Upping The AI Security Ante: Booz Allen Invests In HiddenLayer To Guard Machine Learning Models

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation BAH, an AI service provider for the U.S. Federal government, said its venture capital segment, Booz Allen Ventures, has strategically invested in HiddenLayer. The financial terms were not disclosed.

HiddenLayer is a security platform that safeguards machine learning (ML) models.

This move amplifies Booz Allen's longstanding Adversarial AI expertise, especially those developed for the Defense Department and intelligence clientele, ensuring a fortified embrace of enterprise AI tools in sync with evolving national defense threats and growing consumer anticipations. 

"Every AI-enabled solution should be assessed for risk and appropriately protected from adversarial attacks – especially as the government looks to deploy AI capabilities in increasingly important applications," said Matt Keating, leader of Booz Allen's Adversarial AI portfolio. 

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With surging AI integration, especially within mission critical systems, the vulnerability perimeter broadens for diverse user categories, from federal to commercial.

The newly announced investment in HiddenLayer will complement and accelerate Booz Allen's existing Adversarial AI capabilities.

This includes a longstanding focus on addressing key challenges with model security, such as data poisoning, data leakage, model evasion, and malicious code injection.

This recent venture is one among several AI-centric moves by Booz Allen Ventures. The company has been identifying and backing dual-purpose commercial tech solutions, with investments spanning Shift5, Credo AI, Latent AI, and Reveal Technology. 

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Price Action: BAH shares traded lower by 0.42% at $107.64 on the last check Tuesday.

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