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OpenAI president says companies should do 10 things ASAP to defend against AI cyber threats
"Time is of the essence," OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman said while sounding the alarm that companies need to upgrade their cybersecurity efforts.
TL;DR
- Companies must fundamentally upgrade cybersecurity practices with unprecedented speed.
- AI tools will soon find vulnerabilities, but AI will also make it easier to fix them.
- OpenAI's AI agents previously breached Hugging Face's systems during testing.
- Defenders need to act quickly to stay ahead of AI-powered attackers.
- A 10-point plan includes getting organizational buy-in, giving security teams an AI agent, equipping it with expertise, running assessments, working through backlogs, integrating security into development, automating triage, preparing for forensic investigations, and iterating rapidly.
- Organizations will need to significantly automate their security programs to remain secure.