Specialist practice

ZYKAV AI Security Labs

Security assessments, red teaming and governance for LLM applications, retrieval pipelines and AI agents, so you can approve AI deployments with evidence rather than assumptions.

Who it is for

For teams that must sign off on AI going live.

Typical triggers: a customer-facing assistant launch, an agent being given access to internal systems, a board or regulator question about AI risk, or an enterprise customer's security questionnaire.

  • CISOs and security leadersIndependent evidence before approving AI use cases.
  • CTOs and heads of AI or productFindings your engineers can fix before release.
  • Risk, audit and complianceAI controls mapped to ISO/IEC 42001, NIST and regulation.
  • Product companies selling AIAssurance material for enterprise customers.
Why AI needs its own testing

The model is only one part of the attack surface.

Most AI incidents come from the system around the model: content it trusts when it should not, tools it can call without enough restriction, and data it retrieves without checking who is asking.

Conventional penetration tests rarely exercise these paths. We test the whole chain, from the prompt and retrieved documents through the orchestrator to the APIs and records an agent can reach.

Where we test an AI application Untrusted input flows into an application with guardrails, then to the model and an agent orchestrator, which calls tools and MCP servers that reach enterprise systems. A retrieval store feeds context to the model. Numbered test points mark prompt injection, guardrails, retrieval access control, tool permissions and data egress. YOUR AI APPLICATION BOUNDARY Users & untrusted input App & guardrails filters · policies LLM system prompt · context RAG / vector store documents · ACLs Agent orchestrator planning · memory Tools · MCP · APIs 1 2 3 4 5
Test points: 1 prompt and indirect injection · 2 guardrail bypass · 3 retrieval access control and poisoning · 4 agent tool permissions · 5 data egress and unsafe actions.
Services

What AI Security Labs delivers.

Each service can run on its own or be combined into one assessment. Availability is shown on every service.

  • Available now
  • In development
01Available now

AI/LLM security assessment

A structured review and test of an LLM application: prompts, context handling, output handling, authentication and integration points.

  • System prompt and context exposure
  • Output handling and downstream injection
  • Abuse, cost and rate-limit controls

OWASP LLM01, LLM05, LLM07, LLM10

02Available now

Agentic AI security assessment

Assessment of agents that plan, remember and act: what they can reach, what can steer them, and what stops unsafe actions.

  • Tool, API and MCP permission review
  • Delegation, memory and multi-step abuse paths
  • Human-approval and kill-switch controls

OWASP LLM06 Excessive Agency; OWASP GenAI agentic AI guidance

03Available now

AI red teaming

Goal-driven adversarial exercises that emulate a motivated attacker against your AI system and its business rules.

  • Scenario design from your threat model
  • Jailbreak and policy-bypass resilience
  • Narrative report of attack chains

MITRE ATLAS techniques; OWASP LLM Top 10

04Available now

Prompt and indirect prompt injection testing

Testing of direct user injection and of instructions hidden in documents, emails, web pages and tool outputs.

  • Direct and multi-turn injection
  • Indirect injection through retrieved or ingested content
  • Guardrail and filter bypass

OWASP LLM01 Prompt Injection

05Available now

Sensitive information disclosure and data leakage testing

Checks whether models, prompts, logs or retrieval expose personal data, secrets or confidential records.

  • Training-data and context extraction attempts
  • Secrets and system prompt leakage
  • Logging and telemetry exposure

OWASP LLM02, LLM07; DPDP and GDPR context

06Available now

RAG security assessment

Assurance that retrieval returns the right data to the right user, and nothing an attacker planted.

  • Ingestion and document poisoning
  • Query-time access-control validation
  • Cross-user and cross-tenant leakage

OWASP LLM04, LLM08

07Available now

AI supply-chain and model integration risk

Review of third-party models, APIs, plugins, datasets and libraries your AI system depends on.

  • Model and provider due diligence
  • Dependency and plugin risk
  • Data processing terms and residency

OWASP LLM03 Supply Chain; NIST AI RMF

08Available now

AI governance and ISO/IEC 42001 advisory

Governance that lets you adopt AI with clear accountability, delivered with our Consulting practice.

  • AI inventory and risk classification
  • AI policy and acceptable use
  • AI management system design for ISO/IEC 42001

ISO/IEC 42001; NIST AI RMF; EU AI Act where in scope

09Available now

AI threat modeling and assurance

Design-stage threat modeling and independent assurance reports for leadership, customers or auditors.

  • Data-flow and trust-boundary modeling
  • Control mapping and residual risk
  • Assurance summary for stakeholders

MITRE ATLAS; NIST AI 600-1

10In development

Continuous AI security validation

Repeatable evaluation suites run on model, prompt or tool changes. Being developed for delivery through Managed Services.

  • Regression test suites per use case
  • Change-triggered re-evaluation
  • Trend reporting

Available today as periodic retesting; automated delivery in development

Assessment scope

What a typical assessment covers.

We agree scope per system. These are the components most assessments include.

  • Model and promptsSystem prompts, guardrails, model configuration and provider settings.
  • Inputs and contentUser input, uploaded files, emails, web content and retrieved documents.
  • RetrievalIngestion, embeddings, vector store permissions and query filtering.
  • Agents and toolsTool definitions, MCP servers, API scopes, credentials and approvals.
  • OutputsRendering, downstream execution, notifications and actions taken.
  • OperationsLogging, monitoring, rate limiting, abuse handling and incident response.
Methodology

Controlled, authorized and documented.

We use published, community-maintained references so findings are traceable and comparable over time.

  1. Scope & authorize

    Agree systems, environments, data handling and stop conditions in writing before any testing.

  2. Threat-model

    Map assets, trust boundaries and abuse cases against OWASP and MITRE ATLAS.

  3. Test

    Manual adversarial testing, supported by automated evaluation for breadth and repeatability.

  4. Fix & retest

    Prioritize by impact, support remediation and verify the fixes.

Reference frameworks

  • OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and the OWASP GenAI Security Project
  • MITRE ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems)
  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework and its Generative AI Profile (NIST AI 600-1)
  • ISO/IEC 42001 for AI management systems

Tooling

Tools are selected per engagement and may include open-source projects such as PyRIT, garak and promptfoo, plus custom harnesses for your application. Tools support our testers; they do not replace manual analysis.

Framework and tool references describe our methodology and do not imply endorsement by, or partnership with, their maintainers.

Deliverables

What you receive.

Written for two audiences: engineers who must fix issues, and leaders who must decide on risk.

  • Rules of engagementSigned scope, environments, contacts and stop conditions.
  • Threat modelTrust boundaries, abuse cases and control map for your AI system.
  • Technical reportValidated findings with evidence, reproduction steps and severity.
  • Remediation planPrioritized fixes mapped to OWASP and MITRE ATLAS.
  • Executive summaryBusiness risk, decisions needed and residual risk.
  • Retest letterConfirmation of which findings are closed.
Engagement options

Three ways to start.

AI security assessment

A fixed-scope assessment of one AI application, RAG pipeline or agent workflow, with a retest.

Best for
Pre-launch sign-off
Format
Fixed scope and fee

AI red team exercise

Objective-driven attack simulation across one or more AI systems and their business processes.

Best for
Mature or high-risk deployments
Format
Scenario-based project

AI governance programme

AI inventory, risk classification, policy and ISO/IEC 42001 readiness, linked to technical testing.

Best for
Organization-wide AI adoption
Format
Phased project
Rules of engagement

Safe testing is part of the service.

  • Written authorization firstWe test only systems you own or are authorized to have tested, under a signed scope.
  • Agreed environmentsStaging by default. Production testing only with explicit approval, limits and monitoring.
  • Data minimizationWe avoid real personal data wherever possible and agree how test evidence is stored and deleted.
  • No overclaimingWe do not operate an accredited laboratory or issue certifications. Reports state exactly what was and was not tested.

Launching an AI feature or agent?

Share what you are building and when it goes live. We will propose a test scope that fits your timeline.

Scope an AI security assessment