AI Security Alliance Industry Survey

Introduction

The AI Security Alliance (www.aisecurityalliance.org) influences and creates standards for the security of AI in commercial, academic, and government use cases. This survey seeks to understand current views on security and AI by professionals in the cybersecurity and AI domains. You can, optionally, provide your contact information if you want to enter a $50 Amazon gift card raffle for completing the survey.

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* 1. What is your PRIMARY area of responsibility in your organization? [choose one]

Cyber security

Big data and analytics

Workflow and/or process automation

Artificial intelligence

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your level in your organization? [choose one]

Executive

Director

Manager or Individual contributor

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How big is your organization? [choose one]

<100 employees

101 - 1000 employees

1001 - 5000 employees

5001+ employees

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* 4. What industry is your organization in? [choose one]

Financial

Healthcare

Transportation

Manufacturing

Energy

Education

Ecommerce

Travel and hospitality

Technology

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Which is the biggest technical concern for AI? [choose one]

Lack of explainability and how AI came to conclusions

Corrupt or manipulated training data

Privacy or breach of training data (that may hold sensitive information)

Corrupt or manipulated algorithms

Lack of auditability of analysis and actions

Lack of thorough ethical guidelines for AI policies by a central body

Lack of technical know-how

Cost of data, compute, and/or storage

Challenges in getting enough training data for accurate model training

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* 6. What do you think is the biggest concern on the security of AI in general? [choose one]

Lack of industry audit/compliance standards

Lack of governmental regulatory oversight

Lack of common vendor standards

Lack of 3rd party validation testing agencies

Lack of skilled manpower

Lack of appropriate privacy controls

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* 7. What is your PRIMARY source to learn about security impacts on the use of AI? [choose one]

Online courses or 3rd party educational service

ISACA, ISSA, or similar security industry organization

Internal training at my organization

I don’t have any resources

Other (please specify)

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* 8. How effective are today’s cyber security solutions that use AI? [choose one]

Very effective - they achieve high automation

Somewhat effective - some human oversight still required

Not very effective - used as an additional layer to non-AI/ML efforts

Not effective at all - do not use due to false positives and/or false negatives

Not sure

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* 9. How has your job been affected by AI? [choose one]

Made security of my organization more difficult

Made security of my organization easier

No effect / not using

Not sure

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* 10. What terms most align with what AI means for you [rank them in order of most relevant to least relevant]?

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* 11. Rank the following in order of which is the best solution for addressing security concerns in AI [rank order]?

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* 12. What should the vendor (that creates a solution with AI) be responsible for in terms of security? [choose one]

Pre-installation: Testing and certifying security of the AI and software before shipping out to the customer

Post-installation: Auditing the security of the AI software after installed

Proof of adherence to a third-party standard or certification for AI related security

No responsibility beyond typical software agreements we use today

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Where do you think AI can most benefit cybersecurity? [choose one]

Stopping endpoint compromise

Stopping behavioral threats or APTs

Stopping admin or privileged account abuse

Predicting threats or attack targets

Social engineered attacks (like phishing, email compromise, etc…)

Predict attack kill chain and threat progression

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What are the biggest concerns regarding US elections in regards to security and AI? [choose one or more]

Use of AI to compromise the security and/or integrity of the election process

Use of AI to sway opinions and political thinking at a larger scale than humans can

Use of AI to trick citizens in giving up information to be used in attacks

Use of AI for hacking and leaking sensitive data to nation states

Other (please specify)

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* 15. What area has the biggest security risk due to the use of AI by the vendor or an adversary? [choose one]

Government election processes and systems

Healthcare and medical devices

Autonomous cars

Electricity and water distribution

Consumer privacy

Other (please specify)

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* 16. [Optional] Other comments

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* 17. [Optional] For completed surveys, we are holding a raffle for a $50 Amazon gift card. Please enter your contact information if you wish to enter the raffle (all info required).

First Name

Last Name

Title

Company

Work Email

Phone

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* 18. Would you like to find out more about the AI Security Alliance?

Yes