Announcing Our New Book: Securing AI Agents: Foundations, Frameworks, and Real-World Deployment

It is with great excitement that we announce the official release of our book, Securing AI Agents: Foundations, Frameworks, and Real-World Deployment, co-authored with the brilliant @Chris Hughes and published by Springer. This timely guide is now available for anyone building, deploying, or securing the next generation of agentic AI systems.

This book moves beyond theory to offer a practical framework for mitigating the unique threats associated with AI agents. We are confident that its chapters contain foundational concepts poised to shape the secure agentic AI landscape for years to come. We delve into pioneering threat models, define best practices for red teaming, and provide the tools and knowledge needed to build safely and deploy agents responsibly.

We are already seeing our foundational ideas take shape and gain significant traction. Our threat model, MAESTRO, has been officially adopted as a framework by the Cloud Security Alliance. Industry leaders like IriusRisk and Security Compass are incorporating MAESTRO into their platforms to help organizations identify AI-specific risks. Furthermore, our Agent Name Service (ANS) concept was an award winner at a recent UC Berkeley competition, and GoDaddy is now implementing an enhanced ANS registry to build a verifiable trust chain for AI agents. In parallel, our AI Vulnerability Scoring System (AIVSS) is rapidly taking shape, driven by a global community of over 200 contributors from across AI and cybersecurity.

We are humbled and honored to feature insights from some of the most influential minds in cybersecurity and technology. Their contributions have immeasurably enriched the content, and we extend our profound gratitude to everyone who shared their time and expertise.

A special and heartfelt thank you to our esteemed foreword writers, whose guidance and support have been inspirational:

• @Rob Joyce (Founder, Joyce Cyber LLC; former Director of Cybersecurity, NSA)

• @Jason Clinton (CISO, Anthropic)

• @Jim Reavis (Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance)

• @Caleb Sima (Chair, CSA AI Security Initiative; Author, Web Hacking Exposed)

• @Steve Wilson (Chief AI Officer, Exabeam; Founder, OWASP GenAI Security Project)

We are also deeply grateful for the powerful endorsements from this remarkable group of experts:

• @John Yeoh (Chief Scientific Officer, CSA)

• @David Haber (Founder & CEO, Lakera AI)

• @Diana Kelley (CISO, Noma Security)

• @David Campbell (Author, Keynote Speaker, AI Security Expert)

• @Omar A. Turner, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AIGP (Senior Security Leader, Microsoft)

• @Prashant Kulkarni (Cloud Security Architect, Google)

• @Yuyan Duan (Investor and Product Leader; Founder, AI+)

• @Akram Sheriff (AI Security Architect, Cisco Systems)

Our gratitude also extends to the entire team at Springer Nature for their invaluable partnership. We want to specifically thank Series Editor @Robin Qiu for including this work in his book series. We are also grateful to @Jialin Yan, @Amala Gobiraman, @Sneha Arunagiri, @Martina Himberger, and the entire Springer Nature team for their guidance and hard work throughout the publication process.

The wisdom and encouragement from these leaders were a profound source of motivation. @Chris Hughes and I are thrilled to share Securing AI Agents with the world and contribute to the crucial conversation on AI safety and security. We hope it serves as an essential resource for navigating the challenges and opportunities in this exciting field.

The book provides comprehensive coverage of the following key topics, with a dedicated chapter for each:

• Introduction to Agentic AI: Foundations, Drivers, and Risks

• Agentic AI Threat Modeling

• Agentic AI Identity Security

• Agentic AI Communication Protocols and Security

• AI Agents Life Cycle and Security Considerations

• Agentic AI Capability and Security Benchmark

• Agentic AI Reinforcement Learning and Security

• Agentic AI Red Teaming

• Securing Multi-Modal Agentic AI Systems

• Deploying Agentic AI in Enterprise Environments

• Agentic AI Security in Critical Sectors: Finance, Healthcare, and Autonomous Driving

• The Commercial Landscape of Agentic AI Security

Get this book at the link below:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-02130-4