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AI Agent Security Specialist
On-Demand | Completion Deadline: Dec. 31st, 2026
The agentic age is here. One third of organisations have already deployed AI agents to transform their business workflows. By 2027, this will grow to 93%1. And, while agents bring great benefits, they also introduce significant cybersecurity challenges. Just like humans, agents interact with sensitive data, they’re targeted by adversaries, and they introduce insider risk.
Proofpoint’s Certified AI Agent Security Specialist course gives you the knowledge to address the emerging collaboration, data security, and governance challenges posed by AI agents. You’ll learn where the new risks are and discover practical solutions to ensure a secure environment.
1EMILE LOUW (THE CUBE). “AGENTIC SECURITY RESHAPES RISK AS AI AGENTS ENTER THE WORKFORCE.” OCTOBER 2025.
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Session Details
The agentic workspace: transformative capabilities, serious new risks
On-Demand
On-Demand
AI agents have become mission-critical additions to many enterprise environments. And in the emerging agentic workspace, agents face similar risks to people. These range from social and prompt engineering attacks to intentional or accidental disclosure of sensitive information. Many of the collaboration and data security strategies that protect humans must now extend to agents.
Join our first session to explore topics such as:
- How the digital workspace has evolved into the agentic workspace
- Understanding the concepts of AI agents and model context protocol (MCP)
- New risks and challenges
- Industry frameworks for agentic AI security
The agentic workspace: visibility and posture
On-Demand
On-Demand
In the agentic workspace, your journey begins with establishing visibility and posture. AI applications, including agents, consume, generate and interact with data at incredible speed and scale. In these dynamic and complex new environments, agents are only as secure as the data they can access.
Join our second session to explore topics such as:
- Gaining visibility to use of AI agents and maintaining posture
- Building a strong data security foundation
- Best practices for preventing agents from accessing unauthorized sensitive data
The agentic workspace: runtime security
On-Demand
On-Demand
AI agents bring transformative capabilities. But they also increase your organization’s attack surface. Agents have access to sensitive enterprise data and collaborate with both humans and other agents. To secure these interactions, it becomes critical to have strong visibility and governance to maintain a secure environment.
Join our third session to explore topics such as:
- Methods for agent governance
- Authenticating and securing agent communications, tools and access to data
- Considerations for policy and forensics
FAQs
How do I earn my Specialist certification?
After enrolling in one of our Specialist certification courses, you will receive an email from us confirming your spot reservation. We will send you separate emails within 3-5 business days for you to log in to our Cybersecurity Academy training platform to access your recordings and exams. Please double check your spam folder and email security settings for these emails.
To earn your certificate for the course, you would have to watch three sessions and take three exams. You need to score 100% on each exam to pass the course. You will have unlimited attempts to take your exams.
How much does the Specialist certification cost?
All Cybersecurity Leadership Specialist courses and certifications are free.
When do I need to complete the on-demand course requirements by?
Deadline for all 2026 on-demand Specialist certifications are at the end of the day on December 31st, 2026.
I've completed the Specialist courses and exams. How do I redeem my badge & certificate?
The deadlines and badge issuance dates for the Specialist certifications are posted in the individual course modules in the Cybersecurity Academy. We will review all the submissions and issue all eligible certificates/badges via Credly. If you've completed your requirements on time, you will receive an email from Credly once we've issued your certificate, at which point you can log in to your Credly account to accept your certificate of completion. We will issue all completed certifications within the first week of each month for the previous month.
How can I get CPE credits for the sessions I've watched?
We will submit your certificate to ISC2 for 3 CPE credits when we issue your Credly badge, as long as you entered your ISC2 ID during registration. If you didn’t, or if no ISC2 ID field was available, you can use your certificate to apply credits with your own organization. Please note we cannot add ISC2 IDs after registration, and ISC2 may take up to two weeks to post credits.
How can I earn the Specialist certifications you've offered before?
You may only enroll in the Specialist certifications we are currently running. We will notify you via email when we open up other Specialist certification topics in the future.
My previous badge(s) expired, how can I get it renewed?
Currently we are not offering any renewals of previous badges and certificates. Once we open renewals back up again, we'll notify you via email.
I was unable to finish the requirements before the deadline. Can I please get an extension?
Please note that there will be future opportunities to obtain our certifications. We encourage you to stay connected through our social media channels and website for announcements about upcoming programs.
I’ve completed my Leadership Specialist certification course. When can I expect to get my certificate?
We issue certificates during the first week of each month for the month prior through Credly if you’ve completed your requirements on time. For example, if you completed your certificate in January, we’ll issue your certificate at the beginning of February. So please keep an eye out for an email notification from Credly to accept and download your certificate and badge. If you still haven’t received your email notification from Credly after the first week of the month, you may log in or create your Credly account with the same email address listed in your Cybersecurity Academy account and accept your badge.
How do I get a copy of my certificate/badge?
Once you've accepted your badge in Credly, click on the badge itself, navigate to the share button, and select download badge/certificate.
