EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security
EC-Council, creator of the Certified Ethical Hacker credential, today launched its Enterprise AI Credential Suite. Four new role-based AI certifications debut alongside Certified CISO v4, an overhauled executive cyber leadership program. This expansion addresses a critical gap: AI is scaling faster than the workforce trained to secure and govern it.
The launch aligns with U.S. priorities on workforce development. It comes as organizations move AI from pilot projects into core operations, creating new security challenges and a pressing need for skilled professionals.
The urgency is clear in both economic and workforce data. Unmanaged AI risk could reach $5.5 trillion globally. The U.S. faces a projected 700,000-person AI and cybersecurity reskilling gap. Workforce readiness is now a primary constraint on safe, productive AI adoption.
Security pressures are rising with adoption. Many teams report AI-driven attacks and a vastly expanded attack surface. Defending this new landscape requires updated skills to combat sophisticated malware, ransomware, and phishing campaigns that leverage AI. Understanding AI's role in both causing and preventing a data breach is essential.
The new certifications provide practical skills for modern threats. This includes identifying AI-augmented exploits targeting a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability. It also covers securing AI systems themselves, an emerging frontier in blockchain security and crypto asset protection.
“AI is moving from experimentation to infrastructure, and the workforce has to move with it,” said Jay Bavisi, Group President of EC-Council. “These programs are built to give professionals practical capability across the AI lifecycle, from development to security and governance.”
This initiative represents EC-Council's largest portfolio expansion, aiming to close the gap between rapid AI adoption and the human expertise required to implement it safely and effectively at an enterprise scale.