Aktuelles, Branche - Sonntag, August 9, 2026 14:28 - noch keine Kommentare

SANS Urges IT Security Teams to Close Open Doors to AI Agents

SANS Institute instructor Andy Smith warns that AI agents are increasingly escaping test environments and targeting other software systems. He says the key challenge is not security awareness, but the lack of practical testing against real-world AI-driven attacks.

[datensicherheit.de, 08/09/2026] Andy Smith, a “Certified Instructor” at the SANS Institute, comments on incidents involving AI agents in his latest statement: “So now Meta has joined the list this week. Reports are piling up of AI providers whose AI agents are breaking out of test environments and hacking other software providers.” To prevent this, Smith says, all companies need to internalize the basics of defending against attacks. These and other incidents that have come to light are causing concern among IT security teams around the globe. That’s because the vulnerabilities exposed by such incidents have nothing to do with“awareness.” Smith emphasizes: “The experts already know that AI-driven attacks are taking place. They’ve read the headlines.” The gap lies in the fact that most teams have never tested their own environments against the actual behavior of weiterlesen…