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IST Statement on President Biden’s Artificial Intelligence Executive Order
IST commends the Biden-Harris Administration for this week releasing its Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. IST looks forward to playing a catalyzing role in helping identify gaps, shape solutions, and inform the intense work that still needs to be done.
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November 1, 2023
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2022 Developments: Expanding Cyber Threat Landscape, Growing Tensions Around Transparency, and Increasing Focus on Cyber Capacity Building
In 2022, cybersecurity took center stage. Three prominent developments stand out: first, cyber threats are multiplying, drawing increasing attention from professionals across multiple economic sectors; second, assumptions about the benefits of technology-driven transparency seem increasingly tenuous; and third, a growing consensus about the range of cyber threats is breathing new life into efforts at cyber capacity building.
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February 2, 2023
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IST announces new support from Omidyar Network to develop a framework for a secure open-source software ecosystem
Through a partnership with Omidyar Network, a social change venture that works to reimagine critical systems and the ideas that govern them, IST will work to develop a framework for securing the open-source software ecosystem.
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January 23, 2023
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Hardware that is Less Untrusted: Open Source Down to the Silicon
In an essay out of the workshop "Last Chance: Communicating at the Nuclear Brink," Ron Minnich argues "We can not build on a foundation that is compromised at all levels. There is no visibility into the system's behavior. The existing model assumes perfect software: 'Trust, but don't verify." We need to start anew, from the gates, and work our way up.
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June 9, 2020
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