Overview
Severity: MEDIUM | Affected: CISA / NCSC | Category: policy
In a joint effort to bolster national security, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have published the 'AI-Secure' development framework. This new framework provides actionable guidelines and best practices for securing AI/ML systems deployed within critical infrastructure sectors like energy, finance, and healthcare. 'AI-Secure' focuses on the entire system lifecycle, from data sourcing and model training to deployment and continuous monitoring. Key recommendations include mandatory threat modeling for AI-specific attack vectors, provenance tracking for all training data, and implementing robust defenses against model inversion and data poisoning attacks. The framework is currently voluntary but is expected to become a baseline for future regulatory and compliance requirements for operators of critical national infrastructure, aiming to create a standardized, defense-in-depth approach to AI security.