This beginner-level course empowers career-switchers and early-career IT professionals to champion cybersecurity transformation in workplaces adopting AI. The course offers a proven blueprint for building strong, resilient security cultures and driving organizational change, drawing examples from North America, Europe, and India—key markets for Coursera career advancement and regulatory need. Learners will address real business challenges, build hands-on skills in AI threat recognition, compliance, and influence, and emerge ready to lead secure, collaborative, data-driven teams.
Cybersecurity Champion: Be a Change Leader with AI
Cybersecurity Champion: Be a Change Leader with AI
This course is part of Generative AI for Cybersecurity Specialization
Instructor: LearnQuest Network
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Beginner level
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5 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Spot and respond to AI-driven phishing and social engineering attempts.
Build habits that embed security culture across teams.
Skills you'll gain
- Leadership
- Responsible AI
- Security Awareness
- Cyber Operations
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Threat Detection
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Cyber Governance
- Cyber Risk
- Safety Culture
- Cyber Security Policies
- Team Building
- Team Leadership
- Culture Transformation
- Team Motivation
- Cybersecurity
- Threat Management
- Cyber Security Strategy
- Leadership Development
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October 2025
Taught in English
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There are 3 modules in this course
Build the knowledge and attitudes to champion organizational security culture. Explore how behavioral science, best practices, and leadership drive practical change, ensuring security becomes everyone’s responsibility—not just IT’s. Use real and AI-driven examples to uncover what works in diverse teams. Here are Bloom's Taxonomy-aligned, interactive learning objectives for each module of “Cybersecurity Champion: Be a Change Leader with AI.” Each objective is actionable and supports explaining, describing, and practicing skills in beginner-friendly, engaging formats.
What's included
9 videos2 readings3 assignments3 plugins
Implement actionable AI-aware security routines to prevent data loss and shadow IT. Develop compliance-enforcing habits, build strong communication nudges, and foster cross-functional teams to tackle today’s top threats, all while translating tech to actionable, everyday skills.
What's included
7 videos2 readings2 assignments2 plugins
Shift from practitioner to security leader. Develop advanced tactics for modeling secure behavior, rewarding change, building continuous learning cycles, and maintaining vigilance against AI-enabled cyber risks. Design accountability plans and run hands-on simulations for long-term impact.
What's included
7 videos1 reading2 assignments2 plugins
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