NIST aims for summer release of AI cyber guidelines

Draft iterations of cybersecurity guidance for AI-driven threats across different types of emerging systems are in development as the federal government wades into AI model risk assessments.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is slated to debut new guidance on artificial intelligence-specific cybersecurity to help mitigate AI-enabled digital threats while maximizing the benefits of safe AI adoption. 

Speaking at a Qualys conference on Thursday, Victoria Pillitteri, the manager of the Security Engineering and Risk Management Group at NIST, said she expects a cybersecurity framework profile for AI to debut “sometime this summer” pending agency approval. 

The forthcoming draft AI cybersecurity framework is slated to be accompanied by guidance on control overlays — or sets of tailored cybersecurity baselines to manage risks unique to different AI systems — with the help of NIST’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation. 

Pillitteri told Nextgov/FCW that her team and CAISI have started to ...