Guarding LLM and NLP APIs: A Trailblazing Odyssey for Enhanced Security //Ads Dawson // Podcast #190

MLOps podcast #190 with Ads Dawson, Senior Security Engineer at Cohere, Guarding LLM and NLP APIs: A Trailblazing Odyssey for Enhanced Security. // Abstract Ads Dawson, a seasoned security engineer at Cohere, explores the challenges and solutions in securing large language models (LLMs) and natural language programming APIs. Drawing on his extensive experience, Ads discusses approaches to threat modeling LLM applications, preventing data breaches, defending against attacks, and bolstering the security of these critical technologies. The presentation also delves into the success of the "OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications" project, co-founded by Ads, which identifies key vulnerabilities in the industry. Notably, Ads owns three of the top 10 vulnerabilities, including Training Data Poisoning, Sensitive Information Disclosure, and Model Theft. This OWASP Top 10 serves as a foundational resource for stakeholders in AI, offering guidance on using, developing, and securing LLM applications. Additionally, the session covers insider news from the AI Village's 'Hack the Future' | LLM Red Teaming event at Defcon31, providing insights into the inaugural Generative AI Red Teaming showdown and its significance in addressing security and privacy concerns amid the widespread adoption of AI. // Bio A mainly self-taught, driven, and motivated proficient application, network infrastructure & cyber security professional holding over eleven years experience from start-up to large-size enterprises leading the incident response process and specializing in extensive LLM/AI Security, Web Application Security and DevSecOps protecting REST API endpoints, large-scale microservice architectures in hybrid cloud environments, application source code as well as EDR, threat hunting, reverse engineering, and forensics. Ads have a passion for all things blue and red teams, be that offensive & API security, automation of detection & remediation (SOAR), or deep packet inspection fo