Security baseline for AI

dcontesti — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:04:24 GMT

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security just released some guidance on Security for AI.

https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-itsap00041

I feel this is a great baseline to build on.

Thoughts?

Re: Security baseline for AI

riffjim4069 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:40:39 GMT

My thoughts? The Canadian guidance (ITSAP.00.041) is a high-level awareness document, useful for non-technical audiences, but insufficient for cybersecurity and IT professionals seeking deep, operational guidance. It's adequate for awareness – It clearly defines generative AI, high-level risks (e.g., hallucinations, bias, misinformation), and broad mitigation strategies.

However, it's weak for practitioners – Lacks specifics on:

Secure prompt engineering or guardrails
Detailed threat models (e.g., prompt injection, model poisoning)
Platform hardening, logging, secure deployment patterns
Nothing on operationalizing controls or threat detection

For practical, security-heavy GenAI adoption, folks should reference:

NIST AI RMF + GenAI Profile + Cyber AI Profile
MITRE SAFE‑AI & ATLAS
OWASP GenAI Top 10
CSA Prompt Guardrails
ISO 42001 (governance)
EU AI Act (high-risk model requirements)

Just my two-cents.

Cheers!

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