National Technology Security Coalition

One of our primary goals at the NTSC is to continue to strengthen the public/private partnership by hosting virtual webinar with key executives within CISA and on November 14 we will be welcoming Lisa Einstein, CISA's Chief AI Officer to the NTSC Webinar Series. Lisa's credentials as the Chief AI Officer are impressive indeed, but did you know that Lisa served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea and taught physics to over 600 students in a rural village and worked with some of her students to co-found a local NGO that promotes girls’ education and combats early marriage and gender-based violence. Or that in her spare time, Lisa is a part-time research advisor in the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory. She was Stanford’s first dual master’s degree recipient in computer science (artificial intelligence concentration) and international policy (cyber policy and security concentration). Please join us as we explore Artificial Intelligence with Lisa and get to know a bit more about the person behind the title.

As the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to produce new opportunities to improve nearly every industry, the National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC) believes that AI should be legislated, not regulated, to encourage and enhance innovation. You can read our most recent whitepaper on artificial intelligence here:

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted a red team assessment (RTA) at the request of a critical infrastructure organization. You can read the report here:

Tomorrow, November 14, at 12:00 pm EST, the NTSC is hosting a virtual webinar featuring Lisa Einstein, the Chief AI Officer at CISA and Mario Balakgie, VP and Global Business CISO at World Wide Technology. Topics will include how CISA leverages AI to enhance threat intel and response capabilities across national infrastructure, recent advancements in AI that have been particularly impactful in the cyber realm, the role AI will play within CISA over the next five years, and what skills and expertise is CISA prioritizing in building its AI-focused cyber teams. You may still register for this conversation by visiting: https://lnkd.in/gMJwfK9S

Earlier this year, the NTSC published CISO 3.0, an update to our previously paper CISO 2.0. As Jason Witty, CISO at Fidelity Investments notes in the paper: "In the past 10 years, the sophistication, velocity, and volume of cyber-attacks elevated cyber-security to a Board level topic. With explosive growth of Generative Artificial Intelligence, modern CISOs must now double-down on safe business enablement, while still managing risk well. CISOs still require the skills of the past/ present including understanding various policy, governance, frameworks, and oversight practices; deeply understanding international threat intelligence, information sharing networks, public-private operational collaboration processes; and advances in modern agile software engineering practices like DevSecOps. They must also remain excellent organizational leaders, thought leaders, recruiters, communicators, and coaches. But deep-knowledge of Generative AI / Large Language Models and broader Model Risk Management and Governance practices has rapidly become skillset table-stakes of the future" I am delighted to share this whitepaper with you today, which you can read here: https://lnkd.in/gqgVWvrK

Today, CISA published a blog titled, Engaging with Security Researchers: Embracing a “See Something, Say Something” Culture. The blog, authored by Tod Beardsley, Known Exploited Vulnerability Team Lead & Daniel Larson, Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Team Lead, encourages government and businesses to engage with cybersecurity researchers for vulnerability disclosure.

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Generative AI can be a powerful tool for good and we need to do this safely. As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are providing tips on how to stay AI Safe. Read the infographic https://lnkd.in/gVAcaZAn #SecureOurWorld #GenAI