Normal EPSO EU knowledge
80 questions
Institutions, competences, lawmaking, legal acts, budget, administration, procurement, data protection and EU digital policy.
AI · AD8
Cybersecurity · AD8
Notice pending
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Train the durable scope.
EPSO/AD/430/26 is officially previewed for ICT experts at AD8 in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. This pre-training package combines normal EPSO EU knowledge with regulatory and technical field practice.
Official preview · verified 4 Aug 2026
Planned. Not published.
Confirmed: EPSO/AD/430/26, AD8, Artificial intelligence and Cybersecurity. Planned publication 8 September 2026 and deadline 13 October 2026. EPSO marks both dates “to be confirmed”.
Publication8 Sep*
Deadline13 Oct*
* Dates to be confirmed by EPSO
Pre-training question generators
Three banks. Field combinations built in.
All questions are deterministic and source-traceable. Field practice adds the 80-question common EU bank to 80 specialist questions. Timer uses generic practice pace. No official AD/430/26 timing has been published.
Artificial intelligence
160 questions · includes EU knowledge
AI Act, roles, GPAI, data governance, privacy, procurement, ML, NLP, generative AI, RAG, MLOps, evaluation and oversight.
Cybersecurity
160 questions · includes EU knowledge
NIS2, CRA, architecture, IAM, cryptography, cloud, secure SDLC, detection, response, resilience, supply chain and AI security.
All pre-training topics
240 questions · all three banks
Mixed diagnostic practice across EU knowledge, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Research boundary
Likely scope. Explicitly predictive.
Confirmed
Code, AD8 grade, two named fields and planned dates marked to be confirmed.
Predicted for training
AI and cyber topics from current EU law plus duties in the historical EPSO/AD/398/22 ICT notice.
Not claimed
Eligibility, tests, languages, clocks, pass marks, ranking, reserve targets or exact final syllabus.
Part 1
Official preview and EU foundations
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Official preview
Official Preview Boundary and Pre-training Map
Confirmed AD8 fields, planned dates, unknowns and the boundary between official facts and predictive practice.
Study module02
Normal EPSO EU knowledge
EU Institutions and Competences
Institutions, competences, conferral, subsidiarity, proportionality and the EU digital-policy context.
Study module03
Normal EPSO EU knowledge
EU Lawmaking and Legal Acts
Ordinary lawmaking, legal acts, delegation, implementation, preliminary rulings and enforcement.
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Normal EPSO EU knowledge
EU Budget, Administration and Digital Policy
Budget, discharge, sound management, procurement, data protection and the EU digital-law map.
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Artificial intelligence regulation and governance
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AI regulation
AI Act Risk Architecture
AI Act scope, prohibited practices, high-risk classification and lifecycle requirements.
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AI regulation
AI Act Roles, Obligations and Governance
Providers, deployers, general-purpose AI, systemic risk, AI Office and governance bodies.
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AI governance and data
AI Data Governance, Privacy and Procurement
Data provenance, GDPR, impact assessment, public procurement, interoperability and lock-in controls.
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Artificial intelligence technical knowledge
08 Unlock
AI technical knowledge
Machine Learning, Data and NLP Foundations
Learning paradigms, metrics, validation, drift, embeddings, NLP and retrieval foundations.
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AI technical knowledge
Generative AI, Large Language Models and RAG
Foundation models, fine-tuning, RAG, hallucination, prompt injection, tools and data leakage.
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AI technical knowledge
MLOps, Evaluation, Robustness and Oversight
Reproducibility, model lifecycle, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, explainability and fairness.
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Cybersecurity law and technical practice
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Cybersecurity regulation
EU Cybersecurity Law and Governance
NIS2, Cyber Resilience Act, management accountability, ENISA and certification.
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Cybersecurity technical knowledge
Security Architecture, Identity, Cryptography and Cloud
Defence in depth, zero trust, IAM, cryptography, key management and cloud responsibility.
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Cybersecurity technical knowledge
Secure Delivery, Detection, Response and Forensics
Secure SDLC, vulnerabilities, SIEM, detection, hunting, incident response and forensics.
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Cybersecurity technical knowledge
Resilience, Supply Chain and AI Security
Continuity, recovery, software supply chain, AI attacks and generative-AI security controls.
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Official preview and legislation prevail. Historical ICT notice supports scope prediction only. Sources verified 2026-08-04.