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AI is already replacing repetitive security workflows, not the engineers.

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New From the practice · 22 Aug 2026

Forrester advises organizations to turn AEGIS controls into an agentic AI security stack rather than treating AI security as an afterthought

AI agent deployments introduce new control requirements that existing security frameworks may not cover, and organizations need a structured model to map controls to agent-specific risks

New From the practice · 23 Aug 2026

CCS Proxy v1.3.0 provides an inline MCP security proxy with three-layer cryptographic attestation including admission verification, protocol attestation, and execution binding

As MCP adoption grows in AI agent architectures, unauthorized tool access through MCP servers becomes a critical attack vector requiring cryptographic enforcement

New From the field · 23 Aug 2026

Dutch regulator fines Uber 825 million euros for allowing algorithms to automatically deactivate driver accounts without adequate human oversight

This precedent shows regulators will impose substantial penalties for automated AI decision systems that lack human review and due process, making algorithmic accountability a compliance requirement

Cloud Security Alliance AI Controls Matrix · NIST AI Risk Management Framework · ISO/IEC 42001 · OWASP LLM Top 10 · MITRE ATLAS

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AI is already replacing repetitive security workflows, not the engineers.AI is already replacing repetitive security workflows.