Free AI and security learning

What do you want to learn?

Start from zero, build something, or make better decisions about AI. Each route teaches the basics, gives you a task to try and helps you check your work.

No signup. No quiz required. Use fictional data, not work or personal information.

Learn the basics

AI fundamentals

Anyone who keeps hearing about AI at work and wants to understand it properly, with no technical or coding background.

First task: Grade three AI answers for a fictional company · about 20 min

Security fundamentals

Anyone who wants to understand how security actually works before specialising, including people moving from support, operations, business or AI roles with no coding background.

First task: Threat model a fictional loyalty app on one page · about 25 min

AI security fundamentals

Anyone who already understands either AI basics or security basics and needs to reason about both together.

First task: Threat-sketch a fictional returns assistant · about 20 min

Build or lead

Build and test a small AI app

Developers who can already write and run code and want to add an AI feature with testable application controls.

First task: Run the offline starter and test an access boundary · about 20 min

Leading AI adoption safely

Managers, CEOs, CTOs and business owners who are accountable for an AI feature or tool but will not build or configure it themselves.

First task: Write a one-page decision record for one AI use case · about 20 min

Work with customers

Technical pre-sales for AI security

For solutions architects, sales engineers and consultants who have to demo an AI system and answer its security questions live.

First task: Map the trust boundaries of a fictional AI assistant · about 20 min

Sales conversations about AI security

For account managers, business development and customer success people who have to discuss AI security credibly without being engineers.

First task: Run a written discovery on a fictional request · about 20 min

Looking for an AI security career?

Already work in technology or security? The separate career quiz uses your experience and interests to suggest one of seven specialist paths. It is not a test of job readiness.

Take the eight-question career quiz Browse the career paths

Learning routes teach a task. Career paths describe specialist work and include a small, labelled job-research sample.