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AI Security: Defending LLM Applications (OWASP LLM Top 10, Guardrails, Red-Teaming)

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A premium, advanced course on defending large language model applications, updated for 2026. You will learn the modern LLM threat landscape and how to think like a defender, the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications in depth (prompt injection, insecure output handling, sensitive information disclosure, supply chain, excessive agency, unbounded consumption and more), layered defenses against direct and indirect prompt injection, input and output guardrails with real tools (Llama Guard, NeMo Guardrails, Lakera, Rebuff), robust system-prompt design, securing RAG pipelines, tool-using agents and Model Context Protocol servers against excessive agency, PII detection and data-leakage prevention, authorized red-teaming and jailbreak defense on your own systems, secrets and supply-chain hygiene, model denial-of-service protection, guardrail evaluation, observability, incident response for AI, and compliance with GDPR and the EU AI Act. Every technique is framed defensively: you protect systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test, and you practice responsible disclosure. Includes a comprehensive final assessment.

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What you will learn

Practical skills you gain by completing this course

The LLM Threat Landscape in 2026
Prompt Injection: The Defining Threat
Insecure Output Handling and Downstream Exploits
Guardrails: Input and Output Filtering
Securing RAG and Agents: Excessive Agency
Data Protection: PII, Leakage, and Poisoning
Supply Chain, Secrets, and Denial of Service
Red-Teaming Your Own LLM Applications (Authorized)
Monitoring, Incident Response, and Compliance
Final Quiz — Defending LLM Applications

Who it is for

Developers Software engineers Solution architects CTOs / Tech Leads Data Scientists ML Engineers DevOps Engineers

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Advanced

Assumes hands-on experience with AI and complex scenarios.

Updates

Regular

Last update: Aug 8, 2026. Content kept up to date.

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IT & Engineering

A technical course for IT professionals — available with individual course access or the IT Pro / All Access bundle.

Advanced level

Hands-on experience required

Assumes practical experience with AI. Covers complex scenarios and advanced strategies.

Always up to date

Last update: Aug 8, 2026

The course is updated regularly with the latest information, tools and practices from the industry.

Practical and applied

30 lessons with real examples

Each lesson includes practical scenarios, actionable checklists and quizzes to check your understanding.

Curriculum

10 modules, 30 lessons — structured to learn step by step.

10 modules
30 lessons
~25h of content
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2 The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications: A Map
50 min
3 Threat Modeling LLM Applications
50 min
1 Direct Prompt Injection: Anatomy and Mechanics
50 min
2 Indirect Prompt Injection: Poisoned Content and RAG
50 min
3 A Layered Defense Strategy Against Prompt Injection
50 min
1 When Model Output Becomes an Exploit
50 min
2 Secure Output: Encoding, Sandboxing, and Least Privilege
50 min
3 Structured Output, Schema Validation, and Constrained Decoding
50 min
1 Guardrail Architecture: Where and What to Filter
50 min
2 Guardrail Tooling: Llama Guard, NeMo Guardrails, Lakera, Rebuff
50 min
3 Designing Robust System Prompts
50 min
4 Evaluating and Tuning Guardrails: Metrics, False Positives, and Evasion
50 min
1 Securing RAG Pipelines
50 min
2 Excessive Agency: Tool Abuse and Least Privilege for Agents
50 min
3 Human-in-the-Loop, Approvals, and Agent Sandboxing
50 min
4 Securing MCP Servers, Tools, and Plugin Ecosystems
50 min
1 Sensitive Information Disclosure
50 min
2 PII Detection, Redaction, and Data Minimization
50 min
3 Data and Model Poisoning: Defensive Measures
50 min
1 LLM Supply Chain Security
50 min
2 Secrets Management and API Key Hygiene
50 min
3 Model Denial of Service and Unbounded Consumption
50 min
1 Authorized Red-Teaming: Scope, Rules of Engagement, and Ethics
50 min
2 Jailbreak Defense
50 min
3 Automated and Continuous Red-Teaming
50 min
1 Observability and Threat Monitoring for LLM Applications
50 min
2 Incident Response for AI Systems and Responsible Disclosure
50 min
3 Compliance: GDPR, the EU AI Act, and Governance
50 min
1 Final Assessment — AI Security: Defending LLM Applications
45 min
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