Take a Beat on AI, CISA Tells OT Operators

International Coalition Highlights Security Risks in OT’s Rush to AI Shaun Waterman • December 23, 2025

Hurriedly integrating artificial intelligence into industrial systems isn't the wisest idea, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its domestic and international partners warned earlier this month.

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The agency published a set of high level principles and a non-exhaustive list of risks critical infrastructure owners should consider before deploying AI into operational technology or industrial control systems.

"We don't want [operators] treating AI like a magical black box," explained CISA’s top ICS Cybersecurity Advisor Matt Rogers. "It's software, and you have to add it to your system with proper risk tolerances."

CISA and its partners drew up the guidance amid a rapid scramble over the past 18 to 24 months by ...