AI brings new security challenges from prompt injection and data poisoning to model vulnerabilities and the risks of autonomous AI agents. Organizations need professionals who understand these threats and know how to address them. The EXIN AI Security Specialist Career Path helps you build the knowledge and practical skills to move into this emerging field. Combining AI fundamentals, information security and applied AI security, this pathway prepares you to help organizations identify threats, implement effective controls and build trust in AI. Whether you work in cybersecurity, AI engineering, risk or compliance, this is your opportunity to take the next step towards a career at the forefront of AI security.
We all know that AI security is no longer a one-person problem. As organizations integrate AI into their products, processes and critical systems, securing these technologies is becoming essential for responsible AI adoption and is applicable to everyone who uses AI.
Traditional security expertise remains important, but AI introduces new attack surfaces and risks that require specialised knowledge. Organizations need professionals who understand how AI can be manipulated, exploited and protected — and how to embed security into the entire AI lifecycle.
As an AI Security Specialist, you can help bridge that gap.
The opportunity goes beyond learning another technology. It is about developing the expertise to help organizations innovate responsibly, manage emerging threats and build AI systems people can trust.
Completing this career path gives you a structured foundation in AI, information security and the specialised knowledge required to assess and manage AI security risks.It can support your development towards roles such as:
The roles you pursue will depend on your existing experience, technical skills and professional background. This career path provides a foundation for specialisation; it does not replace the experience or additional qualifications that individual roles may require.
The next generation of AI needs professionals who know how to secure it. Make that your specialisation.
The journey begins with two essential foundations: EXIN Information Security (ISO/IEC 27001) and EXIN BCS Artificial Intelligence Foundation. These certifications help you build a solid understanding of AI concepts, terminology and real-world applications, while developing essential information security skills to identify risks, understand protective controls and safeguard information. Together, they provide the foundational knowledge of AI and information security you need to progress towards specialising in AI security.
EXIN Information Security Foundation is suitable for all professionals who deal with confidential information. It creates a solid basis for higher-level certification.
Artificial Intelligence (AIF) is a methodology for using a non-human system to learn from experience and imitate human intelligent behavior. The EXIN BCS Artificial Intelligence Foundation certification tests a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of the terminology and general principles of AI.
EXIN AI Security Professional (AISP) helps you turn your foundational knowledge into specialised AI security expertise. Built on the OWASP AI Exchange, it equips you to identify AI-specific threats, assess vulnerabilities, apply security controls and understand AI security testing and threat modelling. With coverage of relevant ISO/IEC standards (27090 & 42001), the CEN framework and alignment with the EU AI Act( articles 9 &15), EXIN AISP connects practical security knowledge with recognised frameworks and evolving regulatory requirements, helping you build the skills to secure AI systems and advance your career in this emerging field.
AI is already in production. The security teams responsible for protecting it often aren't trained for it. EXIN's AI Security Professional (AISP) certification changes that — with a practitioner-grade credential built on the OWASP AI Exchange, the open standard already informing ISO and EU AI Act security requirements. This is not another awareness course. It is a certification that tests applied judgment against real AI security scenarios.