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At the AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco, some of the brightest minds in AI security and top industry leaders gathered to tackle one of the most challenging problems in tech nowadays - how do we secure super smart systems that change at runtime and are designed to think, adapt, and compete? As someone who spends every day turning AI security challenges into tangible solutions, I left the summit both inspired by the innovation on display and concerned by the magnitude of what’s still ahead.

Having joined visionary leaders and top practitioners at ZenityLabs’ AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco, I came away inspired and laser-focused on the incredible opportunities and responsibilities ahead for any organization looking to adopt and secure AI agents.

Zenity Labs worked in collaboration with MITRE ATLAS to incorporate the first 14 agent-focused techniques and subtechniques, extending the framework beyond LLM threats to cover the unique risks posed by AI agents.

Last week, I had the honor of emceeing the AI Agent Security Summit in San Francisco, a gathering of some of the brightest minds exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, security, and human responsibility. Having moderated a panel at the first Summit in New York City earlier this year, stepping into the emcee role this time around was a different experience, but just as enjoyable. On-demand recordings of the sessions will be available soon.

When the day wrapped up at the Commonwealth Club, one thing was clear: we are in a moment unlike anything the security community has faced before. Hundreds of practitioners and thought leaders from around the world came together, and the turnout alone showed just how urgent and relevant this topic has become. Michael Bargury opened his keynote with a question that lingered well past the event: Are we actually making progress in securing agents?

Let me be the first to say it, this space - AI agent security and governance - can be confusing. When I joined Zenity, I was new to “agents”; so new that I thought we were talking about endpoint agents (to be fair, my background is in XDR/SIEM). Laughs aside, if you’re still figuring it out, you’re in good company.

We’re thrilled to share that Zenity is included in the unveiling of the Microsoft Security Store Partner Ecosystem. The Security Store is a new marketplace offering from Microsoft that brings together trusted, curated security solutions and AI agents to help organizations navigate the evolving landscape of cybersecurity in the age of AI. The Microsoft Security Store is a strategic leap forward in how security teams discover, deploy, and operationalize technologies that protect their environments.

If there’s one lesson security teams should take from recent disclosures, it’s this: AI agent attack techniques don’t disappear - they resurface, across vendors and platforms, with only small variations. What researchers called out months ago is showing up again, now in Salesforce as the ForcedLeak vulnerability.

Zenity, the leader in securing AI agents everywhere, is officially partnering with Slalom, a global business and technology consulting firm, who made the announcement today. This collaboration is designed to help enterprises safely and confidently adopt AI agents by combining Zenity’s robust security and governance platform with Slalom’s deep expertise in digital transformation and AI implementation.

In the rapidly evolving field of AI, understanding the distinctions between how agentic workflows are initiated is crucial. While the verbiage among tech providers varies, it essentially comes down to whether an agent is prompted by a human from a chat interface or autonomously from external sources like emails, data changes, calendar invites, or otherwise.