Resources
The Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy curriculum and programs are specifically designed for K-12, colleges and universities.
- Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy courses
The Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy offers free, NICE framework-aligned curricula to universities, community colleges, high schools, and middle schools. The courses range from introductory to advanced levels with a focus on the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. To date, the Cybersecurity Academy has reached over one million students both online and across 3,700 partner institutions, primarily at the two-year colleges and university level. Paired with hands-on labs, the expansion of this scalable curricula will better prepare America’s youth to take advantage of the endless opportunities our innovation economy offers. Specifically, the Cybersecurity Academy curriculum will arm future leaders with the ability to:- Identify and examine AI used in cybersecurity.
- Explain how AI/ML collects, integrates, and normalizes enterprise security data.
- Discover how AI facilitates the automation of security operations.
- MLSecOps Foundations course
As AI and ML become increasingly central to our lives, ensuring their security and resilience is more crucial than ever. This course is designed for ML engineers, data scientists, application security (AppSec) and information security (InfoSec) practitioners, and business leaders who are committed to securing their AI/ML systems and building a safer AI-powered world. Throughout the course, learners will discover how to secure ML models, conduct AI-specific risk assessments, audit and monitor supply chains, implement incident response plans, and build a high-performing machine learning security operations (MLSecOps) team. By the end, they’ll be prepared to help individuals and organizations proactively secure their AI and ML systems against evolving threats.
About Palo Alto Networks
As the global cybersecurity leader, Palo Alto Networks is steadfast in its commitment to cyber defense and AI security innovation. It supports many of the largest multinational corporations, critical infrastructure operators of all shapes and sizes, the U.S. federal government, public sector entities, universities, educational institutions, and local and national governments across more than 150 countries. Palo Alto Networks introduced machine learning (ML) capabilities as part of its malware protection more than a decade ago and now offers over 30 AI-driven products, with more in development. The company combines ML, deep learning, and generative AI to enable real-time, automated protection across networks, cloud environments, endpoints, applications, and now AI models, systems, and agents themselves.
Although AI can amplify the scale and speed of attacks for threat actors, it can also revolutionize threat detection and defense strategies, ultimately giving cyber defenders the upper hand. Every day, Palo Alto Networks detects up to 8.95 million new attacks. This process of continuous discovery and analysis allows threat detection to stay ahead of the adversary. Real-time awareness of the threat landscape allows our company to block up to 30.9 billion attacks each day. AI powers Palo Alto Networks’ ability to enable instantaneous security and safety.