The US Division of Homeland Safety’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company (CISA) has unveiled its inaugural roadmap for synthetic intelligence (AI).
The initiative aligns with President Biden’s current Government Order, which directed DHS to globally promote AI security requirements, safeguard US networks and demanding infrastructure, and deal with the potential weaponization of AI.
The roadmap includes 5 strategic strains of effort geared toward steering concrete initiatives and articulating CISA’s accountable method to AI in cybersecurity.
“DHS has a broad management position in advancing the accountable use of AI and this cybersecurity roadmap is one necessary ingredient of our work,” commented secretary of homeland safety, Alejandro N. Mayorkas.
“CISA’s roadmap lays out the steps that the company will take as a part of our Division’s broader efforts to each leverage AI and mitigate its dangers to our essential infrastructure and cyber defenses.”
The strains of effort outlined within the roadmap embrace:
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Utilizing AI responsibly to assist CISA’s mission
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Assessing and assuring AI methods
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Defending essential infrastructure from malicious AI use
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Collaborating and speaking on key AI efforts
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Increasing AI experience within the workforce
The roadmap emphasizes accountable, moral and secure AI use, aligning with constitutional rules and related legal guidelines and insurance policies.
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“Synthetic intelligence holds immense promise in enhancing our nation’s cybersecurity, however as probably the most highly effective know-how of our lifetimes, it additionally presents monumental dangers,” stated CISA Director, Jen Easterly.
“Our Roadmap for AI, centered on the nexus of AI, cyber protection and demanding infrastructure, units forth an agency-wide plan to advertise the helpful makes use of of AI to reinforce cybersecurity capabilities.”
In an effort to advance the Administration’s objective of making certain secure and safe AI, CISA invited stakeholders, companions and the general public to discover the “Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence” and perceive the company’s strategic imaginative and prescient for AI know-how and cybersecurity.
