Promote large-scale models to empower network security

At the 12th Internet Security Conference held a few days ago, Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Office of the Central Cyber Security and Information Commission and deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, introduced that up to now, the mainland has completed the filing and launched more than 180 generative artificial intelligence service models that can provide services to the public, and the number of registered users has exceeded 564 million.

Experts at the meeting believed that the wide application of artificial intelligence technology is promoting the transformation and upgrading of all walks of life and injecting strong impetus into the development of the digital security industry. It is necessary to use large models to reshape the security system and escort the steady development of the digital economy.

New changes create new needs

At present, artificial intelligence is an important driving force for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and large models have become a new engine for the high-quality development of the digital economy.

Wu Shizhong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that artificial intelligence uses radical scientific and technological innovation to comprehensively promote a new round of scientific and technological revolution and life empowerment; With subversive application innovation, we will comprehensively promote a new round of social change. Especially in recent years, the breakthrough of the basic model has demonstrated a strong new quality of productivity, stimulated profound changes in science and technology, economy, society and other aspects, and empowered the innovation and development of thousands of industries.

Huang Qingqing, vice chairman of the Internet Society of China, analyzed that with the breakthrough progress of general artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence is moving from the R&D-driven stage characterized by original innovation to the stage of empowering the real economy characterized by application innovation, accelerating the transformation from the frontier of science and technology to real productivity, which is expected to promote the transformation of new production methods such as ultra-large-scale customization and flexible manufacturing.

Wei Liang, vice president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, introduced that the new round of artificial intelligence technology represented by large models has shown a trend of more solid foundation, more perfect capabilities, and deeper integration.

In recent years, the development of artificial intelligence in mainland China has achieved remarkable results. On the one hand, a relatively comprehensive artificial intelligence technology industry system has been initially constructed, with more than 4,500 related enterprises, and the industrial scale continues to expand. On the other hand, the integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy has been deepened, the application of artificial intelligence has been accelerated, and more than 2,500 digital workshops and smart factories have been built, and the R&D cycle has been shortened by an average of 20% and the production efficiency has been increased by 35% after artificial intelligence transformation. At the same time, artificial intelligence is also accelerating the digitalization process in government affairs, finance, energy and other fields.

Zhou Hongyi, founder of 360 Group, believes that the large model will lead a new round of industrial revolution and reshape all industries and products. Large model capabilities can be divided into several levels: basic capabilities are more reflected in personal use, such as office, education, learning, language processing, graphics generation, short video generation, etc.; At the enterprise level, the business capabilities of large models can help enterprises achieve knowledge management, intelligence analysis, business decision-making, etc. Large models can also be combined with autonomous driving, robots, traditional basic scientific research, biomedical pharmaceuticals, etc.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence also brings security and risk challenges. With the deep integration of the new generation of information technology and the real economy, the fundamental and protective role of network security has become increasingly prominent. "The new types of security issues brought about by AI technology have become a reality, and the security industry will quickly move into a new era driven by AI. However, large-scale model security research has only just begun. Whether it is security research or security industry, we must keep up with scientific and technological progress and application innovation in order to serve and ensure good development. Wu Shizhong said.

Wu Hequan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that cutting-edge digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are redefining the production and consumption mode of content, and large models are increasingly widely used in enterprise operations. The field of digital security is also evolving, requiring the exploration of new protection strategies to cope with the increasingly complex digital environment.

Expand the space of the network security industry

Ren Xianliang, Secretary-General of the World Internet Conference, believes that the prevention and control of cyber security risks should be placed in an important position in the development and governance of artificial intelligence. In all aspects of the development of artificial intelligence technology and application, the corresponding security guarantee system is designed according to the characteristics of different objects to ensure the synchronous operation of the network security guarantee system.

"The application of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence is not only the focus of security defense, but also a powerful means to ensure security. It is necessary to combine big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other technologies to improve security capabilities. Wu Hequan said.

Zhou Hongyi said that in the face of increasingly complex traditional security problems and new security problems brought about by large models, it is necessary to use artificial intelligence to reshape security, "treat the model with a model", and use a large security model to solve new and old security problems. The security model should be deeply integrated with the security business, and the model is not a product, but a capability, which must be combined with the scenario and further productized in order to exert its value. Building a large safety model is the only way for digital security to move towards "autonomous driving".

"Artificial intelligence + security" will further stimulate more new demand for network security protection, give birth to new technologies, new products and new models of network security, and expand new space for the development of the network security industry. Sui Jing, director of the Cyber Security Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that it is necessary to actively prevent security risks brought about by new technologies such as artificial intelligence, continue to carry out real network attack and defense drills, enhance network security capabilities, and continue to improve the network security protection system.

According to reports, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to innovation-driven and accelerate the cultivation of new pillars and new tracks. Focus on the needs of the national cybersecurity strategy and industrial development, focus on the development of basic, general-purpose and forward-looking technologies, and promote the innovation and development of cybersecurity technology empowered by artificial intelligence. Focus on breakthroughs in key technologies such as risk identification and security analysis based on artificial intelligence, promote the intensive, high-end, and intelligent development of security products, and innovate cyber security insurance services.

"It is necessary to speed up the innovation of security technology and improve the overall protection capability." Huang clarified that it is necessary to make it clear that non-development is the greatest insecurity, constraints are for development, and development without constraints is unsustainable development. As the forefront of technological innovation, the Internet industry should continue to increase R&D investment in the field of artificial intelligence and digital security. Promote the deep integration of industry, university, research and application, and accelerate the transformation of technological achievements into industry.

"As data becomes a key factor of production, digital security enterprises should build a systematic security operation service framework to provide security capabilities for various industries and help build and maintain a security protection system." Wu Hequan said.

Consolidate the foundation for the development of cyberspace

According to statistics, in 2023, the scale of the mainland's cybersecurity industry will be about 220 billion yuan, with 28 listed companies, and the comprehensive strength of the industry will be significantly enhanced. In the field of network security, we will intensify efforts to tackle key technologies, make breakthroughs in model innovation, actively develop cloud-based and intelligent products and services, and promote the integration and innovation of financial services in the network security industry.

Sui Jing revealed that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will strengthen demand traction and enhance the development momentum of the network security industry. Give full play to the advantages of massive data and rich application scenarios, take new digital scenarios such as the industrial Internet and the Internet of Vehicles as the traction, take the implementation of security management requirements of telecommunications and Internet industries as the basis, and take network security capacity building as the starting point, continuously improve the supply level of the network security industry, and promote the effective connection between supply and demand.

"It is necessary to accelerate the construction of a benign ecology for the integrated development of education, technology and industry." Wang Jingtao believes that the high-quality development of cyber security is inseparable from strong talent support, leading technological advantages and a complete industrial system. It is necessary to further connect the talents, technology, industries, and capital required for network security to form a benign ecology that promotes and supports each other.

Sui Jing said that it is necessary to strengthen network collaboration and build an industrial ecology. Support leading enterprises to become bigger and stronger, and build a network security community with complementary advantages and coordinated development. Promote the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain, and continue to promote the construction of cyber security parks. Give full play to the role of the China Network Security Industry Innovation and Development Alliance, strengthen industry self-discipline, and cultivate a fair and competitive market environment.

Wang Hongyan, member of the party group and vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, believes that capable private enterprises should strengthen their responsibility for network security, take the initiative to take the lead or actively participate in major national technological research projects, and rely on major national scientific research infrastructure to carry out basic theoretical innovation, major problem research and key core technology research.

Zhou Hongyi introduced that at present, the full line of 360 security products has integrated security model capabilities, and all users who purchase 360 standard products are provided with large model standard capabilities for free.

"Digital security enterprises should give full play to their own advantages, take technology as the foundation, conduct in-depth research on key areas such as artificial intelligence, build a cross-domain and multi-level digital security technology product and service innovation system, better promote the development of new technologies and new applications, and continuously consolidate the foundation for the healthy development of cyberspace." Ren Xianliang said.

Attendees visit the 2024 China Internet Conference exhibition area. Photo by Chen Xiaogen (Zhongjing Vision)