Strategic AI Integration and Dependencies with Avinash Naduvath

Unlock enterprise transformation with a proven AI integration framework to govern, deploy, and scale AI securely, sustainably, and strategically.
This course empowers professionals to adopt, implement, and scale artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly within enterprise environments. As AI reshapes industries, this course provides a structured framework to help you implement AI in a way that is secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with long-term business strategy.
This course offers a deep dive into the strategic, architectural, and operational aspects of AI adoption, bridging the gap between executive vision and technical execution. You'll explore key concepts such as predictive versus generative AI, AI use case development, AI maturity assessments, and AI governance policies, with real-world examples to help you apply them directly in your organization.
You'll gain critical insights into enterprise AI infrastructure readiness, including the design of scalable compute and storage systems, and the implementation of AI model strategies that support both traditional machine learning and cutting-edge generative models such as LLMs, GANs, Transformers, and more. You'll also understand the dependencies AI has on data quality, trustworthiness, observability, and secure deployment.
The course also addresses key areas of AI risk management and security, including threat modeling for LLMs, Zero Trust in AI environments, data governance, and secure AI development practices. You'll learn how to defend against AI-specific attack vectors such as prompt engineering, vector store poisoning, and training data tampering.
In addition, you'll explore AI observability and AIBizOps--critical for monitoring model health, business KPIs, and operational performance across your AI systems. You'll also master AI incident management processes, including detection, mitigation, and response, as well as gain strategies for sustainable and ethical AI practices that meet compliance and ESG goals.
By the end of this course, you'll have the tools and knowledge to drive enterprise-wide AI transformation, design resilient and governed AI systems, and unlock the full value of AI while minimizing risk, waste, and technical debt.
About the Instructor
Avinash Naduvath is a renowned security architect in the Customer Experience (CX) Security Services division at Cisco Systems. As part of CX-Security, he has delivered multiple solutions to help secure customer networks. The range of services included incepting secure architectures, designs, technology advisories, best practice recommendations, and security assessments.
Prior to his current role in Cisco, Avinash was part of the technical services for security in Cisco-Bangalore and has helped troubleshoot and secure networks for multiple customers. He is a subject matter expert in next-generation firepower technology. Previous to this, Avinash was part of the professional services team in Cisco-Bangalore as a network consulting engineer.
Avinash has more than 10 years of experience in the information security domain, having worked on multiple aspects of security such as secure engineering and secure architecture. He has a passion for offensive security and has spoken on various topics at conferences such as Cisco SECCON and the Offensive Summit held at Cisco. Avinash has also contributed to and created multiple automation projects that have helped accelerate the security business. He is currently based in Singapore and enjoys presenting topics relevant to Zero Trust and its adoption.
He holds a master's degree in software systems from BITS Pilani, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert--Security (CCIE), CompTIA Advanced Security (CASP+) practitioner, SABSA Charted Architect--Foundations and has acquired Cloud Security Alliance's Certified Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT), among the many security-based certifications he has accumulated during the course of his career. Avinash is a Certified Forrester's Zero Trust Adoption practitioner and is also the author of the award-winning fictional novel Mindbender (Literary Titan Silver Book Awardee and a Feathered Quill finalist).
Additional books and courses from Avinash Naduvath on O'Reilly.com: In Zero Trust We Trust (book)
Learn How To
Design a comprehensive AI adoption strategy by aligning enterprise goals with AI capabilities, assessing organizational readiness, and integrating use cases across business functions.
Differentiate between core AI paradigms--Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Generative AI--while understanding their historical evolution, business applications, and roles in predictive versus generative tasks.
Identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-impact AI use cases using a structured methodology that factors in feasibility, ROI, business relevance, and technology fit.
Build a scalable AI strategy by connecting enterprise-wide objectives with targeted AI use cases and integrating them into long-term digital transformation plans.
Conduct AI risk and maturity assessments using frameworks such as NIST and Unified Maturity Models to evaluate preparedness, manage risk, and prioritize investments.
Apply a structured AI adoption framework to transform business operations, align cross-functional teams, and ensure iterative success through feedback and refinement.
Establish strong AI governance by implementing policies, metrics, and frameworks that ensure transparency, accountability, and regulatory compliance throughout the AI lifecycle.
Develop a model strategy for AI applications by selecting appropriate machine learning and generative model architectures, and aligning them with business goals, scalability, and performance needs.
Ensure infrastructure readiness for AI at scale by transforming compute, storage, and networking architectures and aligning them with AI workload requirements and operational goals.
Embed AI into enterprise IT and business operations through sustainable practices, observability, secure deployments, incident management, and AI-driven service management frameworks.
Who Should Take This Course
This course is ideal for AI architects, practitioners, security professionals, governance managers, and executive leaders seeking to drive strategic AI adoption. It offers tailored insights into AI design, security, governance, and enterprise integration to build a sustainable, scalable AI portfolio across the organization.