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MLSecOps Community Podcast S2Ep10 "Evaluating RAG and the Future of LLM Security: Insights with LlamaIndex" Watch or listen to the full episode here --> https://lnkd.in/d39JtN53 Hosts Neal Swaelens and Oleksandr Yaremchuk sit down with special guest Simon Suo, co-founder and CTO of LlamaIndex. The group discusses many topics, including: - Challenges and considerations of integrating LLMs into various applications, emphasizing the importance of contextualizing LLMs within specific environments. - The evolution of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques and the future trajectory of LLM-based applications, including the significance of balancing performance with cost and latency in leveraging LLM capabilities. - LLM security concerns and the critical need for robust input and output evaluation to mitigate potential risks. - The potential vulnerabilities associated with LLMs, including prompt injection attacks and data leakage, underscoring the importance of implementing strong access controls and data privacy measures. - Efforts within the community to address security challenges and foster a culture of education and awareness. Listen or read the transcript here to learn more about the ongoing innovation in large language model-based applications, while remaining vigilant about LLM security considerations ➡️ https://hubs.ly/Q02v63y60 Thanks again for joining and sharing your insights, Simon! Also, stop by and visit Protect AI at RSA and learn more about our MLSecOps community! #MLSecOps #aisecurity #MLSec #airisk #machinelearning #ai #llm h#genai #llamaindex #protectai #cybersecurity #rag

❓How do we evaluate the cybersecurity knowledge of LLMs? Introducing CyberMetric-80, CyberMetric-500, CyberMetric-2000, and CyberMetric-10000—comprehensive Q&A benchmark datasets designed for this purpose. 📚 Using LLM and RAG, we created these datasets from NIST standards, research papers, and more, validated by experts over 200+ hours. We tested 25 top LLM models and involved 30 human participants in CyberMetric-80. 🔍 Results: GPT-4o, GPT-4-turbo, Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct, Falcon-180B-Chat, and GEMINI-pro 1.0 excelled, outperforming human participants, though experienced experts still surpassed smaller models like Llama-3-8B. 📖 Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eaJvbmSK #Cybersecurity #AI #LLM #CyberMetric #Innovation

🎉 AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition The Munich Security Conference (MSC) and Binding Hook invite you to participate in the AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition, exploring the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in cybersecurity and its implications for Europe. 💡 Essay Question: "How will Artificial Intelligence change cybersecurity, and what are the implications for Europe? Discuss potential strategies that policymakers can adopt to navigate these changes." 🏆 Prizes: 1. 1st Place: €10,000 + Recognition at the 2025 Munich Security Conference 2. Runner-Up: €5,000 3. 3rd Place: €2,500 4. 4th-5th Places: €1,000 ✨ Winners will have their essays published on Binding Hook and be celebrated at the 2025 Munich Security Conference (Feb 13–16, 2025). Criteria: Length: 800-1200 words Insightfulness, originality, clarity, and relevance to Europe ⏰ Deadline: January 2, 2025, 00:00 CET Learn More and Apply: https://lnkd.in/dwQnwvXS #AI #Cybersecurity #EssayCompetition #PolicyInnovation #CareerOpportunities

Excited to Share My First Research Paper Publication! 📜 I am thrilled to announce that my paper titled "Optimizing Security Workflows with Human-AI Hybrid Intelligence" has been published in Journal of Information Security System and Cyber Criminology Research! I'm deeply grateful to my co-author and mentor Manas Yogi Sir, for his invaluable guidance and support throughout this research journey. His extensive knowledge in AI and cybersecurity, along with his valuable insights, played a key role in the success of our paper. Overview of our research paper 📜: Our paper, "Optimizing Security Workflows with Human-AI Hybrid Intelligence," explores how combining AI and human expertise can enhance security operations. By automating routine tasks with AI and focusing human effort on critical decision-making, this approach improves efficiency, reduces response times, and boosts threat detection accuracy. The paper provides insights for organizations aiming to strengthen their security workflows in today's complex digital landscape. A big thank you to MAT Journals for this opportunity and Manas Yogi Sir who supported me along the way! You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gAbepWCg #Research #Publication #AI #Cybersecurity #HybridIntelligence #HumanAICollaboration #Innovation #SecurityWorkflows #AcademicPublishing #MATJournals

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I'm thrilled to share that our paper titled "MACHINE LEARNING-BASED STRATEGIES FOR DETECTING CYBERBULLYING IN ONLINE CHATS" has been officially published in the International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology - IJISRT (Digital Library). You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/d9T8u5x6 A big thank you to everyone who supported this work especially my supervisor Fati Oiza Salami. This publication marks a significant milestone in our efforts to leverage machine learning for creating safer online environments. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss the research further! #MachineLearning #Cyberbullying #Research #Publication #Cybersecurity #AI

🎉 AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition The Munich Security Conference (MSC) and Binding Hook invite you to participate in the AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition, exploring the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in cybersecurity and its implications for Europe. 💡 Essay Question: "How will Artificial Intelligence change cybersecurity, and what are the implications for Europe? Discuss potential strategies that policymakers can adopt to navigate these changes." 🏆 Prizes: 1. 1st Place: €10,000 + Recognition at the 2025 Munich Security Conference 2. Runner-Up: €5,000 3. 3rd Place: €2,500 4. 4th-5th Places: €1,000 ✨ Winners will have their essays published on Binding Hook and be celebrated at the 2025 Munich Security Conference (Feb 13–16, 2025). Criteria: Length: 800-1200 words Insightfulness, originality, clarity, and relevance to Europe ⏰ Deadline: January 2, 2025, 00:00 CET Learn More and Apply: https://lnkd.in/dwQnwvXS #AI #Cybersecurity #EssayCompetition #PolicyInnovation #CareerOpportunities

📖 LLM4Vuln: How good are LLMs at reasoning about vulnerabilities? 9 zero-days in smart contracts, and how much function calling, prompting, knowledge retrieval, etc. matter. The paper aims to decouple LLMs' vulnerability reasoning capability from their other capabilities (e.g. seeking additional info via function calling, retrieving vulnerability knowledge like via RAG, etc.). and proposes a unified evaluation framework named LLM4Vuln. They had GPT-4, Mixtral, and Code Llama analyze 75 ground-truth smart contract vulnerabilities as well as 4,950 different scenarios, and identified 9 zero-day vulnerabilities in two pilot bug bounty programs, earning >$1,000. The paper also examines the varying effects of knowledge enhancement, context supplementation, prompt schemes, and models. #cybersecurity #security #ai CC Caleb Sima, Daniel Miessler, Jason Haddix, Chris Hughes

How much of what we've been hearing/reading about with regard to AI threats is FUD vs. reality? Just because a threat is technically possible, does that mean it's likely? Which are the most probable scenarios that enterprise defenses should prioritize? And, how might AI-powered capabilities in the hands of adversaries impact democracy, trust and geopolitical balances? Jessica Lyons, Srinivas Tummalapenta Allison W. and John Dwyer will be tackling these questions and more at the most anticipated panel at #RSAC next week.! Don't miss it: https://lnkd.in/gRbK6qh5 If you're not attending, RSA's got you covered. This panel will be broadcasted :) IBM PwC Binary Defense The Register #AI #cybersecurity #deepfakes

"If it's in the news, don't worry about it." In Arvind Narayanan's years of studying the risks of technology, this aphorism from cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier has been very helpful. "The kinds of risks that we see in the news are exotic," says Narayanan. "But the kinds of harms that are already widespread — that are happening to people every day — those you don’t hear about." Learn more about what should excite and alarm us about AI in an interview with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, co-authors of the new book "AI Snake Oil" from Princeton University Press. https://bit.ly/41X6XII

⁉️ #GenAI is taking over the world (or at least the news), but did someone think about malicious actors taking over #LLM-powered systems? ⁉️ 📢 Cyber-Defence Campus and HES-SO Valais-Wallis did and invited me to contribute to an amazing collaborative work in the form of a book called "Large Language Models in #Cybersecurity" which is now available in #openaccess. 🖊️ I authored and contributed to two chapters covering LLM Execution Flow Hijacking and Safe LLMs Integrations. 🧑💻 Big thank you to Andrei KUCHARAVY, Alain Mermoud, Valentin Mulder, Octave Plancherel and Vincent Lenders to have trusted me and assembled such a nice panel of knowledgeable people on the topic. The variety of insights and perspectives coming from the authors truly makes this work a comprehensive reference in the field of #AI Security. ➡️ Learn more about LLMs and their impact on cybersecurity with the links in the comments 👇