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title: ZioSec Blog
description: AI agent security articles, research, and guides from ZioSec. Covers prompt injection, tool misuse, agent-to-agent exploits, compliance frameworks, and adversarial testing techniques.
url: https://ziosec.com/blog
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# ZioSec Blog

Deep dives into AI security, adversarial testing techniques, and the latest research in AI agent safety.

## Break Your Own AI Agent: A Practical Red-Team Framework for Builders (Part 2)

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/break-your-own-ai-agent-a-practical-red-team-framework-part-2
- Published: 2026-04-23
- Category: Blog
- Author: Andrius Useckas (Co-Founder & CTO)
- Tags: ai-red-teaming, ai-agent-security, offensive-security, enterprise-red-team, ai-pentesting

A practical six-phase red-team framework for enterprise AI agents: Scope, Threat-Model, Attack, Evidence, Remediate, Re-test. Harness-agnostic (Claude Code, OpenClaw, custom). Findings mapped to OWASP ASI, MITRE ATLAS, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, AIUC-1.

## Static Guardrails in AI: Ensuring Safety and Compliance, Part 2

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/static-guardrails-in-ai-ensuring-safety-and-compliance-part-2
- Published: 2026-04-23
- Category: Blog
- Author: Javier Rivera (Principal Security Researcher)
- Tags: ai-guardrails, llm-security, ai-agent-security, enterprise-ai, non-deterministic-guardrails

Part 2 of the Static Guardrails series. Why pattern-matching fails, what non-deterministic guardrails actually are, the "higher-level leakage" problem, and a practical layered-guardrail pattern for enterprise AI agents.

## Three Questions We Are Taking to AI Agent Conference NYC

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/three-questions-we-are-taking-to-ai-agent-conference-nyc-2026
- Published: 2026-04-23
- Category: Blog
- Author: Aaron Walls (Co-Founder & CEO)
- Tags: ai-agent-security, enterprise-red-team, grc, iso-42001, nist-ai-rmf, claude-code, custom-agents, ai-agent-conference-nyc

The three questions ZioSec is taking to AI Agent Conference NYC May 4-5, 2026. Enterprise security and GRC leaders are converging on the same hard problems around custom agents, and the playbook is still being written.

## AI Jailbreak Techniques in 2026: A Complete Technical Guide | ZioSec

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/ai-jailbreak-techniques-in-2026-a-complete-technical-guide-ziosec
- Published: 2026-02-25
- Category: Blog
- Author: Aaron Walls (Co-Founder & CEO)
- Tags: none

Comprehensive guide to AI jailbreak techniques in 2026 — from DAN and Crescendo attacks to MCP exploitation and multimodal jailbreaks. Learn how attackers bypass AI safety measures and how to defend against them.

## LLM Red Teaming: Evaluations, Attacks, & Deep Chained Methods - Ziosec, Mindgard, Promptfoo Compared

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/llm-red-teaming-evaluations-attacks-deep-chained-methods-ziosec-mindgard-promptfoo-compared
- Published: 2026-02-12
- Category: Blog
- Author: Aaron Walls (Co-Founder & CEO)
- Tags: none

Learn LLM red teaming strategies and compare Promptfoo, Mindgard, and Ziosec—evaluations, attacks, and deep chained methods to harden AI systems.

## The SaaSpocalypse: Navigating Enterprise AI Agent Risks with OpenClaw and Beyond

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/the-saaspocalypse-navigating-enterprise-ai-agent-risks-with-openclaw-and-beyond
- Published: 2026-02-06
- Category: Blog
- Author: Aaron Walls (Co-Founder & CEO)
- Tags: none

Discover how to navigate enterprise AI agent risks and prevent the "SaaSpocalypse." Learn how OpenClaw and robust AI governance frameworks secure agentic AI adoption.

## Why LLMs Struggle with Math: Understanding Their Limitations

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/why-llms-struggle-with-math-understanding-their-limitations
- Published: 2026-01-20
- Category: Blog
- Author: Daniel Joyce (Engineering)
- Tags: LLM, machine learning, artificial intelligence, math challenges, decision fatigue, scams, manipulation techniques, language models

Discover why LLMs struggle with math and how their statistical nature parallels human behavior in decision-making and susceptibility to manipulation.

## Exploring AI Jailbreaks: Bypassing Security in Foundation Models

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/exploring-ai-jailbreaks-bypassing-security-in-foundation-models
- Published: 2026-01-14
- Category: Blog
- Author: Andrius Useckas (Co-Founder & CTO)
- Tags: AI Security, Jailbreak Techniques, Foundation Models, OpenAI, Anthropic, ChatGPT, Claude, Cybersecurity, Sensitive Information, Research

Discover how jailbreaks can bypass AI security, focusing on foundation models like ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. Learn the risks and techniques involved.

## Static Guardrails in AI: Ensuring Safety and Compliance, Part 1

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/static-guardrails-in-ai-ensuring-safety-and-compliance
- Published: 2025-12-24
- Category: Blog
- Author: Javier Rivera (Principal Security Researcher)
- Tags: AI safety, Static guardrails, Machine learning, AI compliance, Data security, Agentic applications, Technology, Software development

Learn about static guardrails for AI applications, their benefits, and strategic placements to ensure compliance and safety in autonomous systems.

## Break Your Own AI Agent: Why Proactive Security Testing is Essential for Builders (Part 1)

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/break-your-own-ai-agent-why-proactive-security-testing-is-essential-for-builders-part-1
- Published: 2025-12-08
- Category: Blog
- Author: ZioSec (Team)
- Tags: ai-agents, security-testing, ai-security, prompt-injection, data-poisoning, tool-misuse, red-teaming, devsecops, shift-left, rag-security, llm-security, autonomous-systems, access-control, logging-and-monitoring, risk-management, trust-and-safety, compliance, enterprise-ai, cybersecurity

Learn why AI agents demand a new security mindset and how the “Break Your Own AI Agent” approach helps builders find and fix vulnerabilities before attackers do.

## AI Agents: Evaluations Versus Attacks

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/ai-agents-evaluations-versus-attacks
- Published: 2025-12-04
- Category: Blog
- Author: ZioSec (Team)
- Tags: AI Agent Evaluations, AI Agent Attacks

Most engineers understand AI evaluations, but how do those differ from attacks? Alex Gatz, Staff Security Architect at ZioSec overviews the reasons every developer should considering attacking their AI agents instead of relying on evaluations alone.

## How to Test AI Agent Guardrails: A Complete Framework for Safety, Security, and Compliance

- URL: https://ziosec.com/blog/how-to-test-ai-agent-guardrails
- Published: 2025-11-13
- Category: Blog
- Author: ZioSec (Team)
- Tags: AI guardrails, agentic AI, AI security, AI safety, AI compliance, LLM guardrails, prompt injection testing, AI red teaming, AI evaluation, AI governance, PII protection, tool call validation, AI risk management, AI testing framework, ZioSec

Learn how to test AI agent guardrails with a complete framework for security, safety, and compliance. Discover methods, tools, and best practices for reliable AI systems.