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Sunjeet Randhawa, director for government affairs and policy counsel at Broadcom, and Vikram Thakur, technical director at the company’s Symantec division, said closer cooperation between industry and government could make federal and commercial networks harder to compromise.
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In an article published on Carahsoft.com, the Broadcom executives discussed the company’s threat intelligence partnerships with federal agencies and its work on AI-related vulnerability disclosure and policy.
How Is AI Affecting Cybersecurity Risks?
Randhawa and Thakur said AI has increased the pace of cyberthreats and is especially effective at finding weaknesses in software, operating systems and web browsers.
They noted that organizations facing competitive pressure often look for low-cost ways to adopt AI quickly, which can expose them to new attack surfaces they did not anticipate. According to the authors, joint discussions between industry and government can help organizations capture the benefits of AI while maintaining security.
The executives added that when the government encourages the private sector to adopt tested security tools, network vulnerabilities decline. Industry’s shared expertise, they explained, also helps spread practices such as secure software development.
How Does Broadcom Support Federal Threat Intelligence Efforts?
According to the authors, Broadcom has provided threat intelligence and indicators of compromise to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for years. CISA relays that information to alert agencies, critical infrastructure operators and businesses about emerging risks, while the FBI uses it to support investigations aimed at reducing the number of malicious actors.
“We often have the granular visibility into what threat actors are doing while the government has the channels to amplify the message and encourage people to protect themselves against these threats,” they wrote.
The company also works with CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, or JCDC, which brings together defensive capabilities from government, industry and international partners. Broadcom participates in JCDC’s Gold Eagle initiative, a platform for disclosing AI-discovered vulnerabilities, ranking those flaws, and coordinating fixes across critical infrastructure. Randhawa and Thakur said Broadcom was the first company to share its experiences and protective measures through the initiative.
How Is Broadcom Contributing to AI Security Policy?
Broadcom is gaining early access to some frontier AI models and applying what it learns to secure its infrastructure and software, the executives noted. These insights also help customers identify potential vulnerabilities and determine which issues require patching, remediation or mitigation.
They said the company shares these experiences with other firms and with the government, contributing to federal policy discussions on previewing and potentially regulating AI models. Broadcom has also provided its expertise to the Office of the National Cyber Director as that office develops an AI security policy framework.
“The odds of success are much greater when the public and private sectors join forces toward our common goal of secure, resilient infrastructure,” the authors stated.
