Course Outline
Introduction to Edge AI and Embedded Systems
- Understanding Edge AI: Use cases and constraints
- Edge hardware platforms and software stacks
- Security challenges in embedded and decentralized environments
Threat Landscape for Edge AI
- Risks associated with physical access and tampering
- Adversarial examples and model manipulation
- Threats related to data leakage and model inversion
Securing the Model
- Strategies for model hardening and quantization
- Model watermarking and fingerprinting
- Defensive distillation and pruning techniques
Encrypted Inference and Secure Execution
- Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for AI applications
- Secure enclaves and confidential computing
- Performing encrypted inference using homomorphic encryption or Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC)
Tamper Detection and Device-Level Controls
- Secure boot processes and firmware integrity checks
- Sensor validation and anomaly detection
- Remote attestation and device health monitoring
Edge-to-Cloud Security Integration
- Secure data transmission and key management
- End-to-end encryption and data lifecycle protection
- Cloud AI orchestration while respecting edge security constraints
Best Practices and Risk Mitigation Strategy
- Threat modeling for edge AI systems
- Security design principles for embedded intelligence
- Incident response and firmware update management
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of embedded systems or edge AI deployment environments
- Experience working with Python and ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow Lite, PyTorch Mobile)
- Basic familiarity with cybersecurity concepts or IoT threat models
Audience
- Developers specializing in Embedded AI
- IoT security specialists
- Engineers deploying ML models on edge devices or constrained hardware
Testimonials (2)
I really enjoyed learning about AI attacks and the tools out there to begin practicing and actively using for security testing. I took a lot of knowledge away which I didn't have at the beginning and the course met what I hoped it would be. My favorite part shown from the training was Comet Browser and was amazed at what it could do. Definitely something will be looking into more. Overall it was a great course and enjoyed learning all OWASP GenAI Top 10.
Patrick Collins - Optum
Course - OWASP GenAI Security
The profesional knolage and the way how he presented it before us