Empowering cyber defenders with AI is vital to tilting the cybersecurity steadiness again of their favor as they battle cybercriminals and hold customers protected. To assist speed up adoption of AI for cybersecurity workflows, we partnered with Airbus at DEF CON 33 to host the GenSec Seize the Flag (CTF), devoted to human-AI collaboration in cybersecurity. Our objective was to create a enjoyable, interactive atmosphere, the place contributors throughout varied talent ranges may discover how AI can speed up their each day cybersecurity workflows.
At GenSec CTF, practically 500 contributors efficiently accomplished introductory challenges, with 23% of contributors utilizing AI for cybersecurity for the very first time. An awesome 85% of all contributors discovered the occasion helpful for studying how AI could be utilized to safety workflows. This constructive suggestions highlights that AI-centric CTFs can play a significant position in dashing up AI training and adoption within the safety neighborhood.
The CTF additionally supplied a precious alternative for the neighborhood to make use of Sec-Gemini, Google’s experimental Cybersecurity AI, as an optionally available assistant accessible within the UI alongside main LLMs. And we obtained nice suggestions on Sec-Gemini, with 77% of respondents saying that they’d discovered Sec-Gemini both “very useful” or “extraordinarily useful” in helping them with fixing the challenges.
We need to thank the DEF CON neighborhood for the enthusiastic participation and for making this inaugural occasion a convincing success. The neighborhood suggestions in the course of the occasion has been invaluable for understanding how you can enhance Sec-Gemini, and we’re already incorporating a number of the classes realized into the following iteration.
We’re dedicated to advancing the AI cybersecurity frontier and can proceed working with the neighborhood to construct instruments that assist shield folks on-line. Keep tuned as we plan to share extra analysis and key learnings from the CTF with the broader neighborhood.
