Dane Stuckey, former CISO at analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, working alongside OpenAI security lead Matt Knight.
Stuckey announced the move in a post on Tuesday evening.
“Security is closely tied to OpenAI’s mission,” he said. “Meeting the highest standards for compliance, trust, and security is critical to protecting the hundreds of millions of users of our products, ensuring democratic institutions can fully benefit from these technologies, and driving the development of secure AGI for the world. do.”
Stuckey began working on the information security team at Palantir in 2014 as director of detection engineering and incident response. According to his blog, Stuckey spent more than a decade in a variety of commercial, government, and intelligence community digital forensics, incident detection/response, and security program development roles before joining Palantir.
Stuckey’s work at Palantir, an AI company with a wealth of government contracts, could perhaps help advance OpenAI’s ambitions in this area. Forbes reports that OpenAI is seeking to build a closer relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense through its partner, government contractor Carahsoft.
OpenAI has been working with the Department of Defense on several software projects, including ones related to cybersecurity, since lifting a ban on selling AI technology to the military in January. It also appointed General Paul Nakasone, former director of the National Security Agency, as director.
OpenAI has been strengthening the security aspects of its operations in recent months.
A few weeks ago, the company posted a job listing for a Director of Trusted Computing and Cryptography to lead a new team focused on building a “secure AI infrastructure.” This infrastructure entails the ability to secure AI technologies, security tool assessments, and access controls that “advance AI security,” according to the description.
