Anthropic Launches Cyber Mission to Secure Critical Systems

Anthropic has unveiled the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a major initiative designed to help cybersecurity defenders protect critical infrastructure and open-source software. Under this umbrella, the company introduced the Critical Infrastructure Defense Program (CIDP). This program deploys frontier Claude models, threat research, and on-site engineers to trusted security providers managing operational technology, such as power grids and water systems. Founding partners for the CIDP include Accenture, Booz Allen, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Dragos, Hitachi, Insane Cyber, Nozomi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, PwC, and Rockwell Automation. This builds on a June program that has already provided Claude models and technical support to more than half of all US states.

For the open-source community, Anthropic is launching OSS Scanner, a free, opt-in service inspired by Google's OSS-Fuzz. The tool uses Anthropic's most capable models to run periodic security scans on enrolled projects, delivering automated vulnerability reports with a projected true-positive rate above 90%. To support this, the company is offering free Claude Max subscriptions to core maintainers through its Claude for Open Source program. These efforts are supported by the Defender Advantage Fund (0xDAF), which was launched in August to keep OSS Scanner free. Additionally, Anthropic has merged its Project Glasswing research into an expanded Cyber Verification Program, granting defenders access to advanced cyber capabilities and reduced blocking classifiers.

For cybersecurity practitioners, these tools address the resource shortages and slow patching cycles that plague operational technology and open-source ecosystems. While traditional vulnerability patching can take months or even years in sensitive industrial environments, Anthropic expects that within two years, AI will tip the scales to favor defense by automating triage and code hardening. Beyond these defensive tools, Anthropic also announced a $150 million commitment over three years to the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative aimed at accelerating scientific and technological discovery through artificial intelligence.