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Futureproof your cybersecurity strategy with practical defenses against AGI and quantum computing threats.
As Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and quantum computing rapidly reshape the digital landscape, todays security practices are no longer enough. This course demystifies both technologies in plain, accessible language and shows how they intersect to create new vulnerabilities--and new opportunities for protection. Through hands-on examples, real-world scenarios, and expert-led instruction, learners will discover how to build resilient, quantumsafe systems and safeguard digital identities, data, and infrastructure from emerging highimpact threats.
By taking this course you will:
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Course Requirement:
A foundational understanding of cybersecurity principles or equivalent professional experience is recommended.
Who Should Take This Course:
Cybersecurity practitioners, cryptographers, IT and technology leaders, infrastructure security teams, academic researchers, and policymakers preparing to navigate the next era of digital risk--particularly those responsible for protecting sensitive data and setting long-term security strategies.
Introduction
Module 1: Introduction to Technological Threats
Lesson 1: The Path to the Technological Singularity
Learning objectives
1.1 Historical background and conceptual foundations
1.2 Current research trajectories and indicators
1.3 Security implications of accelerated AI development
Lesson 2: Quantum Computing and the Security Horizon
Learning objectives
2.1 Fundamentals of quantum speed-up and cryptographic risks
2.2 Timelines and global quantum research roadmaps
2.3 Early warning signs for cryptographic obsolescence
Module 2: Digital Security by Design
Lesson 3: Strength and Fragility of Current Security Architectures
Learning objectives
3.1 Evaluation of digital security system efficacy
3.2 Systemic risks and domino-effect failures
3.3 Interconnected infrastructure vulnerabilities
Lesson 4: Artificial General Intelligence in Cybersecurity
Learning objectives
4.1 Potential for AI-enhanced defensive capabilities
4.2 Emerging risks of AGI-driven offensive operations
4.3 Balancing opportunity and existential risk
Module 3: Quantum-Resistant Cryptography
Lesson 5: Post-Quantum Cryptography and NIST Standards
Learning objectives
5.1 Why existing cryptography fails under quantum attack
5.2 Overview of NIST PQC standards (Kyber, Dilithium, Falcon, SPHINCS+)
5.3 Global adoption and compliance strategies
Lesson 6: Implementing Quantum-Safe Cryptographic Solutions
Learning objectives
6.1 Migration strategies and hybrid deployments
6.2 Performance and implementation considerations
6.3 Risk assessments, audits, and regulatory alignment
Module 4: Defending Against AGI Threats
Lesson 7: AI-Driven Defense and Threat Mitigation
Learning objectives
7.1 Reliability and limitations of AI-driven cybersecurity
7.2 Case studies of AI-enabled defense mechanisms
7.3 Future trends in automated security orchestration
Lesson 8: Protecting Digital Identity (after AGI)
Learning objectives
8.1 Quantum-safe digital identity frameworks
8.2 AI in decentralized identity and authentication
8.3 Reinforcement learning and AI agents for identity protection
Module 5: The Future of Digital Security
Lesson 9: Building Future-Proof Security Architectures
Learning objectives
9.1 Designing systems resilient to quantum attacks
9.2 Anticipating AGI-level adversarial strategies
9.3 Standards, policy, and governance readiness
Lesson 10: Preventing a Runaway Technological Singularity
Learning objectives
10.1 Ethical and existential risks of uncontrolled AGI
10.2 Proactive countermeasures and policy frameworks
10.3 Global coordination and long-term resilience
Summary
