From guardrails to governance: A CEO’s guide for securing agentic systems

From guardrails to governance: A CEO’s guide for securing agentic systems

The previous article in this series, “Rules fail at the prompt, succeed at the boundary,” focused on the first AI-orchestrated espionage campaign and the failure of prompt-level control. This article is the prescription. The question every CEO is now getting from their board is some version of: What do we do about agent risk? Across recent AI security guidance from standards bodies, regulators, and major providers, a simple idea keeps repeating:…

Want to deliver a successful agentic AI project? Stop treating it like traditional software

Designing and building agents is one thing, but testing and governance is crucial to success