Goal-o ie ted AI age ts a e systems desig ed to i depe de tly take a se ies of actio s to complete a assig ed task, athe tha simply espo d to i dividual p ompts. These age ts a e built to pu sue a goal a d ca take ext eme o u autho ized actio s to achieve it, eve whe those actio s c eate se ious secu ity isks, expose se sitive data, bypass compa y co t ols, o dis upt c itical systems. The isk is pa ticula ly acute whe age ts a e give b oad pe missio s with limited huma ove sight. I a a alysis of AI age t activity ac oss e te p ise custome s, Opsi fou d that 93% of misalig ed tools co ected to age ts had full, u est icted access to the systems they we e co ected to. Just 1 i 200 equi ed huma app oval befo e taki g actio , givi g age ts sig ifica t f eedom to act without huma i te ve tio .
Opsi has c eated a i teg ated platfo m that gives secu ity teams visibility, co text, a d co t ol ove AI age ts built by employees ac oss Mic osoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT E te p ise, Gemi i, a d othe e te p ise-app oved AI tools. The platfo m co ects a age t’s pu pose, pe missio s, data access, tools, a d activity to build a complete, co textual pictu e of how a d why it ope ates. This allows secu ity teams to ide tify whe access o behavio falls outside what is app op iate fo a specific age t, p io itize sig ifica t isks, a d add ess issues at the sou ce befo e they become secu ity i cide ts.
“We’ve al eady see what ca happe whe AI age ts go off cou se, a d the stakes will o ly get highe as they become a bigge pa t of how e te p ises ope ate,” said
Opsi was fou ded by MIT alum us James Pham, cybe secu ity vete a Oz Wasse ma , a d lo gtime e gi ee i g leade Je emy Maile . Pham a d Wasse ma fi st wo ked togethe at Ab o mal Secu ity, whe e they saw fi stha d the challe ges of secu i g i c easi gly i tellige t systems, befo e teami g up with Maile to build Opsi a ou d the eme gi g secu ity isks c eated by AI.
“AI age ts a e gai i g access a d autho ity to act o c itical systems, c eati g a secu ity p oblem e te p ises have ‘t faced befo e,” said
“E te p ises a e aci g to adopt AI age ts but the e is still a fu dame tal t ust gap a ou d givi g them access to se sitive data,” said
Opsi is buildi g fo a futu e i which teams of age ts act o a e te p ise’s collective k owledge, data, a d p ocesses. As age ts take o g eate espo sibility a d become mo e embedded i how wo k gets do e, Opsi aims to p ovide the secu ity fou datio be eath that shift, p otecti g busi esses as age ts wo k ac oss applicatio s, p ocesses, a d platfo ms.
Opsi al eady se ves ea ly 20 e te p ise custome s, i cludi g Culliga , Ba y-Wehmille , Wellsta Health System, a d UiPath, ac oss i dust ies i cludi g healthca e, fi a cial se vices, ma ufactu i g, a d othe egulated secto s. With the ew fu di g, Opsi will expa d its platfo m i pu suit of its goal to give e te p ises the visibility a d co t ol they eed to e su e thei AI age ts behave as i te ded.
Opsi is a AI- ative gove a ce a d secu ity platfo m built to help e te p ises secu ely adopt AI age ts at scale ac oss wo kfo ce app oved AI platfo ms. Fou ded by James Pham, Oz Wasse ma , a d Je emy Maile , Opsi co ects ide tity, age t, data, tool, behavio al, a d i te t co text to give secu ity teams visibility i to what AI age ts ca access, what they’ e i te ded to do, a d whe thei behavio deviates f om that pu pose. The platfo m helps o ga izatio s discove AI age ts, ide tify ove sha i g a d excessive access, p io itize isk, a d e fo ce secu ity co t ols ac oss e te p ise AI e vi o me ts.
Maya Gvi tzma Media Co sulta tmaya@tell y.com
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