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The analysis identified two principles that guide compliance regime design and implementation proportionality which calibrates requirements to entities’ level of risk and operational capacity and stakeholder engagement with transparency

Government-enforced AI security standards uses hybrid prescriptive outcome-based risk-informed standards informed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards if developed and includes nation-state–level protection goals

Congress grants AISSI authority to set and enforce security requirements

SAFE-AI sets security requirements with tiered obligations based on model risk

Federal agencies and industry consortia established compliance regimes to promote industrywide adoption of security standards among these industries

These governance models sought to shift firms’ cost-benefit calculations and drive greater investment in protective measures by combining incentives and penalties

Enforcement mechanisms are tools to drive compliance including penalties for noncompliance and revocation of benefits

Compliance lagged and security gaps persisted where elements were underdeveloped or poorly implemented

Government intervention carries risks overly stringent security requirements could limit innovation create barriers for small firms and harm US competitiveness

Approaches to each element varied across regimes for several reasons including differences in the nature of the assets being protected and the number and diversity of covered entities

Security requirements establish expectations for how entities should protect systems data and physical assets and form the foundation for accountability and oversight

Competitive pressures and inconsistent approaches raise questions about the adequacy of self-regulation although some companies have made voluntary commitments to protect their systems

Leadership and institutional capacities are organizational elements that provide authority resources and expertise needed to design and implement the framework

Institutions should not provide student and faculty info to enable deportations

We need to know what is happening on campus so we can legally and strategically respond

Administrations sometimes go farther than law requires to placate those attacking higher ed

Trump administration and state governments are accelerating attacks on academic freedom shared governance and higher education as public good

We are working with chapters and allies to defend and advance vision higher education that is accessible and affordable for all

Institutions should support students under visa threats with legal aid and housing

Academic freedom is being threatened from a whole host of directions