How to Build an AI Safety and Security Function

A practical, principled guide to establishing AI security within your organisation. From the foundations that endure, through the governance model that works, to the roadmap that gets you there.

Start with the Foundations

The Guide

Three steps to building an AI Safety and Security function: understand why you need one, define how to lead it, then follow the roadmap to build it.

AI Security Fundamentals

The enduring security principles your AI Safety and Security function must be built upon. Why the fundamentals still matter, and what makes AI distinct.

The Bletchley Park Model

The operating model for your function: mission-driven, collaborative, diverse, humble, ambitious. How Bletchley Park's principles translate to leading an AI security team.

Security Roadmap

The implementation roadmap: four phases from initial assessment through strategic transformation. A practical path to building and maturing your function.

The Bletchley Park Model

In 1939, a diverse team of mathematicians, linguists, chess champions and crossword enthusiasts gathered at Bletchley Park to tackle an unprecedented challenge. They succeeded not through hierarchy or rigid doctrine, but through mission-driven collaboration, intellectual humility, and relentless ambition in service of humanity.

We propose this as the operating model for your AI Safety and Security function. The fundamentals haven't changed, but the stakes have never been higher.

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