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PG Certificate inCybersecuritywithGenAI PG Certificate inCybersecurity with GenAI
Six months and 130 hours, live online on weekends. AI-assisted pentesting, red-team labs in sandboxes, and securing LLM and agentic systems, with a capstone defended before a CISO-level panel.Six months, 130 hours, weekends. Security first, with GenAI on top.
#56 NIRF RANKEngineering 2025
- Batch 1Now open
- 6 monthsWeekend-only, live online
- 130 hrs110 live + 20 project
- 3+ yrsExperience to apply
The institute
Rankings and recognition of IIT Jammu.
An Institute of National Importance under the Government of India. The institute designs, teaches and certifies the program.
- #56 NIRF Engineering 2025
- 2016 Institute of National Importance since
- I3C Programs via I3C-IIT Jammu
What you'll learn
What you'll learn, build and gain.
Toolchain: Claude, GPT, Gemini, LangChain, LlamaIndex, ChromaDB, Pinecone, FastAPI, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nuclei, MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, Splunk SPL, YARA, Sigma, KQL, VirusTotal, LLM Guard and NIST AI RMF. Tools may be replaced as the landscape evolves, at the discretion of the Institute.
- 25+AI and security tools, hands-on
- 6Graded builds you keep
- 2Live assessments
- 1Capstone defended in a 15-minute presentation and 10-minute viva
Who it is for
Twelve roles this was built for.
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Defenders
SOC analysts, threat hunters, network and infrastructure admins moving from keeping systems up to defending them.
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Offensive security
Penetration testers, red teamers and bug bounty hunters adding AI-assisted recon and exploit development.
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Engineers
Application security, cloud and DevOps, data and ML engineers, and software engineers moving into security.
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Leaders and advisors
Security architects, GRC and compliance leads, CISOs, consultants and auditors building the AI governance case.
Purpose-built for working professionals in Indian enterprise contexts: BFSI, IT services, manufacturing and government. You do not need to be writing production code today.
Curriculum
Six modules, one capstone.
Weekend sessions, 12 to 15 live hours per module. 24 weeks, 9 evaluations.
Foundations of GenAI and cybersecurity
Foundations of GenAI and cybersecurity
What you learn
- How LLMs work, framed for security professionals.
- The AI threat landscape, MITRE ATT&CK and the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and India's regulatory landscape: DPDP Act 2023, CERT-In, RBI and SEBI.
- Build a sector threat-landscape analyser.
GenAI attack simulation and penetration testing
GenAI attack simulation and penetration testing
What you learn
- A full client-grade pentest of a sandboxed web app, LLM-planned and LLM-assisted, with a critique of where AI fell short.
- Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP.
AI-assisted vulnerability research and bug bounty hunting
AI-assisted vulnerability research and bug bounty hunting
What you learn
- An AI reconnaissance pipeline that discovers, classifies and prioritises assets across a bug bounty scope.
- Nuclei, Python.
Securing GenAI systems and AI governance
Securing GenAI systems and AI governance
What you learn
- A production-style secure RAG app with role-based access, PII filtering and tenant isolation, and a least-privilege AI agent with approval gates, MCP hardening and a full audit trail.
- LangChain, ChromaDB, LLM Guard.
AI-powered threat detection and SOC operations
AI-powered threat detection and SOC operations
What you learn
- A SOC threat-triage bot that classifies SIEM alerts, extracts IOCs and writes analyst and executive summaries.
- YARA, VirusTotal API.
Enterprise AI security, governance and career readiness
Enterprise AI security, governance and career readiness
What you learn
- AI governance for the enterprise, then mock technical interviews and a guest panel of CISOs and hiring managers.
Capstone: real-world AI security audit and strategy
Capstone: real-world AI security audit and strategy
What you learn
- 8 live and 20 project hours.
- Audit a real organisation, defend it before IIT Jammu faculty and an industry panel. 30% of your grade.
Faculty and mentors
Taught by people who break systems for a living.
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Prof. Badri Narayan Subudhi
IIT Jammu
Programme Director · Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
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Prof. Harkeerat Kaur
IIT Jammu
Programme Director · Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
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Srinivasarao Kotipalli
Offensive security
Modules 1, 2 and 5
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Nikhil K Srivastava
AI security
Modules 3, 4 and 6
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Abhijeth D
Application security
Guest faculty · Module 6
What you get
A PG Certificate, and an optional trip to Jammu.
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Certificate
A PG Certificate issued by IIT Jammu
Issued on completion of all six modules and the capstone viva. The programme is executed through I3C-IIT Jammu in collaboration with USDC Global, and each certificate is verified by the I3C-IIT Jammu office.
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Campus immersion, optional
Two to three days at IIT Jammu, Jagti
Lab time in the room, faculty face time and your cohort in person. Not required for the certificate. Travel and stay are your own.
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For teams
Get your company to pay for it
We send an L&D-ready justification pack: outcomes, hours and a GST invoice in your employer's name.
Fees and dates
One fee. No surprises.
Dates and payment
What happens when.
- Batch
- Batch 1 · 80 to 200 seats
- Classes
- Weekend-only, live online, all recorded
- Duration
- 6 months · 110 live hours + 20 project hours
- Eligibility
- 3+ years of experience
- Payment
- Full fee or EMI from ₹11,667 a month
For teams
Get your company to pay for it.
Most employers reimburse upskilling like this. We hand you everything your company needs to sign off.
How admission works
Four steps. No entrance exam.
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Submit the form
Two minutes: your name, role and experience.
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Profile review
The institute reviews your profile against the eligibility criteria.
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Admission offer
Qualifying candidates receive an offer with the fee schedule and dates.
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Confirm your seat
Pay the first instalment, or share the invoice with your employer.
Inside the program
Live sessions, real assignments, shipped work.
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Live build sessions
Weekly instructor-led builds. You build along in real time.
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Assignment reviews
Detailed feedback on every submission from mentors.
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Walkthroughs
Line-by-line breakdowns of production AI work.
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Doubt-clearing
Same-evening Q&A so you are never stuck.
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Demo days
Present your builds and get peer and faculty feedback.
Campus immersion
Two days at IIT Jammu, Jagti.
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Two days with the professors
An on-campus event with the faculty who teach the program.
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Life on the IIT Jammu campus
Classrooms, labs and the library at Jagti, open to the cohort.
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Your cohort, in person
Meet the people you have studied with online, in one room.
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Your network
Working professionals from across industries, now your peers.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Who is this program actually for?
Working professionals with 3+ years in IT, cybersecurity, engineering or a tech-adjacent role. It is not an entry-level security course, and it assumes you have shipped or supported real systems.
Do I need to be able to code?
You do not need to be writing production code today. The labs run in Python with instructor-provided targets, and a code background is an advantage, not a requirement.
What happens if I miss a live session?
Every session is recorded and available to you.
Is the campus immersion compulsory?
No. It is an optional add-on and not required for the certificate. Travel and stay are your own.
Are the offensive-security labs legal and safe?
Yes. Labs run in sandbox environments against instructor-provided research targets.
Does the program include placements?
No. I3C-IIT Jammu and IIT Jammu do not endorse or make any placement promises or guarantees associated with this program. Module 6 includes mock technical interviews and a guest panel of CISOs and hiring managers.
How does admission work?
By profile review, not a test. Submit the form, we check the experience requirement, you have an advisor call, then confirm your seat. About a week. If your background does not fit, an advisor tells you before you pay anything.
What if I change my mind?
80% refund before Day 1 on the certificate programs. There is no payment to apply.
Can my company pay for it?
Most employers reimburse these programs. We give you the documents your company needs to sign off.
AI broke your threat model. Rebuild it.
The institute reviews your profile first. No payment to apply.The institute reviews your profile first. No payment to apply.