GIAC AI Penetration Tester (GAIPT)
The GIAC AI Penetration Tester (GAIPT) certification validates a practitioner's hands-on AI penetration testing skills for assessing and exploiting vulnerabilities in enterprise AI systems.
The GIAC AI Penetration Tester (GAIPT) certification validates ability to apply practical, real-world offensive artificial intelligence techniques to modern cybersecurity challenges. Certified professionals prove their proficiency in applying advanced tactics such as deepfake-enabled phishing, automated vulnerability discovery, and AI-driven attack simulations to emulate sophisticated adversaries. GAIPT certification holders demonstrate practical expertise testing large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, machine learning models, computer vision, and agentic AI using real-world offensive techniques validated through performance-based testing.
Areas Covered
- Direct and indirect prompt injection
- RAG exploitation
- Agentic systems
- Alignment problems
- MCP server attacks
- API security
- AI Architectural flaws
Who is GAIPT for?
- Penetration testers and red teamers
- Security practitioners who need to better under how AI systems work and can be exploited
- Data scientists and AI engineers who want to understand their systems from an attacker’s perspective
- Technical leadership who wants greater insight into the risks and mechanics of AI systems
CyberLive® proves you've got what it takes
CyberLive® is a hands-on exam format that replaces traditional multiple-choice testing with performance-based challenges in realistic lab environments to validate real-world capability. The CyberLive® testing service prepares, administers, and scores cybersecurity certification exams through a hands-on, virtual machine-based testing format that assess real-world skills.
Virtual Machines:
Full-scale lab systems that behave like physical computers: install, attack, defend, and run services.
Real Security Tools:
Exact tools used by professionals every day including all the quirks and challenges
Authentic Code:
Real code, real exploits, real impacts
Certification Delivery
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.
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.
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.
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 other programs or materials may meet the needs for mastery
- Understand the procedure to contest exam results