“The Department of Health and Human Services has made strides to prepare for a future that leverages artificial intelligence this year — with an AI strategy, council and communities of practice, and an upcoming AI playbook.”
“The agency’s chief AI officer, Oki Mek, has identified ideal use cases and culture shifts to adopt the technology and help drive its next steps. Among over 175 use cases that HHS has identified across its department, cybersecurity is one of the most promising near-term areas for the agency to apply further AI solutions, Mek said.”
“Cybersecurity is an ideal AI use case because data drawn from cybersecurity tends to be most easily accessible, tagged and formatted in a way that makes it AI-ready.”
“’Most of the cyber data is well-formatted and tagged, so you know it’s easy to digest,’ Mek said at GovernmentCIO Media & Research’s Mastering Data event. ‘Most of the challenges in AI, 80% of it, would be just to get the data and then processing the data, but with cyber it’s a little bit easier.'”
“More specifically, Mek said that AI and machine learning hold potential in accelerating the speed of cybersecurity reporting and compliance. As federal agencies most often acquire new technological solutions from industry partners, ensuring that vendors are meeting cybersecurity requirements in real time with AI holds significant potential…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS Eyes Upcoming Playbook for AI Advances in Cybersecurity – By Melissa Harris, December 10, 2021. GovernmentCIO.
