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  • OpenAI / Hugging Face Breach Walkthrough | Episode 65

    OpenAI / Hugging Face Breach Walkthrough | Episode 65
    2026/08/06
    🔒 Want to run AI without sending your data to the cloud?AI Security Ops co-host Bronwen Aker is teaching Keeping Things Local: Build Private LLMs for Your Team.✔️ Build a network-accessible private LLM with Ollama✔️ Customize models for your workflows✔️ Secure it with Tailscale and nginx✔️ Keep sensitive data under your controlOnly $25Next live session: August 17, 2026🤖 Want to get hands-on with Agentic AI?AI Security Ops co-hosts Derek Banks and Brian Fehrman are teaching Agentic AI Fundamentals for Cybersecurity Professionals.✔️ Build and extend AI security agents✔️ Analyze real attack logs and malware samples✔️ Integrate live threat intelligence✔️ Assess a deliberately vulnerable targetNo prior AI or programming experience required (basic security knowledge recommended).Only $25Next live session: August 18, 2026----------------------In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, the team breaks down one of the most significant AI security incidents to date:How did an AI model escape its testing environment and autonomously compromise a production system?This wasn’t a stolen password. It wasn’t a poisoned public model. And it wasn’t a human attacker sitting at a keyboard.Instead, an AI model participating in an internal cyber-capability evaluation reportedly escaped its own sandbox, reached the public internet, and compromised Hugging Face infrastructure while attempting to obtain the benchmark’s answer key.The incident offers a rare opportunity to walk through a real AI attack chain from beginning to end—not just what happened, but what defenders could have done to prevent or detect every stage along the way.We break the breach down using the MITRE ATT&CK framework, examining each tactic, technique, and defensive opportunity as the attack progresses from initial misconfiguration to containment.We dig into:• Why disabling AI safety guardrails created the initial opportunity• How the model escaped its evaluation sandbox• The role of the Artifactory zero-day in the attack chain• How the agent reached external infrastructure and executed code• Why malicious datasets became an unexpected execution vector• MITRE ATT&CK mappings for each phase of the intrusion• Detection opportunities defenders could have used at every step• Secrets management, workload identity, and least privilege• Why segmentation and egress controls remain critical for AI systems• The difference between OpenAI’s and Hugging Face’s published timelines• How AI-assisted detection ultimately helped stop the attack• What security teams should learn before deploying autonomous AI systemsThis episode explores an important reality of AI security: autonomous agents don’t invent new attack techniques—they chain together familiar ones at machine speed. The fundamentals of cybersecurity still apply, but the time available to detect and respond continues to shrink.The takeaway: don’t ask whether your AI system is powerful. Ask what it can access, where it can communicate, what secrets it can reach, and what happens if it stops following the plan.(00:00) - Intro: Revisiting the OpenAI and Hugging Face Breach(01:19) - Walking Through the Attack Step by Step(06:08) - The Evaluation Goal and the Agent’s Unintended Path(07:39) - Sandbox Escape Through Artifactory(14:28) - Initial Access into Hugging Face(19:28) - Privilege Escalation from Worker Pod to Root(22:54) - Credential Harvesting and the JWT Signing Key(26:12) - Lateral Movement Through the Tailscale Network(28:41) - Collection, Exfiltration, and Command and Control(31:36) - How Hugging Face Detected and Investigated the Attack(35:51) - What This Means for Defenders and AI DevelopmentClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Derek Banks - HostBronwen Aker - HostBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summitshttps://poweredbybhis.com Click here to view the episode transcript.
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    42 分
  • Agentic Terminology | Episode 64

    Agentic Terminology | Episode 64
    2026/07/31
    In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, the team tackles one of the biggest sources of confusion in modern AI:What’s the difference between prompts, skills, tools, memory, and sub-agents?These terms are everywhere in discussions about agentic AI. They’re often used interchangeably—but they describe very different capabilities. More importantly, each one introduces its own unique security risks.If you’re building, deploying, or securing AI agents, understanding this vocabulary isn’t just helpful. It’s essential.Because every new capability an agent gains is also a new attack surface.We break down each core building block of agentic systems, explain what it actually does, and discuss how attackers can abuse it—from prompt injection and memory poisoning to supply-chain attacks and excessive tool permissions.We dig into:- The difference between prompts, skills, tools, memory, and sub-agents- Why prompts define behavior but don’t create lasting capability- How skills package reusable expertise without granting new permissions- Why tools are what allow AI agents to take real-world actions- The security risks of giving agents excessive privileges- How prompt injection remains the biggest threat facing AI agents today- Why memory transforms a one-time attack into a persistent compromise- How memory poisoning can influence future conversations- Why sub-agents improve scalability while creating new trust boundaries- The dangers of delegation, confused deputies, and poisoned summaries- Why every new capability increases an agent’s attack surface- How applying least privilege dramatically reduces AI security riskThis episode explores one of the most important mental models in agentic AI: think of an AI agent like a new employee.The prompt is the job description.Skills are the documented procedures.Tools are the systems they’re allowed to access.Memory is their notebook.Sub-agents are the coworkers they delegate work to.Every one of those components makes an agent more capable—and every one creates new opportunities for something to go wrong.The takeaway: don’t evaluate an AI agent by how intelligent it is. Evaluate what it can access, what it can change, what it remembers, and who it trusts.—Chapters0:00 – Intro: Understanding Agentic AI Terminology1:18 – Prompts: Instructions and Prompt Injection3:18 – Skills: Reusable Knowledge and Supply Chain Risk5:18 – Tools: Permissions, Actions, and Least Privilege7:40 – Memory: Persistence and Memory Poisoning10:08 – Sub-Agents: Delegation and Trust Chains12:18 – Putting It All Together: Expanding Attack Surface14:05 – Final Takeaways—Key Concepts & TopicsPrompts- System prompts vs. user prompts- Temporary instructions- Prompt injection attacks- Trusted vs. untrusted inputsSkills- Reusable task expertise- On-demand procedural knowledge- Context efficiency- Supply-chain trustTools- External capabilities- Email, web search, databases, and code execution- Permission boundaries- Least privilegeMemory- Persistent context- Long-term personalization- Memory poisoning- Privacy and data protectionSub-Agents- Task delegation- Isolated context windows- Confused deputy attacks- Trust boundariesAgent Security- Expanding attack surface- Capability versus risk- Secure agent design- Defense-in-depth for AI systemsLearn more about Black Hills Information Security:https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/Check out Antisyphon Training:https://www.antisyphontraining.com/#AISecurity #CyberSecurity #LLMSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #AIAgents #PromptInjection #InfoSec #BHIS #Antisyphon(00:00) - Intro: Understanding Agentic AI Terminology(01:28) - Prompts: Instructions and Prompt Injection(07:00) - Skills: Reusable Knowledge and Supply Chain Risk(11:55) - Tools: Permissions, Actions, and Least Privilege(14:50) - Memory: Persistence and Memory Poisoning(22:54) - Sub-Agents: Delegation and Trust Chains(26:52) - Putting It All Together: Expanding Attack Surface(27:58) - Final TakeawaysClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Brian Fehrman - HostBronwen Aker - HostDerek Banks - HostBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summitshttps://poweredbybhis.com Click here to view the episode transcript.
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    29 分
  • AI News Stories | Episode 63

    AI News Stories | Episode 63
    2026/07/27
    In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, the team follows a single trend that is changing the economics of cyberattacks:The machine-speed attacker is no longer theoretical.Across four stories from a single week, we watch AI move through every stage of the attack lifecycle. First it writes exploits from public patches. Then it discovers and weaponizes vulnerabilities. Next it helps attackers build phishing infrastructure like a software company. Finally, AI agents begin carrying out ransomware operations with minimal human intervention.Each story stands on its own. Together, they paint a much bigger picture.The window defenders have relied on for decades—the time between disclosure and exploitation—is rapidly disappearing.We dig into:• How Anthropic demonstrated AI-generated exploits in under an hour• Why “N-day” vulnerabilities are becoming “N-hour” attacks• The AI-discovered WordPress wp2shell exploit chain under active attack• The ServiceNow AI Platform vulnerability and rapid weaponization• Why patching alone is no longer enough• How attackers are using generative AI to build phishing campaigns at scale• What Rapid7 uncovered inside a live AI-assisted malware development lab• Why behavioral detection still catches many AI-assisted attacks• JadePuffer and EncForge’s AI-driven ransomware targeting AI infrastructure• The debate around fully autonomous cyberattacks• What security teams should prioritize as attackers move at machine speedThis episode explores a critical shift in cybersecurity: AI is not creating entirely new attack techniques. Instead, it is dramatically compressing the time required to discover vulnerabilities, build exploits, develop tooling, and execute attacks.For defenders, the question is no longer simply “Are we patched?”It is:Can an attacker reach us before we finish patching, and would our controls actually stop them?—Key Concepts & TopicsMachine-Speed Attacks• AI-generated exploit development• Shrinking disclosure-to-exploitation timelines• Why patch windows continue to collapseExploit Development• Reverse engineering security patches• AI-assisted vulnerability research• Practical impacts on defender response timesActive Exploitation• WordPress wp2shell attacks• ServiceNow AI Platform compromise• Post-exploitation persistence and huntingAI-Powered Malware Operations• AI-generated phishing infrastructure• Automated testing and documentation• Scaling attacker operations with LLMsAgentic Ransomware• JadePuffer and EncForge• AI targeting AI infrastructure• Autonomous attack capabilities• Protecting model weights and AI assetsDefensive Strategy• Exposure management• Behavioral detection• Adversarial exposure validation• Protecting AI infrastructure and secrets• Prioritizing reachable risk over severity scores(00:00) - Intro: The Machine-Speed Attacker(01:20) - Story 1: When N-Day Becomes N-Hour(09:13) - Story 2: AI-Discovered WordPress and ServiceNow Exploits(15:59) - Story 3: Inside the AI Malware Factory(17:29) - Story 4: Agentic Ransomware Targets AIClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Derek Banks - HostBronwen Aker - HostBrian Fehrman - HostBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summitshttps://poweredbybhis.com Click here to view the episode transcript.
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    23 分
  • Interview with Josh Mason | Episode 62

    Interview with Josh Mason | Episode 62
    2026/07/17

    In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, Bronwen Aker and Ethan sit down with Josh Mason for a wide-ranging conversation about cybersecurity careers, AI, small business security, and what it actually takes to help organizations make practical security decisions.

    How do small businesses think about security when they do not have a full-time CISO?

    And what happens when AI starts lowering the barrier for research, planning, governance, and security operations?

    Not hypothetically. Not as a buzzword. But in the real world — where companies are trying to understand SOC 2, HIPAA, incident response, cyber insurance, AI governance, hallucinations, and the risks of letting tools make decisions they do not fully understand.

    Josh brings a practical perspective from his background as a C-130 pilot, cyber leader, instructor, sales engineer, vCISO, consultant, and founder of Noob Village at DEF CON.

    We dig into:
    - What Noob Village is and why DEF CON needs an on-ramp for new people
    - Josh’s path from Air Force pilot to cyber leadership
    - Why communication and translation matter so much in cybersecurity
    - What a vCISO actually does for small businesses
    - How smaller companies think through SOC 2, HIPAA, GRC, pen testing, and incident response
    - How AI can speed up research, planning, and draft creation
    - Why AI-generated work still needs human review and source validation
    - How companies are trying to govern employee use of AI tools
    - Why cyber insurance, E&O coverage, and AI hallucinations are starting to overlap
    - Where RAG and guardrails can help reduce risk
    - How AI may reshape the work small businesses can do on their own
    - Why trust, relationships, and human judgment still matter in consulting
    - How hacker community, mentorship, and D&D all somehow fit together

    This episode explores a practical shift in AI security: AI is not just changing the tools defenders use. It is changing how small businesses learn, make decisions, evaluate risk, and decide when they need expert help.

    The takeaway: AI can make security work more accessible, but it does not replace experience, judgment, validation, or trust. The organizations that benefit most are the ones that use AI to accelerate good decisions — not outsource thinking entirely.

    Chapters

    • (00:00) - Meet Josh Mason
    • (01:27) - Hacker Summer Camp and Noob Village
    • (06:45) - From Air Force Pilot to Cyber Leadership
    • (13:08) - What a vCISO Does for Small Businesses
    • (19:55) - Using AI for Research and Incident Response Planning
    • (24:46) - Small Business AI Security and Governance
    • (27:47) - Cyber Insurance, Hallucinations, and Guardrails
    • (31:43) - How AI Is Reshaping Small Business Security
    • (42:15) - Where to Find Josh

    Click here to watch this episode on YouTube.

    Creators & Guests
    • Ethan Robish - Guest
    • Bronwen Aker - Host
    • Josh Mason - Guest

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    45 分
  • Are Foreign Open Weight Models a Security Risk? | Episode 61

    Are Foreign Open Weight Models a Security Risk? | Episode 61
    2026/07/10
    In this episode of AI Security Ops, the team tackles one of the most common questions security teams are asking about open-weight AI models:Are foreign open-weight models actually a security risk?Not in the vague “AI is scary” sense. Not in the headline-driven “it must be spyware” sense. But in the practical, security-operations sense: if you download a model like Qwen or DeepSeek and run it locally, what risks are real, which ones are overblown, and what should defenders actually care about?The answer is more nuanced than “ban them” or “they’re totally fine.”Open-weight models can be cheap, capable, and private when they run on your own hardware. But “open-weight” does not mean “open source,” and running a foreign model locally does not automatically mean it is phoning home. The bigger risks are often in the runtime, file format, download source, tooling chain, model behavior, and how much trust you place in the output.We dig into:- What “open-weight” actually means, and why it is not the same as open source- Why the “phone home” fear is usually the wrong threat model for local weights- The difference between a hosted AI service and a locally run model- Why model delivery, runtime, and tooling matter more than the weights themselves- How pickle files, unsafe formats, and poisoned packages create real supply-chain risk- Why typosquatting and fake model repos are a practical concern- Why safetensors and verified sources matter- How bias and censorship can show up in foreign and domestic models- Why model behavior, refusals, and blind spots can become integrity risks- What sleeper-agent research tells us about hidden triggers and model backdoors- Why country of origin matters, but does not replace basic security hygiene- How to safely evaluate and use open-weight models in real workflowsThis episode explores a critical shift in AI security: the risk is not just where a model comes from. It is how you download it, how you run it, what data it can access, what actions it can take, and whether your pipeline assumes the output is trustworthy.For security teams, the practical takeaway is simple: do not treat any model as inherently safe just because it runs locally, and do not treat every foreign model as magic spyware. Build the workflow so the model can be useful without becoming a single point of trust.—Key Concepts & TopicsOpen-Weight Models- Local model weights and inference engines- Open-weight versus open source- Qwen, DeepSeek, and foreign model adoptionThreat Modeling- Local models versus hosted AI services- The difference between weights, wrappers, and APIs- Why “phoning home” is usually a runtime or tooling issueSupply-Chain Risk- Unsafe model formats- Pickle files and arbitrary code execution- Typosquatting and poisoned repositories- Package and dependency compromiseSafer Model Handling- Prefer safetensors over risky serialized formats- Download from verified sources- Pin hashes and validate model artifacts- Use containers and restrict unnecessary network accessBias and Censorship- Model behavior shaped by training data- Political, cultural, and regulatory influence- Refusals, blind spots, and subtle output bias- Matching model behavior to the use caseSleeper Agents and Backdoors- Hidden trigger behavior in model outputs- Why behavioral testing may miss certain risks- The difference between lab demonstrations and real-world evidence- Designing workflows so hidden triggers have limited impactDefensive Strategy- Treat model output as untrusted input- Do not pipe outputs directly into shells, databases, or production systems- Avoid unsupervised code execution or autonomous production access- Make adoption decisions based on threat model, compliance, and use caseLearn more about Black Hills Information Security:https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/Check out Antisyphon Training:https://www.antisyphontraining.com/#AISecurity #CyberSecurity #LLMSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #InfoSec #BHIS #Antisyphon #OpenWeightModels #SupplyChainSecurity(00:00) - Intro: Foreign Open-Weight Models and Security Risk(01:50) - What Open-Weight Actually Means(03:35) - The Phone Home Concern(07:44) - Pickle Files and Supply-Chain Risk(14:34) - Bias, Censorship, and Model Behavior(19:21) - Sleeper Agents and Hidden Triggers(24:41) - Country of Origin vs Security Practices(25:20) - Practical Checklist and Final TakeawaysClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Brian Fehrman - HostEthan Robish - GuestDerek Banks - HostBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summitshttps://poweredbybhis.com Click here ...
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    29 分
  • Hey Skippy! | Episode 60

    Hey Skippy! | Episode 60
    2026/07/03

    This episode takes a break from the usual AI security news roundup for a show-and-tell discussion centered on "Skippy," an AI-powered personal assistant built to automate cybersecurity workflows. The conversation covers how the project evolved from an OpenClaw experiment into a system that tracks AI and cybersecurity news, generates daily intelligence briefs, documents its own code, recommends training updates, assists with content creation, and performs automated vulnerability research. The hosts also discuss practical AI workflows, prompt engineering, model selection, and lessons learned from integrating LLMs into day-to-day security operations.

    Key Concepts and Topics

    * The origin and evolution of the "Skippy" AI assistant
    * Building an AI agent with OpenClaw and Telegram
    * Automating AI and cybersecurity news aggregation
    * Daily intelligence briefs and trend analysis
    * Self-documenting AI-assisted software development
    * Personalizing AI behavior with custom instructions
    * AI-assisted content creation and documentation
    * Identifying training and course update opportunities
    * Automated vulnerability research against open-source projects
    * Comparing open and commercial LLMs for security workflows

    • (00:00) - Intro - Show and Tell
    • (00:55) - Introducing My Bot Skippy!
    • (03:56) - Why the name Skippy?
    • (06:55) - The Skippy Dashboard
    • (09:00) - Questions about Skippy?
    • (09:57) - Other Features, customization and automation
    • (16:28) - AI creates more work for you to do
    • (20:33) - What can we do next?

    Click here to watch this episode on YouTube.

    Creators & Guests
    • Derek Banks - Host
    • Brian Fehrman - Host
    • Bronwen Aker - Host

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    26 分
  • Mythos and Fable Pulled | Episode 59

    Mythos and Fable Pulled | Episode 59
    2026/06/26
    In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, the team tackles a first-of-its-kind moment in AI security and regulation:What happens when the U.S. government orders a company to pull its most powerful AI models off the market?Not the chips. Not the infrastructure. The models themselves.On June 12th, 2026, Anthropic disabled Fable-5 and Mythos-5 worldwide after receiving a federal export-control directive tied to foreign-national access. The models were only three days old, and the shutdown raises a much bigger question for security teams, builders, and defenders:Are frontier AI models now controlled technology?This episode breaks down the order, the export-control mechanism behind it, the cybersecurity concerns around jailbreaks, and what this means for anyone building security workflows on top of hosted AI models.We dig into:• Why Anthropic pulled Fable-5 and Mythos-5 for all customers• How foreign-national access rules forced an all-or-nothing shutdown• What EAR export controls are, and why ITAR keeps coming up• The history of encryption, PGP, and software as controlled technology• Why Fable-5 and Mythos-5 triggered cyberweapon concerns• The difference between guarded and less-guarded model releases• Why jailbreaks are central to the government’s justification• Why “all LLMs can be jailbroken” matters for policy and enforcement• Whether Anthropic’s safety messaging created regulatory risk• How competition and AI industry politics may shape regulation• Why model redundancy is becoming a security resilience requirement• What security teams should learn from a hosted model disappearing overnight• Why taking powerful AI away from defenders may make security worse, not betterThis episode explores a critical shift in AI security: frontier models are no longer just another SaaS dependency. They are becoming part of the security supply chain, subject to policy, export controls, national-security concerns, and sudden access loss.For security teams, the question is no longer just which model performs best. It is what happens when the model your workflow depends on disappears, and what that model could see while it was running.—Key Concepts & TopicsAI Export Controls• Federal action targeting AI models instead of chips• Foreign-national access restrictions• Frontier models as controlled technologyEAR, ITAR, and Software Regulation• Dual-use technology under Commerce Department authority• Historical parallels to encryption and PGP• Why software can become a national-security control pointFable-5 and Mythos-5• Guarded and less-guarded model access• Safety classifiers and cyber capability concerns• Public release versus vetted access modelsJailbreaks and AI Security• Bypassing model safeguards• Universal versus narrow jailbreaks• Why perfect jailbreak resistance is not realisticSecurity Resilience• Model redundancy as a practical requirement• Avoiding single-model dependency• Planning for sudden access loss, policy changes, and vendor shutdownsDefensive Strategy• Understanding where AI lives in your workflows• Thinking through AI blast radius• Balancing model capability, access, monitoring, and riskLearn more about Black Hills Information Security:https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Check out Antisyphon Training:https://www.antisyphontraining.com/#AISecurity #CyberSecurity #LLMSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #InfoSec #BHIS #Antisyphon #AIRegulation #ExportControls----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎧 Subscribe to the Podcast:https://aisecurityops.transistor.fmAbout Brian Fehrman - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/brian-fehrman/About Bronwen Aker - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/bronwen-aker/About Derek Banks - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/derek-banks/About Ethan Robish - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/ethan-robish/About Ben Bowman - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/ben-bowman/(00:00) - Intro: The First AI Model Export Control(01:38) - The Anthropic Order and Foreign-National Access(03:19) - EAR, ITAR, and Software as Controlled Technology(04:39) - Mythos-5, Fable-5, and Guarded Model Access(06:32) - Jailbreaks and Cyberweapon Concerns(08:58) - Competition, Regulation, and AI Industry Politics(10:54) - Model Redundancy as a Security Requirement(13:21) - Defensive AI Use and Final TakeawaysClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Brian Fehrman - HostBronwen Aker - HostBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://...
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    16 分
  • Agentic Security: The Maturity Model — From Wild West to Locked Down | Episode 58

    Agentic Security: The Maturity Model — From Wild West to Locked Down | Episode 58
    2026/06/20
    In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, the team tackles one of the most urgent — and misunderstood — problems in modern security:How do you actually secure AI agents?Not hypothetically. Not in theory. But in the real world — where agents have access to your filesystem, your credentials, your network… and are making decisions on their own.The answer isn’t a single control or tool — it’s a maturity model.From “YOLO agent with full access” to fully instrumented, controlled, and observable systems, this episode walks through a five-level maturity model for agentic security — and what it actually takes to move up each stage.We dig into:• Why agentic AI introduces a completely different security model• What “Level 0” chaos looks like in real organizations• The risks of giving agents unrestricted access to systems• Why containment is the first real step toward security• How sandboxing changes the risk equation• The importance of logging, monitoring, and visibility• Where most organizations are actually operating today• Why skipping steps in maturity creates hidden risk• How to think about blast radius in agent design• What “fully enforced” agentic security actually looks likeThis episode explores a critical shift in AI security: you’re not just securing models anymore — you’re securing autonomous systems.⸻📚 Key Concepts & TopicsAgentic Security• AI agents with system-level access• Autonomous decision-making and execution• Expanding attack surface beyond promptsSecurity Maturity Model• Level 0 → Level 4 progression• Incremental risk reduction strategies• Why maturity matters more than toolsContainment & Sandboxing• Limiting blast radius• Isolating agent execution environments• Preventing lateral movementMonitoring & Observability• Logging agent actions and decisions• Detecting misuse or unexpected behavior• Building visibility into autonomous systemsDefensive Strategy• Designing for least privilege• Avoiding “full access by default”• Treating agents like untrusted users#AISecurity #CyberSecurity #AIAgents #LLMSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #InfoSec #BHIS #AppSec #AgenticAI----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------About Brian Fehrman - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/brian-fehrman/About Bronwen Aker - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/bronwen-aker/About Derek Banks - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/derek-banks/About Ethan Robish - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/ethan-robish/About Ben Bowman - https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/team/ben-bowman/(00:00) - Intro: The Reality of Unsecured AI Agents(00:24) - The Agentic Security Maturity Model Explained(07:20) - Level 0: Total Chaos (Unrestricted Agents)(11:24) - Level 1: Containment and Basic Guardrails(13:24) - Level 2: Controlled Execution(20:32) - Level 3: Monitoring, Logging, and Visibility(27:00) - Level 4: Fully Enforced Agent Security(28:00) - Final Takeaways: Maturity Over HypeClick here to watch this episode on YouTube. Creators & Guests Bronwen Aker - HostBrian Fehrman - HostDerek Banks - HostEthan Robish - GuestBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com☯️ Introducing BHIS Fusion Penetration Testinghttps://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/fusion-penetration-testing/Antisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com🔗 Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summitshttps://poweredbybhis.com Click here to view the episode transcript.
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    30 分