Booz Allen Doubles Down on Adversarial AI Capabilities With New Investment
26 Septiembre 2023 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
HiddenLayer’s MLSec platform brings added scale
to Booz Allen’s ability to protect federal AI missions
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) – the largest single provider of
artificial intelligence services for the Federal government – today
announced that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen
Ventures, has made a strategic investment in HiddenLayer, a
security platform that safeguards machine learning (ML) models.
This investment strengthens and expands Booz Allen’s tenured
Adversarial AI capabilities, including those developed for the
Department of Defense and intelligence clients, and will further
accelerate secure adoption of enterprise AI solutions to keep pace
with emerging national security threats as well as rising consumer
expectations.
“Every AI-enabled solution should be assessed for risk and
appropriately protected from adversarial attacks – especially as
the government looks to deploy AI capabilities in increasingly
important applications,” said Matt Keating, leader of Booz Allen’s
Adversarial AI portfolio. “Our clients operate in complex
environments that require AI models be highly specialized, rapidly
deployable, and secure. The HiddenLayer investment by Booz Allen
Ventures better positions us to integrate startup, commercial, and
open source innovation to rapidly augment our existing
capabilities. Ultimately, allowing us to more quickly and
confidently delivery robust AI capability to our clients – and the
country at large.”
With increased AI adoption – specifically AI models deployed
within mission critical systems – the risk surface increases for
federal, defense, civil, national security and commercial users,
with bad actors looking to exploit and accelerate cyber threats.
The newly announced investment in HiddenLayer will complement and
accelerate Booz Allen’s existing Adversarial AI capabilities, a
leader for over five years in advancing machine learning (ML)
methodologies to safeguard systems against attack.
This includes a long-standing focus on addressing key challenges
with model security, such as data poisoning, data leakage, model
evasion, and malicious code injection. In addition, Booz Allen has
also led advanced research to assess the adversarial image
perturbation robustness for computer vision models and how
manipulated tabular data can enhance the behavior evasive
capabilities of Microsoft Windows malware.
“Using pre-trained open-source models is an overall net
positive, but this foundation also puts AI models at greater risk
for adversarial attack. This tension is a threat that organizations
need to be aware of, plan for, and get ahead of, as our adversaries
are doing just that,” said Edward Raff, chief scientist at Booz
Allen and leader of the Booz Allen ML research team, which has been
publishing academic research on adversarial AI since 2018.
This is the latest AI-focused investment by Booz Allen Ventures,
which identifies and invests in strategic, dual-use commercial
technologies, with recent investments including Shift5, Credo AI,
Hidden Level, Latent AI, Synthetaic, and Reveal Technology. The
investment also builds on Booz Allen’s focused efforts and missions
around Generative AI and Responsible AI, providing a robust
security foundation as AI use increases.
“HiddenLayer’s powerful platform and expert team has proven
effective in securing AI from a broad range of threats, so we
quickly identified them as a partner that can support and protect
our AI deployments,” said Travis Bales, Managing Director at Booz
Allen Ventures. “From our early discussions, it was clear to us
that the HiddenLayer team has the vision and execution to continue
developing security for the emerging AI market.”
Booz Allen’s recent investment now enables Federal agencies to
capitalize on HiddenLayer’s award-winning Machine Learning
Detection & Response platform, as well as Booz Allen’s AI
security research, risk and vulnerability assessments, managed
detection and response services—all paired with AI security
engineering best practices, tools and technologies.
"Booz Allen continuously proves its commitment to developing AI
capabilities that are robust, secure, and offer the technical depth
needed by the Federal government. Their 360-degree approach to AI
combined with their steadfast commitment to HiddenLayer's vision
since our founding made them a perfect partner for the next stage
of our growth,” said Chris Sestito, Co-Founder & CEO at
HiddenLayer. “Bringing together our MLSec platform and their
purpose-built AI solutions ensures our government can continue to
innovate through AI adoption with confidence knowing they are
secure from all types of cyber-attacks, including those from
nation-states."
Learn more about Booz Allen’s work in Adversarial AI and about
Booz Allen Ventures.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Trusted to transform missions with the power of tomorrow’s
technologies, Booz Allen Hamilton advances the nation’s most
critical civil, defense, and national security priorities. We lead,
invest, and invent where it’s needed most—at the forefront of
complex missions, using innovation to define the future. We combine
our in-depth expertise in AI and cybersecurity with leading-edge
technology and engineering practices to deliver impactful
solutions. Combining more than 100 years of strategic consulting
expertise with the perspectives of diverse talent, we ensure
results by integrating technology with an enduring focus on our
clients. We’re first to the future—moving missions forward to
realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World®.
With global headquarters in McLean, Virginia, our firm employs
approximately 32,600 people globally as of June 30, 2023 and had
revenue of $9.3 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2023. To
learn more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
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