Driving the news: As part of its new Critical Infrastructure Defense program, Anthropic will provide its cutting-edge AI models, on-site engineers and threat research to companies already responsible for securing critical infrastructure systems.
- Participating companies will use these resources to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their customers’ systems.
- The program’s founding partners include Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Dragos, Hitachi, Insane Cyber, Nozomi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, PwC and Rockwell Automation.
- Anthropic said several partners are already using Claude to patch vulnerabilities and help customers do the same.
Zoom: Anthropic is also launching a free AI-based vulnerability scanning service for open source software projects, called OSS Scanner.
- Participating projects will receive periodic scans from Claude, as well as automated reports detailing vulnerabilities, how they could be exploited, and suggested fixes.
- The reports will not be subject to human review before being sent to the software maintainers, meaning some conclusions could be inaccurate.
The big picture: Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI developers are looking for ways to put their most powerful models in the hands of cyber defenders, as hackers gain access to similar capabilities.
- Anthropic’s new initiative builds on lessons from Project Glasswing, which gave selected organizations access to its best-in-class AI models to identify security vulnerabilities.
- The company said the project demonstrated how quickly AI can discover vulnerabilities, but also how difficult it remains to check and fix them.
Yes, but: It is unclear how participating companies will test and deploy patches securely without disrupting utility operations, one of the biggest challenges in securing critical infrastructure.
- Anthropic also did not specify whether partners would receive free access to the model or who would cover IT costs associated with using its AI tools.
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