CoSAI, OpenSSF and the Interesting Intersection of Secure AI and Open Source

Omkhar is joined by Dave LaBianca, security engineering director at Google, Mihai Maruseac, member of the Google Open Source Security Team, and Jay White, security principal program manager at Microsoft. David and Jay are on the Project Governing Board for the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), an alliance of industry leaders, researchers and developers dedicated to enhancing the security of AI implementations. Additionally, Jay — along with Mihai — are leads on the OpenSSF AI/ML Security Working Group. In this conversation, they dig into CoSAI’s goals and the potential partnership with the OpenSSF.

• 00:57 - Guest introductions
• 01:56 - Dave and Jay offer insight into why CoSAI was necessary
• 05:16 - Jay and Mihai explain the complementary nature of OpenSSF's AI/ML Security Working Group and CoSAI
• 07:21 - Mihai digs into the importance of proving model provenance
• 08:50 - Dave shares his thoughts on future CoSAI/OpenSSF collaborations
• 11:13 - Jay, Dave and Mihai answer Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions
• 14:12 - The guests offer their advice to those entering the field today and their call to action for listeners

Links

• David LaBianca on LinkedIn
• Mihai Maruseac on LinkedIn
• Jay White on LinkedIn
• CoSAI homepage
• OpenSSF AI/ML Security Working Group homepage
• Get involved with OpenSSF