OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies
Common-mode AI failures in critical infrastructure systems
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
General-purpose AI integrated into critical infrastructure introduces shared architectural vulnerabilities that can trigger simultaneous failures across multiple systems, whether through edge-case errors or adversarial attack. Boards relying on such systems face cascading operational disruption with limited ability to isolate or contain impact through conventional risk controls.
Domain
Operational Management
Blindspots in monitoring, incident response, performance, scalability, integration, and business continuity.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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