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 Duration 14 hours

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Foundations: Understanding the EU AI Act for Engineering Teams

  • Key obligations and terminology specific to developers and operators
  • A technical interpretation of prohibited practices defined under Article 4
  • Translating legal requirements into concrete engineering controls

Secure and Compliant Development Lifecycle

  • Structuring repositories and implementing policy-as-code for AI initiatives
  • Conducting code reviews and running automated static analyses to identify risky patterns
  • Managing dependencies and supply chains for model components

Designing CI/CD Pipelines for Compliance

  • Defining pipeline stages: build, test, validation, packaging, and deployment
  • Integrating governance gates and automated policy verification checks
  • Ensuring artifact immutability and tracking provenance

Model Testing, Validation, and Safety Verification

  • Executing data validation and bias detection tests
  • Assessing performance, robustness, and resilience against adversarial attacks
  • Establishing automated acceptance criteria and generating test reports

Model Registry, Versioning, and Provenance

  • Utilizing MLflow or similar tools for model lineage and metadata management
  • Versioning models and datasets to ensure reproducibility
  • Documenting provenance and creating audit-ready artifacts

Runtime Controls, Monitoring, and Observability

  • Implementing instrumentation to log inputs, outputs, and decision logic
  • Monitoring for model drift, data drift, and key performance metrics
  • Configuring alerting mechanisms, automated rollbacks, and canary deployments

Security, Access Control, and Data Protection

  • Enforcing least-privilege IAM for model training and serving environments
  • Safeguarding training and inference data both at rest and in transit
  • Managing secrets and adhering to secure configuration best practices

Auditability and Evidence Collection

  • Generating machine-readable logs alongside human-readable summaries
  • Packaging evidence for conformity assessments and regulatory audits
  • Implementing retention policies and secure storage for compliance artifacts

Incident Response, Reporting, and Remediation

  • Identifying suspected prohibited practices or safety incidents
  • Executing technical containment, rollback, and mitigation procedures
  • Drafting technical reports for governance bodies and regulators

Conclusion and Recommended Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of software development and deployment workflows
  • Experience with containerization and fundamental Kubernetes concepts
  • Familiarity with Git-based source control and CI/CD practices

Target Audience

  • Developers building or maintaining AI components
  • DevOps and platform engineers responsible for deployment
  • Administrators managing infrastructure and runtime environments

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