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(Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"27.387552447552\"><body readability=\"56.079207920792\"><\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday released safety and security guidelines for critical infrastructure, a move that comes just days after the Department of Homeland Security announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/dhs-launches-safety-and-security-board-focused-on-ai-and-critical-infrastructure\/\">formation<\/a> of a safety and security board focused on the same topic. The guidelines for critical infrastructure owners and operators also fulfills CISA\u2019s obligations under the Biden administration\u2019s October <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/biden-artificial-intelligence-ai-executive-order\/\">executive order on artificial intelligence<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The guidelines are meant to address both the opportunities made possible by artificial intelligence for critical infrastructure \u2014 which spans 16 sectors, including farming and information technology \u2014 and the ways it could be weaponized or misused. CISA instructs operators and owners of critical infrastructure to govern, map, measure, and manage their use of the technology, incorporating the National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/itl\/ai-risk-management-framework\">AI risk management framework<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on CISA\u2019s expertise as National Coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience, DHS\u2019 Guidelines are the agency\u2019s first-of-its-kind cross-sector analysis of AI-specific risks to critical infrastructure sectors and will serve as a key tool to help owners and operators mitigate AI risk,\u201d CISA Director Jen Easterly in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>The guidelines emphasize a range of steps, including understanding the dependencies of AI vendors that operators might be working with and inventorying AI use cases. They also encourage critical infrastructure owners to create procedures for reporting AI security risks and continually testing AI systems for vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Opportunities related to AI span categories including operational awareness, customer service automation, physical security, and forecasting, according to the guidelines. At the same time, the new document also warns that AI risks to critical infrastructure could include attacks facilitated with AI, attacks aimed at AI systems, and \u201cfailures in AI design and implementation,\u201d which could lead to potential malfunctions or other unintended consequences. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI can present transformative solutions for U.S. critical infrastructure, and it also carries the risk of making those systems vulnerable in new ways to critical failures, physical attacks, and cyber attacks. Our Department is taking steps to identify and mitigate those threats,\u201d Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>DHS has been especially active in recent months on artificial intelligence, most notably with the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/dhs-ai-roadmap\/\">release of its AI roadmap<\/a> in March. Earlier this month, the department announced that Office of Management and Budget alum <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/dhs-picks-omb-official-to-lead-its-new-ai-corps\/\">Michael Boyce would lead its AI Corps<\/a>, a group of 50 experts in the technology that the agency aims to hire through 2024. The department also brought on technology company executives \u2014 including Sam Altman of OpenAI and Sundar Pichai from Alphabet \u2014 to assist with its <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/dhs-launches-safety-and-security-board-focused-on-ai-and-critical-infrastructure\/\">new board<\/a> focused on AI and critical infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.4283088235294\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"16\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cisa-unveils-guidelines-for-ai-and-critical-infrastructure-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Rebecca Heilweil\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Rebecca Heilweil<\/h4>\n<p> Rebecca Heilweil is an investigative reporter for FedScoop. 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