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Cybersecurity · career guide

AI Security Engineer

Secure the AI systems every company is racing to deploy — the scarcest skill set at the intersection of the two best-paid fields in tech.

Median salary $138,000 · 46-week programme · from $112/week

What you'll learn

The skills this track builds

Every one of these appears in real job descriptions for this field.

AI/ML security & adversarial ML

Used by: AI Security Engineer

Machine-learning modelling

Used by: ML Engineer, Data Scientist

Application & web security

Used by: Penetration Tester, AI Security Engineer, Cybersecurity Engineer

Threat modelling & risk

Used by: Cloud Security Architect, AI Security Engineer, Penetration Tester

Python programming

Used by: ML Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Penetration Tester

Security frameworks & compliance

Used by: Cloud Security Architect, Cybersecurity Engineer, AI Security Engineer

MLOps & model deployment

Used by: ML Engineer, Data Scientist

Incident response & on-call

Used by: DevOps/SRE, Cybersecurity Engineer, AI Security Engineer

Security reporting & remediation

Used by: Penetration Tester, Cybersecurity Engineer, AI Security Engineer

The year

Phase by phase

Phase 1

Foundations (wks 1–10): networking, Linux, security principles, Python.

Phase 2

Security core (wks 11–22): threat detection, cloud security, IAM, secure development.

Phase 3

AI security (wks 23–36): LLM threat models, prompt injection and jailbreak defence, model supply-chain security, AI red-teaming, governance frameworks.

Phase 4

Capstone & placement (wks 37–46): an AI security assessment capstone, certification exams, interview phase.

Certification preparation: CompTIA Security+ · AWS Security Specialty · AI red-teaming aligned preparation.

How we teach

Live, mentored, and built to stick

Live small-cohort classes, a weekly 1:1 mentor, hands-on labs, and a spaced-repetition system so week-3 skills are sharp in week 30.

Cybersecurity

AI Security Engineer — free brochure

Secure the AI systems every company is racing to deploy — the scarcest skill set at the intersection of the two best-paid fields in tech.

  • The skills you'll master — and the jobs that pay for them
  • How Derry teaches: live classes, a personal mentor, spaced repetition
  • Salary ranges, certifications and where this leads
  • Exactly how to become a student

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