Anthropic launches Cyber Mission to secure critical infrastructure and open-source software

Dragos: Dragos specializes in cybersecurity for industrial control systems and operational technology. It joins as a founding partner in Anthropic's initiative, collaborating to strengthen defenses for critical infrastructure using AI-driven analysis and threat research. Deloitte: Deloitte provides advisory, consulting, and cybersecurity services to enterprises and governments. It joins the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program to support AI-enabled efforts that close security gaps in critical infrastructure at machine speed. Accenture: Accenture offers professional services in consulting, technology integration, and cybersecurity. It participates in the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, applying its operational technology security experience to help deploy AI for protecting essential infrastructure. Anthropic: Anthropic develops frontier AI models such as Claude for safe and beneficial applications across industries. The company is launching the Cyber Mission, which deploys its models, on-site engineers, and threat research through the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program and OSS Scanner to support defenders of operational technology and open-source software. CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike provides cybersecurity solutions focused on endpoint protection and threat intelligence for enterprise and industrial environments. It serves as a founding partner in Anthropic's Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, combining its security context with AI capabilities to help operators defend critical infrastructure against advanced threats. Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks delivers network security platforms and threat intelligence services. As a founding partner in the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, it contributes expertise to apply frontier AI models for protecting operational technology in sectors like power, water, and transportation. Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation supplies industrial automation, control systems, and related equipment. It participates as a founding partner in the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, working with AI tools to identify and address vulnerabilities in long-lived manufacturing and infrastructure systems. Open Source: Many widely used software projects depend on volunteer maintainers facing resource constraints, prompting new services that deliver model-generated vulnerability scans and suggested fixes directly to enrolled projects. Partnership Model: Security providers, consultancies, and equipment manufacturers are collaborating through structured programs to integrate frontier AI into existing defensive workflows for both industrial and software ecosystems. Critical Infrastructure: Operational technology systems in power grids, water utilities, and transportation are designed for decades of operation and often cannot be taken offline for patching, leaving vulnerabilities exposed to state-sponsored actors.