risk, how attackers are using it, how it should be governed, and how it can improve defensive operations.

The course is suitable for professionals with an intermediate understanding of information and cyber security, including:

• Cyber security practitioners;
• Security engineers;
• SOC analysts and blue team personnel;
• Red and purple team members;
• DevSecOps/platform teams
• GRC, audit and risk professionals
• Security architects; and
• Security leaders who need a practical understanding of AI.

What you’ll learn

The course outcomes focus on understanding AI, managing AI-specific risks, governance, attacker use of AI and applying AI safely within cyber defence. By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of AI, LLMs, Generative AI and Agentic AI in a cyber security context;
• Recognise common AI failure modes and understand their security implications;
• Identify and manage AI-specific risks;
• Develop and maintain a practical AI risk register;
• Map AI governance and security controls to recognised frameworks;
• Understand how AI changes existing cyber security attack surfaces;
• Recognise how attackers can use AI for reconnaissance, vulnerability research and exploitation;
• Apply AI to malware analysis and investigation activities;
• Use AI to support incident analysis and reporting;
• Apply appropriate guardrails when using AI within security operations; and
• Take practical approaches and playbooks back into the workplace.

Course outline

• M1: AI Demystified – Foundations & Functions — Understand how AI works
• M2: AI Risk & Threat Landscape — Explore AI threats, risks and exposures
• M3: Governance & Compliance for AI — Build governance, controls and assurance capability
• M4: Evil AI – Attack Vectors & Tactics — See how attackers weaponise AI
• M5: Good AI – AI-Enhanced Cyber Defence — Apply AI to strengthen cyber security

The AI NCAP training course is delivered live online over two days, with guided practical exercises delivered through a cloud-hosted lab environment. By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Understand AI in practical security terms for better decision-making, safer adoption, and more effective communication between security, risk, and leadership teams.
• Help their organisations identify and understand emerging AI-related threats before they become unmanaged operational, regulatory or security issues.
• Demonstrate to their security teams how AI-enabled tactics may appear in real environments, supporting better prevention, monitoring and response.
• Show their organisation how to use AI to improve speed, consistency and effectiveness in defensive operations without losing control or oversight.

The course is most valuable for organisations that are adopting AI, rolling out AI-enabled tools, creating AI governance structures, or preparing for regulatory, customer or audit scrutiny.