Experts Outline Key Priorities for AI Security Agenda

Gil Gekker, Rachel Steratore, Everett Smith, Asher Brass-Gershovich, Varun Gandhi, Nicole Nichols, Vijay Bolina, Buck Shlegeris, Lisa Einstein, Dan Lahav, Omer Nevo, Sella Nevo· July 31, 2026 View original

Key takeaways

  • A widening gap exists between AI adoption and security readiness.
  • Experts identified four key themes for advancing AI security.
  • Priorities include strategic foundations, public-private coordination, and technical engineering.
  • The agenda aims to guide coordinated investment and action in AI security.

Who benefits

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Summary

A paper, informed by interviews and workshops with leaders, presents a prioritized agenda for advancing AI security across four themes: strategic foundations, public-private coordination, technical security engineering, and governing agentic AI. It aims to guide coordinated investment and action to close the widening gap between AI adoption and security readiness.

As AI systems become increasingly integrated into critical sectors like economy, government, and national security, a significant gap is emerging between the rapid pace of AI adoption and the readiness of AI security measures. To address this growing concern, a comprehensive agenda for advancing AI security has been developed. This agenda is the result of structured interviews with leaders from industry, government, and civil society, further refined through a multi-sector expert workshop. Participants identified and ranked the most crucial and cost-effective areas for strengthening AI security, ranging from protecting frontier AI systems and their infrastructure to improving cybersecurity practices in an AI-transformed threat landscape. The priorities are organized under four main themes: establishing strategic foundations and policy frameworks; enhancing public-private coordination and institutional infrastructure; advancing technical security engineering and assurance; and governing agentic AI under adversarial pressure. For each area, detailed analyses are provided, outlining problems, current landscapes, and actionable projects for various stakeholders, serving as a practical foundation for coordinated investment and action in the AI security domain.

Why it matters

For any professional involved with AI, understanding these priorities is crucial for building secure, resilient AI systems and protecting against emerging threats, ensuring responsible and safe deployment.

How to implement this in your domain

  1. 1Conduct an internal audit of AI systems against the outlined security priorities and identify gaps.
  2. 2Develop a comprehensive AI security strategy that integrates technical, policy, and organizational measures.
  3. 3Invest in training for engineering teams on AI-specific security best practices and adversarial robustness.
  4. 4Engage in cross-sector collaborations to share threat intelligence and best practices for AI security.

Original post by Gil Gekker, Rachel Steratore, Everett Smith, Asher Brass-Gershovich, Varun Gandhi, Nicole Nichols, Vijay Bolina, Buck Shlegeris, Lisa Einstein, Dan Lahav, Omer Nevo, Sella Nevo

"arXiv:2607.26069v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As AI systems are rapidly integrated into critical economic, governmental, and national security functions, the gap between AI adoption and AI security readiness continues to widen. This paper presents a prioritized agenda for adv…"

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