Committee on Cyber Security, Safety, Legal and Ethical Issues

This committee was constituted by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) to study linkage between Artificial intelligence and cyber security.

Key Recommendations: Technology Development: There is a need to step up the effort to develop cyber security techniques and tools which use AI to defend against the attacks more effectively. Also, research is needed to identify the new types of vulnerabilities in AI-based applications.

• Cybersecurity Challenges: AI-based cyber security challenges should be organized to select teams for further support for technology development. Such challenges can result in several new ideas for further exploration.
• Anonymization Infrastructure: In order to make large sets of data available to the public for development, anonymization infrastructure should be created. The public agencies in possession of useful data should be sensitized and encouraged to share the data with the developers for public good.
• Sharing of Best Practices: Steps should be taken to encourage the sharing of best practices in this area through various means. Government should use procurement contracts to emphasize on the best practices around security, privacy and other issues. It can make market move towards more responsible use of AI.
• Testing and Certification: An independent organization may be entrusted with the responsibility to create necessary resources for testing and certification of AI systems for the desirable ethical features such as fairness, transparency, etc.
• Public Empowerment: Awareness on the ethical issues must be created and information on the working of the AI system should be shared with the public so that people can seek explanation if decision of an AI system makes an adverse impact on them.