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Students as Cyber Guardians: Pioneering AI Security in Higher Education

Session Date & Time
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Session Room
MR 8
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Our institution has launched an innovative collaboration between our generative AI solution and a student-led cybersecurity club, setting new standards for AI security testing and student engagement in real-world challenges. Key aspects: Unique partnership: Students access pre-release code in staging environments Comprehensive testing methods: Input boundaries, system prompt extraction, web application security, LLM, jailbreaking Focus on AI-specific vulnerabilities: Exploring unique risks posed by AI systems Educational impact: Hands-on experience in penetration testing for students Real-world application: Balancing learning with actual system testing The project will be formalized in a penetration test report. This is a model for institutions to address emerging technological challenges while providing learning opportunities. It demonstrates how we can proactively secure AI systems while cultivating the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.

Speaker/Host

Primary/Host Speaker
Chris Price

Chris Price

AI Lead Software Solutions Architect and Developer at UC Irvine

AI Lead Software Solutions Architect and Developer for UC Irvine's new Generative AI team under the Office of Information Technology (OIT), primarily supporting the ZotGPT platform and brand. Since the emergence of generative AI, Chris has played a pivotal role architecting generative AI solutions, including UCI's ZotGPT platform, to engage our campus community in this new technology. Chris provides technical direction, solution evaluation, software implementation, project management, and overall connects and coordinates the team of volunteers and full time staff with the goals for the platform. Before this Chris supported UC Irvine's Office of Research Administration for a little over 6 years, and UC Irvine's Student Life and Leadership for a little over 5 years. During that time Chris published software security research in password management. Prior to higher education, Chris worked for themselves in the software development field for about 7 years.

Co-speaker(s)

Additional Speakers

Jeff Picco

Security Engineer at UC Irvine


Steven Ngo

Software Engineering Ph.D. Student at UC Irvine

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