The MLSecOps Podcast

<p>Welcome to The MLSecOps Podcast, presented by Protect AI. Here we explore the world of machine learning security operations, a.k.a., MLSecOps. From preventing attacks to navigating new AI regulations, we'll dive into the latest developments, strategies, and best practices with industry leaders and AI experts. Sit back, relax, and learn something new with us today.<br><br>Learn more and get involved with the MLSecOps Community at https://bit.ly/MLSecOps.</p>

AI Security: Vulnerability Detection and Hidden Model File Risks

Send us a textIn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, the team dives into the transformative potential of Vulnhuntr: zero shot vulnerability discovery using LLMs. Madison Vorbrich hosts Dan McInerney and Marcello Salvati to discuss Vulnhuntr’s ability to autonomously identify vulnerabilities, including zero-days, using large language models (LLMs) like Claude. They explore the evolution of AI tools for security, the gap between traditional and AI-based static code analysis, and how Vulnhuntr...

12-09
38:19

AI Governance Essentials: Empowering Procurement Teams to Navigate AI Risk

Send us a textFull transcript with links to resources available at https://mlsecops.com/podcast/ai-governance-essentials-empowering-procurement-teams-to-navigate-ai-risk.In this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, Charlie McCarthy from Protect AI sits down with Dr. Cari Miller to discuss the evolving landscapes of AI procurement and governance. Dr. Miller shares insights from her work with the AI Procurement Lab and ForHumanity, delving into the essential frameworks and strategies needed to miti...

11-07
37:41

Crossroads: AI, Cybersecurity, and How to Prepare for What's Next

Send us a textIn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, Distinguished Engineer Nicole Nichols from Palo Alto Networks joins host and Machine Learning Scientist Mehrin Kiani to explore critical challenges in AI and cybersecurity. Nicole shares her unique journey from mechanical engineering to AI security, her thoughts on the importance of clear AI vocabularies, and the significance of bridging disciplines in securing complex systems. They dive into the nuanced definitions of AI fairness and saf...

10-29
33:15

AI Beyond the Hype: Lessons from Cloud on Risk and Security

Send us a textOn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, we’re bringing together two cybersecurity legends. Our guest is the inimitable Caleb Sima, who joins us to discuss security considerations for building and using AI, drawing on his 25+ years of cybersecurity experience. Caleb's impressive journey includes co-founding two security startups acquired by HP and Lookout, serving as Chief Security Officer at Robinhood, and currently leading cybersecurity venture studio WhiteRabbit & chairin...

10-01
41:06

Generative AI Prompt Hacking and Its Impact on AI Security & Safety

Send us a textWelcome to Season 3 of the MLSecOps Podcast, brought to you by Protect AI!In this episode, MLSecOps Community Manager Charlie McCarthy speaks with Sander Schulhoff, co-founder and CEO of Learn Prompting. Sander discusses his background in AI research, focusing on the rise of prompt engineering and its critical role in generative AI. He also shares insights into prompt security, the creation of LearnPrompting.org, and its mission to democratize prompt engineering knowledge. This ...

09-19
31:59

The MLSecOps Podcast Season 2 Finale

Send us a textThis compilation contains highlights from episodes throughout Season 2 of the MLSecOps Podcast, and it's a great one for community members who are new to the show. If there is a clip from this highlights reel that is especially interesting to you, you can note the name of the original episode that the clip came from and easily go check out that full length episode for a deeper dive.Extending enormous thanks to everyone who has supported this show, including our audience, Protect...

09-07
40:54

Exploring Generative AI Risk Assessment and Regulatory Compliance

Send us a textIn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast we have the honor of talking with David Rosenthal, Partner at VISCHER (Swiss Law, Tax & Compliance). David is also an author & former software developer, and lectures at ETH Zürich & the University of Basel. He has more than 25 years of experience in data & technology law and kindly joined the show to discuss a variety of AI regulation topics, including the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, generative AI risk assessment,...

07-26
37:37

MLSecOps Culture: Considerations for AI Development and Security Teams

Send us a textIn this episode, we had the pleasure of welcoming Co-Founder and CISO of Weights & Biases, Chris Van Pelt, to the MLSecOps Podcast. Chris discusses a range of topics with hosts Badar Ahmed and Diana Kelley, including the history of how W&B was formed, building a culture of security & knowledge sharing across teams in an organization, real-world ML and GenAI security concerns, data lineage and tracking, and upcoming features in the Weights & Biases platform for en...

07-03
38:44

Practical Offensive and Adversarial ML for Red Teams

Send us a textNext on the MLSecOps Podcast, we have the honor of highlighting one of our MLSecOps Community members and Dropbox™ Red Teamers, Adrian Wood. Adrian joined Protect AI threat researchers, Dan McInerney and Marcello Salvati, in the studio to share an array of insights, including what inspired him to create the Offensive ML (aka OffSec ML) Playbook, and diving into categories like adversarial machine learning (ML), offensive/defensive ML, and supply chain attacks.The group also disc...

06-17
35:24

Expert Talk from RSA Conference: Securing Generative AI

Send us a textIn this episode, host Neal Swaelens (EMEA Director of Business Development, Protect AI) catches up with Ken Huang, CISSP at RSAC 2024 to talk about security for generative AI. Thanks for checking out the MLSecOps Podcast! Get involved with the MLSecOps Community and find more resources at https://community.mlsecops.com. Additional tools and resources to check out:Protect AI Guardian: Zero Trust for ML Models Recon: Automated Red Teaming for GenAI Protect AI’s ML Security-Fo...

05-20
25:42

Practical Foundations for Securing AI

Send us a textIn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, we delve into the critical world of security for AI and machine learning with our guest Ron F. Del Rosario, Chief Security Architect and AI/ML Security Lead at SAP ISBN. The discussion highlights the contextual knowledge gap between ML practitioners and cybersecurity professionals, emphasizing the importance of cross-collaboration and foundational security practices. We explore the contrasts of security for AI to that for traditional soft...

05-13
38:10

Evaluating RAG and the Future of LLM Security: Insights with LlamaIndex

Send us a textIn this episode of the MLSecOps Podcast, host Neal Swaelens, along with co-host Oleksandr Yaremchuk, sit down with special guest Simon Suo, co-founder and CTO of LlamaIndex. Simon shares insights into the development of LlamaIndex, a leading data framework for orchestrating data in large language models (LLMs). Drawing from his background in the self-driving industry, Simon discusses the challenges and considerations of integrating LLMs into various applications, emphasizing the...

04-23
31:04

AI Threat Research: Spotlight on the Huntr Community

Send us a textLearn about the world’s first bug bounty platform for AI & machine learning, huntr, including how to get involved!This week’s featured guests are leaders from the huntr community (brought to you by Protect AI): Dan McInerney, Lead AI Threat Researcher Marcello Salvati, Sr. Engineer & Researcher Madison Vorbrich, Community Manager Thanks for checking out the MLSecOps Podcast! Get involved with the MLSecOps Community and find more resources at https://c...

03-13
31:48

Securing AI: The Role of People, Processes & Tools in MLSecOps

Send us a textIn this episode of The MLSecOps Podcast hosted by Daryan Dehghanpisheh (Protect AI) and special guest-host Martin Stanley, CISSP (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), we delve into critical aspects of AI security and operations. This episode features esteemed guests, Gary Givental (IBM) and Kaleb Walton (FICO).The group's discussion unfolds with insights into the evolving field of Machine Learning Security Operations, aka, MLSecOps. A recap of CISA's most recent Se...

02-29
37:16

ReDoS Vulnerability Reports: Security Relevance vs. Noisy Nuisance

Send us a textIn this episode, we delve into a hot topic in the bug bounty world: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) reports. Inspired by reports submitted by the huntr AI/ML bug bounty community and an insightful blog piece by open source expert, William Woodruff (Engineering Director, Trail of Bits), this conversation explores: Are any ReDoS vulnerabilities worth fixing?Triaging and the impact of ReDoS reports on software maintainers.The challenges of addressing ReDoS vulnera...

02-27
35:30

Finding a Balance: LLMs, Innovation, and Security

Send us a textIn this episode of The MLSecOps Podcast, special guest, Sandy Dunn, joins us to discuss the dynamic world of large language models (LLMs) and the equilibrium of innovation and security. Co-hosts, Daryan “D” Dehghanpisheh and Dan McInerney talk with Sandy about the nuanced challenges organizations face in managing LLMs while mitigating AI risks.Exploring the swift pace of innovation juxtaposed with the imperative of maintaining robust security measures, the trio examines the crit...

02-15
41:56

Secure AI Implementation and Governance

Send us a textIn this episode of The MLSecOps Podcast, Nick James, CEO of WhitegloveAI dives in with show host, Chris King, Head of Product at Protect AI, to offer enlightening insights surrounding:- AI Governance- ISO - International Organization for Standardization ISO/IEC 42001:2023-Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Management System- Continuous improvement for AI securityThanks for listening! Find more episodes and transcripts at https://bit.ly/MLSecOpsPodcast.Additional MLS...

02-13
38:37

Risk Management and Enhanced Security Practices for AI Systems

Send us a textIn this episode of The MLSecOps Podcast, VP Security and Field CISO of Databricks, Omar Khawaja, joins the CISO of Protect AI, Diana Kelley. Together, Diana and Omar discuss a new framework for understanding AI risks, fostering a security-minded culture around AI, building the MLSecOps dream team, and some of the challenges that Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and other business leaders face when assessing the risk to their AI/ML systems.Get the scoop on Databricks’ ...

02-06
38:08

Evaluating Real-World Adversarial ML Attack Risks and Effective Management: Robustness vs Non-ML Mitigations

Send us a textIn this episode, co-hosts Badar Ahmed and Daryan Dehghanpisheh are joined by Drew Farris (Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton) and Edward Raff (Chief Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton) to discuss themes from their paper, "You Don't Need Robust Machine Learning to Manage Adversarial Attack Risks," co-authored with Michael Benaroch.Thanks for checking out the MLSecOps Podcast! Get involved with the MLSecOps Community and find more resources at https://community.mlsecops.com. Additional to...

11-28
41:19

From Risk to Responsibility: Violet Teaming in AI; With Guest: Alexander Titus

Send us a textIn this episode, the founder and CEO of The In Vivo Group, Alexander Titus, joins show hosts Diana Kelley and Daryan Dehghanpisheh to discuss themes from his forward-thinking paper, "The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence -- Violet Teaming Offers a Balanced Path Forward," authored with Adam H. Russell.Thanks for checking out the MLSecOps Podcast! Get involved with the MLSecOps Community and find more resources at https://community.mlsecops.com. Additional tools and res...

10-24
43:20

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