# Anthropic Launches Cyber Mission

> Anthropic opens free security tools for critical infrastructure and open source projects.
- Title: Anthropic Launches Cyber Mission · SiliconANGLE | Shortify
- Summary: Anthropic opens free security tools for critical infrastructure and open source projects. Anthropic launched a program to help security firms protect power…
- Keywords: anthropic, critical infrastructure, oss scanner, open source, security, claudes, operational technology, vulnerability scans, technology, enterprise, Launches, Cyber
- Source: SiliconANGLE — https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/08/anthropic-launches-critical-infrastructure-program-and-free-oss-scanner-for-open-source
- Author: Duncan Riley
- Published: 2026-10-08T22:42:53+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: anthropic, critical infrastructure, oss scanner, open source, security, claudes, operational technology, vulnerability scans, technology, enterprise
## Anthropic Cyber Mission
Anthropic launched a program to support security firms protecting power grids and water systems with AI tools.
## OSS Scanner for Free
Anthropic offers free periodic vulnerability scans for open-source projects using its strongest models.
## Eleven Founding Partners
Eleven security firms joined Anthropic’s Critical Infrastructure Defense Program as founding partners.
## Consulting and Security Vendors
Consulting firms like Accenture and Deloitte joined alongside security vendors including CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks.
## Operational Technology Focus
Anthropic targets operational technology in plants and water systems where patches can’t be applied offline.
## Claude Fixes Vulnerabilities
Anthropic said partners use Claude to fix vulnerabilities and help customers apply patches.
## No Commercial Terms
Anthropic did not specify commercial terms for partners or how fixes are tested without disrupting operations.
## OSS Scanner Backlog
Anthropic manually reviewed 6,000 of 29,000 candidate vulnerabilities found in open-source software over six months.
## OSS Scanner Reports
OSS Scanner sends reports directly to maintainers with self-contained reproducers and candidate patches.

> basically job done for an engineer
## Accuracy Testing
Anthropic tested the scanner’s accuracy with 97 critical findings, clearing 85 for disclosure.
## Key takeaway

Anthropic launched a program to help security firms protect power grids and water systems with AI, plus a free open-source vulnerability scanner.