Certified AI Governance Practitioner

Certified AI Governance Practitioner is a vendor-neutral certification that helps security, risk, compliance, data, and technology leaders build practical AI governance programs that support safe, responsible, and scalable AI adoption.

100% Vendor-Neutral Training
Learn practical AI governance concepts that apply across tools, vendors, and environments.
7 In-Depth Modules
Build an operating model across governance, risk, lifecycle, security, transparency, and maturity.
4 weeks to complete
Recommended pace: 3–4 hours per week.

Enroll to Become a Certified
AI Governance Practitioner

Build the expertise needed to design, operate, and mature an enterprise AI governance program with confidence. This certification helps you understand how leading frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and the OECD AI lifecycle translate into practical governance activities, controls, evidence, and operating practices.

What you’ll learn
Map AI governance requirements from NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and OECD lifecycle guidance into a practical enterprise operating model.
Establish governance leadership, accountability, policies, records, training, and stakeholder communication for responsible AI oversight.
Assess AI use cases for risk, impact, compliance obligations, third-party exposure, and residual risk before deployment.
Govern data and AI models across the lifecycle, including planning, data processing, model selection, TEVV, deployment, monitoring, and retirement.
Implement secure AI operations through runtime controls, misuse monitoring, incident playbooks, change management, and resilience practices.
Operationalize ethics, transparency, explainability, acceptable use, fairness testing, and customer-facing AI disclosures.
Skills & tools
AI Governance
AI Risk Management
AI Compliance
AI Policy Development
AI Impact Assessment
AI Lifecycle Governance
Data Governance
Model Risk Management
AI Security Operations
Responsible AI
AI Transparency
AI Maturity Assessment
Frameworks & standards
NIST AI RMF
ISO/IEC 42001
EU AI Act
OECD AI Lifecycle
GDPR / DPIA Concepts
OWASP LLM Top 10
Enterprise GRC
Concepts & frameworks
Assets, Risks, and Controls
Data Security Lifecycle
DSPM Maturity Model
Data Risk Profiling
Governance and Policy Enforcement
Monitoring and Incident Response
Secure Data Destruction
GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and privacy-aware data handling
Outcomes and takeaways
Build a practical AI governance operating model aligned to major global frameworks and regulations.
Understand how the Cyera Five Pillars translate complex AI governance expectations into clear domains of execution.
Create governance artifacts such as AI policies, AI registers, risk assessments, impact assessments, lifecycle records, approval evidence, and incident response playbooks.
Identify how AI governance supports audit readiness, regulatory defensibility, stakeholder trust, and secure AI adoption.
Develop a maturity-based roadmap for improving AI governance capabilities over time.

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“What stood out most was the practical approach to AI security fundamentals and the clear framework for understanding governance, risk, and security maturity.”
Oksana Riabichko
Vice President, North America
« La plupart des certifications ajoutent des lettres à votre nom, mais la certification DSPM Architect vous confère un véritable avantage concurrentiel. Elle vous fournit une méthode éprouvée pour identifier et sécuriser les données sensibles au sein d'environnements cloud et SaaS tentaculaires, vous permettant ainsi de traduire les risques en termes commerciaux compréhensibles aussi bien par la direction que par les équipes de développement. »
Ari Harrison
Directeur informatique, BAMKO
« Ce cours est très bien conçu et couvre tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la sécurité de l'IA. Excellent travail ! Bravo à tous ceux qui ont travaillé dur pour élaborer ces supports de formation et cet examen de certification. Je serai fier d'afficher mon badge partout où je le pourrai ! »
Ledesma
Formateur, analyste de systèmes, Silicon Labs
« Une introduction très instructive à la gestion du cycle de vie des données et à la gestion de la sécurité des données. »
Kapil Choudhary
Directeur principal, Banque d'État de l'Inde
« Je suis convaincu que cette certification comble une lacune essentielle dans le paysage actuel de la sécurité. Elle m'a fourni la structure et le vocabulaire nécessaires pour mener avec assurance des initiatives de sécurité des données, au sein d'équipes, d'outils et d'unités commerciales diverses. Que vous soyez opérationnel ou stratège, c'est l'une des certifications les plus pratiques et novatrices que j'aie vues. »
Amy Mayo
Analyste en cybersécurité, Finance of America

Expert-Led Curriculum

The Certified AI Governance Practitioner curriculum is designed to help security, risk, compliance, data, and technology leaders translate AI governance frameworks into practical operating models.

Module 0
Introduction to AI Governance and the Five Pillars
Textual
3 Hours
Establish the need for AI governance, introduce the Cyera Five Pillar model, and explain how the course helps organizations move from governance theory to operational execution.
Module 1
AI Governance Foundations, Standards, and Frameworks
Textual
3 Hours
Explore the major frameworks shaping AI governance, including NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and the OECD AI lifecycle, and learn how they map to the Five Pillars.
Module 2
Pillar 1: Governance and Leadership
Textual
3 Hours
Learn how organizations establish AI accountability, ownership, decision rights, policies, records, training, and stakeholder communication.
Module 3
Pillar 2: Risk, Impact, and Compliance
Textual
3 Hours
Understand how to identify AI use cases, classify risk, conduct assessments, manage compliance obligations, evaluate third-party exposure, and document residual risk.
Module 4
Pillar 3: Data and Model Lifecycle
Textual
3 Hours
Govern data and AI systems across the full lifecycle, including planning, data processing, model selection, TEVV, deployment, monitoring, and retirement.
Module 5
Pillar 4: Secure Operations and Resilience
Textual
3 Hours
Apply operational controls through a continuous loop of prevention, detection, response, recovery, and improvement for deployed AI systems.
Module 6
Pillar 5: Ethics, Transparency, and Acceptable Use
Textual
3 Hours
Operationalize responsible AI through ethical frameworks, harm assessment, transparency, explainability, fairness testing, and acceptable use enforcement.
Module 7
Maturity, Metrics, and Evidence
Textual
3 Hours
Learn how to measure whether an AI governance program is working using KPIs, maturity scorecards, evidence collection, and prioritized improvement planning.
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AI Governance Practitioner Certification!
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