CSA TAISE Study Plan¶

Three weeks at 5-7 hours a week. The exam is open-book, but 60 questions in 120 minutes leaves about two minutes each, so you must know where to look. All ten modules count equally (6 questions each).

Week 1: Fundamentals and generative AI (modules 1-4)¶

• Read notes 01 and 02
• Read the NIST AI RMF Section 3 on trustworthy characteristics and the OECD AI Principles

Week 2: Lifecycle, threats, governance, security and cloud (modules 5-8)¶

• Read notes 03 and 04
• Read the NIST AI 100-2 attack-goal summary and the OWASP LLM Top 10 list
• Skim the CSA AI Controls Matrix page

Week 3: Data, learning and practice (modules 9-10)¶

• Read note 05
• Work through the practice questions; read every explanation
• Work through the scenarios
• Download the official prep kit for CSA's own sample questions

Readiness check¶

You are ready when you can explain, without notes, the difference between: AI, machine learning and generative AI, evasion and poisoning, prompt injection and jailbreaking, a model owner and a model provider, and governance and compliance.