Oct 3 Β· Week 1 β€” Understand the Threat

πŸ€– AI Security

The New Attack Surface: AI, LLMs & AI Agents

Day 3 Β· Oct 3

πŸ›‘οΈ CyberSecurity Month 2026 Β· WAIG Γ— DefenAI

πŸ€– AI Attack Surface

The New Attack Surface: AI, LLMs & AI Agents

Campaign day

3

AI Security

Week focus

W1

NIST CSF

Action items

2

Org checklist today

  • β—†Models & weights
  • β—†Prompts & tools
  • β—†Agents & APIs
  • β—†Data pipelines
  • β—†WAIG Foundation: Responsible AI and governance education.
  • β—†DefenAI Labs: AI security testing and sovereign AI deployment patterns.
  • β—†Suggested comms format today: Infographic.

AI expands trust boundaries β€” govern them

Inventory production AI systems today

4-part action model

Governance Β· Technology Β· Resilience Β· Incident response

Treat models, prompts, tools, and agent permissions as production attack surface.

Governance

Set policy tone for AI Security: who owns risk and reporting.

Technology

Enable baselines (MFA, patching, logging) that support AI Security.

Resilience

Assume incidents; define RTO/RPO before crisis.

Incident response

Pre-stage contacts and playbooks aligned to AI Security scenarios.

Today's flow

  1. 1

    Understand

    Why AI Security matters for your organization today.

  2. 2

    Assess

    Map assets, owners, and gaps against today's theme.

  3. 3

    Act

    Create AI system inventory with owners.

  4. 4

    Share

    Publish learning internally and on social β€” #CyberSecurityMonth2026.

Did you know?

  • πŸ’‘The New Attack Surface: AI, LLMs & AI Agents
  • πŸ’‘Mission: Treat models, prompts, tools, and agent permissions as production attack surface.
  • πŸ’‘Frameworks to explore: NIST CSF, CIS Controls v8, ISO 27001.

Frameworks & standards

NIST CSFCIS Controls v8ISO 27001

Organizational checklist (infographic summary)

  • βœ“Create AI system inventory with owners.
  • βœ“Define approved tools policy for employees.
  • βœ“Share today's infographic with one community audience.
  • βœ“Log one improvement in your risk or incident tracker.

Audience awareness infographic

Eight communities Β· one mission

Tap a card for tailored awareness and today's action β€” built for sharing.

Treat models, prompts, tools, and agent permissions as production attack surface. As an employee, the new attack surface: ai, llms & ai agents affects every inbox, device, and customer record you touch.

Share: Employees: Day 3 β€” AI Security. #CyberSecurityMonth2026 #ResponsibleAI

One-click publish

Share Day 3 externally

LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, Facebook, and X β€” captions tailored for this theme (employees).

Select an audience, then use one-click publish to tailor the share caption for that community.

Mission

Treat models, prompts, tools, and agent permissions as production attack surface.

Organizational actions

  • βœ“Create AI system inventory with owners.
  • βœ“Define approved tools policy for employees.

Partner angles

WAIG: Responsible AI and governance education.

DefenAI Labs: AI security testing and sovereign AI deployment patterns.

Suggested format: Infographic

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