AI for IT Automation and Security explores a genuinely current intersection — how AI techniques are reshaping network automation, threat detection, and response across every Cloud and Network Engineering track.
What E026 covers
The course explores the intersection of AI and network security, emphasizing how AI techniques can enhance security practices, automate tasks, optimize a network, and improve threat detection and response.
The E026 performance assessment
Expect a performance assessment requiring you to propose an AI-driven automation or security enhancement for a given network scenario, justifying why AI improves on a traditional manual approach.
Key topics in E026
- AI-enhanced security practices
- Network task automation
- Network optimization with AI
- AI-driven threat detection and response
Writing tips for E026
Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line
WGU performance assessments for E026 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.
Show your actual configuration, deployment, or architecture, not just a description
WGU evaluators are trained to distinguish genuine cloud/network work from a paraphrased summary. Include your actual configuration, deployment steps, or architecture diagram, not just a narrative description — a rubric checking technical competency wants to see the working artifact.
Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission
There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each E026 assessment as a real deadline.
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E026 has no listed additional prerequisites and is shared across all four Cloud and Network Engineering tracks.
- Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering
- Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering - Amazon Web Services
- Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering - Cisco
- Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering - Microsoft Azure