GIAC AI Platform Security (GAIPS) is coming soon. A certification exam will be available for purchase on April 7, 2026 in conjunction with an affiliated SANS SEC545 course purchase. The certification will be available for general purchase on July 28, 2026.
Areas Covered
- Generative AI common terminology and fundamental concepts
- Tuning, augmenting, and aligning foundational models for custom business requirements
- Designing and securing agentic systems and AI integrations
- AI application architecture and development frameworks
- Implementing MLOps and MLSecOps practices
- Responsible AI usage and risk management strategies
Who is GAIPS for?
- AI/ML Engineers
- Application Security Engineers
- Software Developers
- Cloud Security Engineers
- Security Managers, Practitioners, and Consultants
- Security Auditors and Risk Managers
Delivery
NOTE: All GIAC Certification exams are web-based and required to be proctored. There are two proctoring options: remote proctoring through ProctorU, and onsite proctoring through PearsonVUE. Click here for more information.
GIAC certification attempts will be activated in your GIAC account after your application has been approved and according to the terms of your purchase. Details on delivery will be provided along with your registration confirmation upon payment. You will receive an email notification when your certification attempt has been activated in your account. You will have 120 days from the date of activation to complete your certification attempt.
Other Resources
- Training is available in a variety of modalities including live training and OnDemand.
- Practical work experience can help ensure that you have mastered the skills necessary for certification.
- College level courses or self-paced study through another program or materials may meet the needs for mastery.
- Get information about the procedure to contest exam results.
Practice Tests
- These tests are a simulation of the real exam allowing you to become familiar with the test engine and style of questions.
- Practice exams are a gauge to determine if your preparation methods are sufficient.
- The practice bank questions are limited so you may encounter the same question on practice tests when multiple practice tests are purchased.
- Practice exams never include actual exam questions.
- GIAC recommends leveraging additional study methods for test preparation.

