Patching Critical Infrastructure: Lessons from DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge
About This Session
DARPA and ARPA-H are on a mission to advance AI-driven cybersecurity and usher in a future where we can patch vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. AI Cyber Challenge Program Manager Andrew Carney will discuss lessons learned from competition and how the program is driving the innovation of responsible AI systems designed to address some of our most important digital issues today: the security of critical infrastructure and software supply chains.
Speaker
Andrew Carney
Program Manager, DARPA AI Cyber Challenge - DARPA
Andrew Carney is program manager for the DARPA AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). He is also a program manager at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) where he leads programs and projects to improve health cybersecurity. Carney was previously a principal researcher in HSBC’s Cybersecurity Science and Analytics group. Before that, he was a technical advisor and contractor at DARPA, supporting research efforts focused on reverse engineering, program analysis, human-machine teaming, and automated program repair. Throughout his career, he has been involved in competitive hacking (called Capture the Flag, or CTF) as both a player and a competition organizer. He has over 15 years of experience in software and hardware vulnerability research, technical education and training, and management of research and development teams. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.