CyberSuite Academy
Secure AI Adoption for SMEs: Cybersecurity and the EU AI Act is a free intermediate course from CyberSuite Academy, online. It takes about 15 hours and ends with a free certificate.
Useful for owners and managers of small firms that work with EU customers and want to understand the EU AI Act. Following a fictional small business through risk classification, governance, security and compliance evidence makes it practical, and it's free with a certificate at about 15 hours. The caveats: it's an EU-funded project course that may not outlast its funding, and it isn't confirmed to reflect recent AI Act changes.
Follows a fictional SME through spotting AI use, classifying AI risk under the AI Act, assigning governance, securing AI systems and keeping compliance evidence. Four modules totalling about 15 hours.
More courses on responsible AI and ethics.
Small business owners, Managers and leaders, Business professionals.
Level: intermediate (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
Basic digital literacy
Free.
Certificate: free certificate. Certificate of completion.
We checked this course on the provider's own page on 3 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on responsible AI and ethics: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Online (Forth Valley College), Living with AI (Scottish AI Alliance), Responsible AI Innovation for SMEs (University of Edinburgh).
See also: free and funded training by nation, AI courses for managers and leaders.
It's free.
About 15 hours, self-paced.
Yes: free certificate. The provider calls it "certificate of completion".
It's an intermediate course. Prerequisites: Basic digital literacy.
Start any time.
Yes. Secure AI Adoption for SMEs: Cybersecurity and the EU AI Act is free.
Cardiff and Vale College
Next: 9 Nov 2026
Cardiff and Vale College
Next intake not announced
University of Birmingham
Next intake not announced
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