Forthcoming NIST profile to address growing AI-cyber challenges

Cybersecurity executives are struggling to navigate cyber threats fueled by AI, according to a top National Institute of Standards and Technology official, but an upcoming agency framework to help organizations manage AI-related cyber risks could help.

NIST is developing the Cyber AI Profile based on its landmark Cybersecurity Framework, with a planned release sometime within the next six months, according to Kat Megas, the agency’s cybersecurity, privacy and AI program manager.

Megas, speaking Monday at the RSAC Conference in San Francisco, said critical infrastructure owners and operators are already using AI tools for systems planning, incident response, cyber event detection and other cases. But no clear taxonomy exists between the AI community and cybersecurity practitioners, she said, noting that the dynamic “makes it very difficult as we start talking about the intersection” of risks presented in both areas. 

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