AI Safety Initiative
Industry leaders converge to provide authoritative research, tools, education and certification for AI safety and security.
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes technology and security, CSA launches the AI Safety Initiative, a pioneering effort dedicated to establishing and disseminating trusted security best practices for AI. With an initial focus on Generative AI, our mission is to empower organizations of all sizes with the guidelines, templates, and knowledge they need to deploy AI solutions that are safe, responsible, and compliant. Our objectives include:
Creating trusted best practices for AI and make them freely available
Providing customers of all sizes confidence to accelerate responsible adoption due to the presence of guidelines for usage that mitigate risks
Complementing AI assurance programs within governments with a healthy degree of industry self-regulation
Addressing critical ethical issues and impact to society resulting from significant advances in AI over the next several years
Strategic Initiatives
The AI Safety Initiative will not only address today's challenges, but also the future of AI. This includes:
AI usage guidelines tied to existing security and governance frameworks
Improving cybersecurity through appropriate use of AI
Future challenges brought on by the next generation of AI
Guidance on ethics and issues unique to AI
How AI can be attacked to assist AI's continuous improvement
How malicious actors can, will, and are using AI
Collaboration & Innovation
Explore the interconnected partnerships and councils that form the backbone of our initiative, each contributing specialized expertise and insight:
Executive Committee Observers
Jerry Archer
SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae
Jerry Archer is an SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae. Archer’s responsibilities include securing and protecting all of Sallie Mae’s systems and offerings, and for security initiatives across the company. Prior to Sallie Mae, Archer was the CISO at Intuit and prior to joining Intuit, Archer was managing director at Global Competitive Strategies. Previously, Archer was SVP for Global Interoperability at Visa International and bef...
Illena Armstrong
President, CSA
Illena Armstrong is a long-time international media and business development leader who, with the help of the talented teams she has managed over the years, successfully built and maintained a wide range of award-winning, digitally-driven multimedia, intelligence/research, and educational offerings serving targeted audiences. Along with her current role as President of CSA, she serves as a Fellow with the International Association of Certif...
Alan Boehme
Chief Technology Officer of Procter & Gamble
Alan Boehme serves as Chief Technology Officer of Procter & Gamble. Prior to this he was Chief of Enterprise Architecture for The Coca-Cola Company. Boehme was previously Sr. VP and Head of IT Architecture for the ING Global Insurance Business as well as serving as chairman of the global cross banking / insurance business (ING Group) enterprise architecture committee reporting into the global CTO office. Prior to his time with ING he serve...
Daniele Catteddu
Chief Technology Officer, CSA
Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...
Sean Heide
Technical Research Director, CSA
Paul B. Kurtz
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, Splunk
Paul Kurtz is the Chief Executive Officer of TruSTAR Technology. Prior to TruSTAR Paul Kurtz was the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer for CyberPoint International LLC. While at CyberPoint, he helped grow the company from 10 to 200 employees in 5 years by building the US government and international business verticals. Prior to CyberPoint, Paul was the managing partner of Good Harbor Consulting where he oversaw ...
Troy Leach
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), CSA
Troy Leach has spent more than 25 years advocating for the advancement of responsible, safe technology to improve the quality of living and parity for all.
As the Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Leach supports Cloud Security Alliance's corporate strategy and ongoing mission to provide new and relevant cloud security awareness, education, research, programs and membership participation. Mr. Leach specifically focuses on external engageme...
Jim Reavis
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, CSA
For over 30 years, Jim Reavis has worked in cybersecurity industry as an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist. Jim’s innovative thinking about emerging trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry and have influenced many.
Jim launched Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in 2009 and has led its global growth and position as among the most vital cybersecurity communities worldwide. Under...
John Yeoh
Global Vice President of Research, CSA
With over 15 years of experience in research and technology, John excels at executive-level leadership, relationship management, and strategy development. He is a published author, technologist, and researcher with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next generation technology (IoT, Big Data, SecaaS, Quantum). John specializes in risk management, third party assessment, GRC, data protection, incid...
Executive Committee
Meet our Executive Committee, the driving force behind the AI Safety Initiative, leading our strategic direction and pioneering efforts in AI-related advancements and safety.
Vijay Bolina
Google Deepmind
Nicolas Chaillan
AskSage
Jason Clinton
Chief Security Officer, Anthropic
Nick Hamilton
OpenAI
Anish Karmarkar
Standards Program Leader, AWS
Christine Lai
CISA
Kathleen Moriarty
Vitaliy Panych
Tony Sager
Center for Internet Security
Caleb Sima
Phil Venables
Google Cloud
Yonatan Zunger
CVP of AI Safety and Security, Microsoft
Non-Profit Leadership Council
This council supports the mission of the AI Safety Initiative by overseeing its activities with a broader perspective from external entities.
View AllOrganizational AI Usage Certification & Compliance
CSA is set to enhance STAR, our industry leading cloud assurance program, to include AI compliance and certification services. This expansion, named STAR AI, will cater to both providers and enterprises incorporating AI into their solutions, based on the consensus best practices developed by the initiative research working groups. A full roadmap for this update will be announced in Q3 2024.
Learn About STARProfessional Development & Credentialing
CSA is developing educational curriculum, courses and a credentialing program for cybersecurity professionals seeking to demonstrate expertise in critical AI topics. This will be based on the consensus best practices developed by the initiative research working groups. Contact us for organizations interested in partnering to deliver AI cybersecurity education.
Global Chapters
CSA's Global Chapters are key to spreading knowledge and innovation, each dedicated to fostering the advancement of artificial intelligence in the realm of cloud security. Whether you're looking to dive deeper into AI safety, share expertise, or network, become part of a community shaping the future of cloud security.
CSA has developed an AI Safety Initiative enablement package for chapters to promote and participate in this initiative. To gain access please contact your local chapter or contact [email protected].
Find a ChapterResearch Working Groups
CSA's four AI working groups have been established to fulfill the mission of the AI Safety Initiative.
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