The US government’s cybersecurity agency is looking to use artificial intelligence for cyberdefense and is working to secure AI systems, following the sweeping White House executive order on AI.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a roadmap Tuesday describing how it will “promote beneficial uses of AI to enhance cybersecurity capabilities,” protect AI systems from cyberattacks, and deter bad actors from targeting critical infrastructure through AI, the document said.
“Artificial intelligence holds immense promise in enhancing our nation’s cybersecurity, but as the most powerful technology of our lifetimes, it also presents enormous risks,” CISA Director Jen Easterly said in a statement from the agency.
President Joe Biden’s Oct. 30 executive order instructed the Homeland Security Department—to which CISA belongs—to apply safety standards to critical infrastructure and address the threat of AI’s use to build weapons.
The agency identified five “lines of effort” to organize its approach. One of those includes using AI tools for cyberdefense, including detecting vulnerabilities in US government systems, it said.
CISA’s will also help government and private sector entities to identify security risks for AI systems and write guidance on security testing and red-teaming. It will work with industry to address AI risks to critical infrastructure, and work across DHS on the government’s approach to AI.
It will also educate and recruit AI experts into its workforce, the statement said.
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