Today we’re launching the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a long-term commitment to securing the systems everyone depends on. The Cyber Mission is a new effort to support defenders with tools, research, and resources to secure their software and systems. We’re starting with two areas:
- Critical infrastructure: Starting with securing the operational technology behind power grids, water systems, and transportation networks, and protecting government systems. Today, we’re introducing the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program (CIDP), which brings frontier models, on-site engineers, and threat research to the defenders that protect operational technology.
- Open-source software: Finding vulnerabilities and proposing patches in the free, shared code that most software depends on, and hardening the underlying code. Today, we’re launching OSS Scanner, which offers open-source projects regular security scans from our strongest models, for free.
Frontier models can be misused to exploit vulnerabilities and conduct cyber operations. Despite best efforts, many areas of technology remain dangerously exposed. State-sponsored adversaries have spent years gaining footholds in these systems, across many sectors, so that they can disrupt them. Defenders of critical infrastructure and the OSS community have decades of security experience but have faced severe resource shortages that are exacerbated by this moment. We are recognizing their expertise in these domains and offering our support. We will also expand the Cyber Mission to release tools, research, and resources in new areas to help secure the world.
Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-cyber-mission