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Navigating AI Compliance, Part 1: Tracing Failure Patterns in History

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Navigating AI Compliance, Part 1: Tracing Failure Patterns in History

What is the risk of compliance failure in AI foundation models, and how can it be mitigated? The AI Risk Reduction Initiative’s latest report analyzes the history of failures across industries in an effort to avoid future pitfalls, and offers practical frameworks and definitions for practitioners navigating the complex compliance landscape. The first of a two-part series, this report examines 11 case studies from AI-adjacent industries to identify three distinct failure categories: institutional, procedural, and performance.
artificial inteligence, compliance, cybersecurity, Future of Digital Security
December 10, 2024
SecOps “where bits and bytes meet flesh and blood”

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SecOps “where bits and bytes meet flesh and blood”

“We live in glass houses, and people are about to start throwing rocks,” Josh Corman told TechTarget’s IT Ops Query podcast. Josh sat down with Beth Pariseau to discuss UnDisruptable27 and the threat nation states pose to our critical infrastructure systems.
critical infrastructure, cyber attacks, nation state threats
October 31, 2024
Why Venture Capital Is Indispensable for U.S. Industrial Strategy: Activating Investors to Realize Disruptive National Capabilities

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Why Venture Capital Is Indispensable for U.S. Industrial Strategy: Activating Investors to Realize Disruptive National Capabilities

How can the U.S. realize disruptive national capabilities and establish technological leadership in the geostrategic competition with China? From IST’s Strategic Balancing Initiative, a new report calls for harnessing the power of the venture capital industry to unlock innovation, and offers insights for policymakers & practitioners.  
China, industrial strategy, quantum, research and development, techno-industrial competition, venture capital
October 15, 2024
The Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Shifting the Offense-Defense Balance

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The Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Shifting the Offense-Defense Balance

Advances in AI present key cybersecurity opportunities, but how might malicious actors utilize the same technology? IST’s latest report investigates the state of existing and potential integrations of AI in cybersecurity based on our research & interviews with industry stakeholders and puts forward 7 priority recommendations.
agentic, AI, artificial intelligence, cyber, cybersecurity, deepfakes, offense-defense balance, software
October 10, 2024
Plano de ação de defesa contra o ransomware

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Plano de ação de defesa contra o ransomware

Plano de ação para as pequenas e médias empresas em matéria de mitigação, resposta e recuperação de programas de sequestro de dados
Blueprint for Ransomware Defense, cyber attacks, defense, Future of Digital Security, Portuguese, Ransomware, RTF
September 24, 2024
IST’s Efforts in an Age of AI: An Overview

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IST’s Efforts in an Age of AI: An Overview

IST began exploring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on national security and global stability in 2017. Since then, we have engaged with a diverse array of stakeholders across the AI ecosystem to produce risk mitigation strategies, useful tools and frameworks, and recommendations.
AI, national security, recommendations, risk-mitigation
September 19, 2024
Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels

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Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels

En réponse à la mesure 3.1.1 du rapport du Groupe de travail sur la lutte contre les rançongiciels, qui recommande à la communauté de la cybersécurité d’« élaborer un cadre clair de mesures exécutables d’atténuation, d’intervention et de récupération relatives aux rançongiciels », le Groupe de travail sur le Plan directeur de défense contre les rançongiciels a intégré au présent document un sous-ensemble structuré de mesures de protection essentielles en matière de cyberhygiène3, puisées dans le site Web Contrôles de sécurité essentiels du contrôles du CIS® v8.
Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3): A Primer on Strategic Warning, Decision Support, and Adaptive Targeting Subsystems 

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Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3): A Primer on Strategic Warning, Decision Support, and Adaptive Targeting Subsystems 

Originally drafted to guide substantive discussions for a scenario-driven workshop hosted by IST in Washington, DC on the risks and opportunities of AI integration in NC3, this primer provides a technical and in-depth overview and analysis of strategic warning, decision support, and adaptive targeting subsystems that comprise the NC3 “system of systems.”
“We were always prey:” Q&A with Joshua Corman on U.S. critical infrastructure vulnerabilities

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“We were always prey:” Q&A with Joshua Corman on U.S. critical infrastructure vulnerabilities

As global tensions escalate, how vulnerable are our lifeline critical infrastructure like water, power, and hospitals, really? IST Executive in Residence Joshua Corman spoke with The Verge’s Justine Calma to break down what sectors are at risk, the consequences of a cyber attack, and UnDisruptable27’s plan to increase community resilience.  
Securing the Signal: Mitigation Strategies to Strengthen Crisis Communication Channels

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Securing the Signal: Mitigation Strategies to Strengthen Crisis Communication Channels

As global norms are challenged and emerging technologies accelerate, crisis communication systems between nuclear-armed states face urgent new threats. This report identifies four critical scenarios and outlines a matched set of mitigation strategies designed to reinforce the reliability of crisis communications in high-stakes environments.