AI Safety Initiative
Leverage the power of CSA’s leadership and expert community to build a responsible AI future
CSA’s AI Safety Initiative is the premier coalition of trusted experts who converge to develop and deliver essential AI guidance and tools that empower organizations of all sizes to deploy AI solutions that are safe, responsible, and compliant.
Using CSA’s agile programs for vendor-neutral research, training and certificates, as well as our global footprint of industry experts, chapters, webinars and conferences, CSA is uniquely positioned to build and evangelize authoritative AI best practices and tools.
Established leaders in generative AI and cloud security are invited to participate in select AI Safety Leadership Councils or have an active seat at the table in any of CSA’s AI working groups. Those looking to better understand the future of AI disciplines, or receive pragmatic advice on managing risks and gaining benefits from generative AI in the cloud today, will benefit from Research papers, webinars, and events produced by the CSA AI Safety Initiative.
Latest from the AI Safety Initiative
Register for the Virtual AI Summit 2025
Register nowCSA’s 2nd annual Virtual AI Summit will dive into the enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence, the critical role of cybersecurity in GenAI, and focus on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) as vital best practices. In addition, attendees will receive a preview of STAR for AI.
Take the Free Generative AI & Prompt Engineering Course
Register for freeExplore the world of generative AI in this self-paced course, covering applications from image generation to automated text creation. Learn about AI models, prompt engineering, and troubleshooting techniques. Complete the course to earn a certificate and enhance your understanding of this transformative technology!
Become an AI Safety Ambassador
Learn morePremier AI Safety Ambassadors sit at the forefront of the future of AI safety best practices. They play a leading role in promoting AI safety within their organization, advocating for responsible AI practices and promoting pragmatic solutions to manage AI risks. Premier ambassadors receive enhanced benefits to propel their brand to the next level of AI leadership.
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:
Composed of government agencies, industry titans, and innovators who sit at the forefront of AI and Cloud, the Executive Leadership Council for the CSA AI Safety Initiative is focused on establishing and creating a “north star” for AI best practices.
Executive Leadership Council 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 Leadership Council
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.
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Organizational 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 STAR
Professional 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.
Industry Support
Anthropic's AI systems are designed to be helpful, honest, and harmless. We look forward to lending our expertise to crafting guidelines for safe and responsible AI systems for the wider industry. By collaborating on initiatives like this one focused on generative models today - with an eye toward more advanced AI down the line - we can ensure this transformative technology benefits all of society.
Chief Security Officer, Anthropic
The CSA shares our belief that long-term generative AI advancements will be achieved when private organizations, government and academia align around industry standards, as outlined in our Secure AI Framework (SAIF). Continued industry collaboration will help organizations ensure emerging AI technologies will have a major impact on the security ecosystem.
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AI Insights & Events
Stay updated with our latest blog posts on cloud security insights, trends, and best practices to get ahead of the evolving security landscape.
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