Overview

SL5 Task Force is a nonprofit that develops practical security standards to protect frontier AI from nation-state threats. It creates the SL5 Standard, an overlay to existing frameworks (like NIST SP 800-53 and ICD 705) that provides technical controls and implementation guidance, delivered through two tracks: an Executive Track for decision-makers and a Technical Track for security researchers, with working groups on machine, network, physical, personnel, and supply chain security. The organization differentiates itself through a multistakeholder approach that includes AI labs, national security leaders, data center operators, and chip providers, and by offering an actionable roadmap that bridges current practices with higher-security measures and threat modeling, prototyping, and cost-benefit analyses (e.g., Project MoAT and AI705). Its goal is to achieve nation-state grade protection for frontier AI and to build a functional prototype datacenter with leading AI labs by 2026.