AI company moves to defend critical infrastructure and open-source projects from AI
Anthropic says for the next two years, attackers will have the advantage
Anthropic has initiated an initiative to aid organizations in addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities exposed by its Project Glasswing. The company has termed the program "Anthropic Cyber Mission," which targets two primary areas. First, the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program aims to protect public utilities from AI-powered threats exploiting zero-day SCADA vulnerabilities.
This program leverages Anthropic's most powerful models alongside on-site engineers, known as forward deployed engineers, to assist organizations lacking in-house security talent. Partners include Accenture, Booz Allen, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Dragos, Hitachi, Insane Cyber, Nozomi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, PwC, and Rockwell Automation.
The second focus area is the OSS Scanner service, which provides free security scans for open-source projects using Anthropic's strongest models. However, the service does not cover all open-source projects and requires participants to share their inputs and outputs with Anthropic for model training. Anthropic predicts that AI will soon detect bugs before they are released, giving defenders an advantage over attackers.
The company's move to protect critical infrastructure and open-source projects comes amidst recent AI-driven attacks on organizations, prompting a renewed focus on cybersecurity.
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