United States Department of Homeland Security Publishes First AI Roadmap
Summary
On November 14, 2023, DHS’s CISA published its first Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence. The roadmap’s release comes a month after President Biden’s AI Executive Order called on the DHSto increase its responsibility in leading global efforts on AI safety standards. CISA’s Director Jen Easterly states that the roadmap is an overlap of AI, cyber defense and critical infrastructure, which will advance the agency’s goal of promoting “the beneficial uses of AI to enhance cybersecurity capabilities; ensure AI systems are protected from cyber-based threats; and deter the malicious use of AI capabilities to threaten the critical infrastructure Americans rely on every day.” The AI roadmap contains five lines of effort for CISA, including: • Using AI-enabled software tools to responsibly support its mission. • Assuring AI systems are secure by design, develop best practices and promote adoption across the government and private sector. • Protecting critical infrastructure from malicious use of AI by assessing threats and recommending mitigation strategies, in part by establishing a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) website focused on AI threats, vulnerabilities and mitigation. • Contributing to key interagency, international and public AI efforts such as developing policy. • Educating and recruiting to ensure AI expertise within CISA’s workforce.
