Course Outline

Introduction to Edge AI and Embedded Systems for Government

  • Overview of Edge AI: Use cases, constraints, and implications for government operations
  • Edge hardware platforms and software stacks suitable for government applications
  • Security challenges in embedded and decentralized environments within the public sector

Threat Landscape for Edge AI in Government

  • Risks associated with physical access and tampering in government settings
  • Adversarial examples and methods of model manipulation relevant to government systems
  • Data leakage and model inversion threats specific to government data

Securing the Model for Government Use

  • Strategies for model hardening and quantization tailored for government applications
  • Techniques for watermarking and fingerprinting models in a government context
  • Defensive distillation and pruning methods optimized for government security needs

Encrypted Inference and Secure Execution for Government

  • Utilization of trusted execution environments (TEEs) for AI in government systems
  • Implementation of secure enclaves and confidential computing for government data
  • Application of encrypted inference using homomorphic encryption or secure multi-party computation (SMPC) for government operations

Tamper Detection and Device-Level Controls for Government

  • Secure boot processes and firmware integrity checks for government devices
  • Sensor validation and anomaly detection methods suitable for government environments
  • Remote attestation and device health monitoring practices for government use

Edge-to-Cloud Security Integration for Government

  • Secure data transmission and key management strategies for government systems
  • End-to-end encryption and data lifecycle protection tailored to government requirements
  • Cloud AI orchestration with edge security constraints specific to government operations

Best Practices and Risk Mitigation Strategy for Government

  • Threat modeling approaches for edge AI systems in a government context
  • Security design principles for embedded intelligence in government applications
  • Incident response and firmware update management practices for government use

Summary and Next Steps for Government

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of embedded systems or deployment environments for edge AI
  • Practical experience with Python and machine learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow Lite and PyTorch Mobile
  • Basic knowledge of cybersecurity principles or IoT threat models

Audience for Government

  • Developers specializing in embedded AI systems
  • Security professionals focused on IoT environments
  • Engineers tasked with deploying machine learning models on edge or resource-constrained devices
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