Rise of the machines: Charlie Lewis, a partner at management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., similarly predicted that consolidation in cloud security and security operations were key industry trends likely to be showcased during the RSA Conference.”Enterprises need to integrate security into their software development practices,” Lewis told CSO. Enterprises need to deploy AI-based technologies to stay ahead of phishing threats, especially since criminals are making greater use of gen AI tools to craft phishing lures.AI technologies also have a role in vulnerability remediation and in reducing the mean time to respond against security threats. “There’s a risk for companies in not deploying AI technologies,” Lewis said, adding that how AI projects improve business metrics will be important in gauging the success of their deployments.Although better known for keynote presentations by industry luminaries such as Chris Krebs and Bruce Schneier, as well as senior executives from Google and Microsoft, the RSA Conference also offers a chance for CSOs to talk to a variety of vendors in support of planning a project. There’s also the opportunity for delegates to network with their peers. CSO’s Jon Oltsik offers 10 key questions CSOs should ask as they soak in conference presentations and conversations.
AI guardrails come tumbling down: Some research is also due to be presented at the conference.For example, AI security testing firm Mindgard is presenting new research on bypassing AI guardrails using novel methods like emoji and Unicode smuggling.Mindgard’s research team has identified vulnerabilities across the guardrails designed to protect large language models (LLMs).The study found that character injection methods and algorithmic adversarial machine learning (AML) evasion techniques can successfully and reliably bypass six of the most prominent AI guardrails systems, including Microsoft’s Azure Prompt Shield, Meta’s Prompt Guard, Nvidia’s NeMo Guard, and Protect AI.The research, which was disclosed to the affected parties prior to its publication, highlights the need for more robust guardrail systems, according to Mindgard.
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