Pathway 01 / Build
Generative AI Application Engineer
Learn the application, retrieval, and evaluation patterns that create the boundaries you review.
Explore generative AI →Career pathway / Trust and assurance
Make risk, privacy, fairness, and assurance part of how intelligent systems get designed, reviewed, and shipped.

The study plan
Map who is affected, what can go wrong, and who owns the decision.
Deliverable: a system impact assessment with risk tier, stakeholders, and proposed controls.
Follow data through a system without pretending the source is the whole story.
Deliverable: an AI data governance plan with data flows, controls, owners, and open questions.
Choose measurement and explanation practices that fit the stakes and the people affected.
Deliverable: a bias and equity evaluation with subgroup results, limitations, and mitigation options.
Threat-model the seams where models, tools, data, and users meet.
Deliverable: an adversarial test suite with findings, severity, and recommended fixes.
Turn responsible practice into evidence another reviewer can inspect.
Deliverable: a control evidence pack with owners, artifacts, gaps, and review cadence.
Evaluate an enterprise AI product from intake through launch recommendation.
Capstone: a risk register, red-team report, control set, and executive recommendation for an AI product.
By the end
You will be able to name affected stakeholders, follow data and permissions, test threats, assess subgroup behavior, and turn findings into an accountable recommendation.
Identify affected people, risk tiers, lifecycle controls, and the owners who can act.
Document provenance, purpose, retention, access, and gaps without overstating certainty.
Use threat models and adversarial tests to investigate tools, prompts, data, and privilege.
Package evidence, controls, residual risk, and launch conditions for a real decision.
“The strongest part of the review was being able to say what we still did not know.”
Mentor profile
Responsible technology advisor focused on security boundaries, impact assessment, and the operational practice of turning principles into controls.
Before you begin
No. The pathway teaches practical investigation, documentation, and governance habits through hands-on exercises. It is not legal advice, a regulatory opinion, or a compliance certification.
Yes. The course is designed for people working across technical, product, security, data, or risk contexts. You should be comfortable tracing how a system works and asking precise questions.
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