OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies
AI Integration in Critical Infrastructure Creates Systemic Failure Risk
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI systems embedded in power grids and transport networks introduce cascading failure risk, compounded by IoT and cyber-physical interdependencies. Boards governing infrastructure assets must treat AI malfunction as a material operational and safety liability requiring dedicated resilience 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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