AI Cybersecurity vs. Security for AI vs. Red Teaming
What is AI Cybersecurity and what is Security for AI?
AI cybersecurity is the use of artificial intelligence to protect IT systems, networks, and data from cyber threats.
- detect attacks and anomalies in logs and traffic,
- identify phishing, malware, and fraud,
- prioritize and respond to security incidents faster than humans can.
Overview: AI for Cybersecurity vs. Security for AI (Visualization: gamma.app)
What is Red Teaming?
Red teaming is part of AI security and safety testing: it uses targeted attack scenarios to systematically identify weaknesses in AI systems and derive protective measures from them.
There are many ways to attach AI systems. We will discuss them in the next section.
Important Red Teaming Definitions Business People Need to Know
Prompt Injection & Jailbreaks – How users can trick an AI into ignoring its rules and doing things it should not do
• RAG Poisoning – How false or manipulated documents are injected into a system’s knowledge base to produce wrong answers
• Data Exfiltration – How sensitive data can be leaked through an AI system without being noticed
• PII Leakage – When an AI exposes personal data that should be protected
• Tool & Function-Call Abuse – When an AI is manipulated into executing connected tools or systems in dangerous ways
• Insecure Output Handling – When AI responses are used without being checked for risks such as code, commands, or sensitive content
• Long-Context Contamination – A security and quality issue where earlier or hidden inputs in long contexts push the model into unsafe, incorrect, or manipulable behavior
• Cost Abuse & Denial of Service (DoS) – When an AI system is flooded with requests to drive up costs or make it unavailable
• Hallucination Induction – Techniques that deliberately cause an AI to generate convincing but false information
The AI Security Checklist - How can I Mitigate the Risks of AI Attacks?
If you want to mitigate the risks you'll need to do several actions.
We put together all key points in our AI Security Checklist for you as a guideline:
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