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AI Agent Security Testing

Test whether AI agents can be redirected, over-privileged or persuaded to misuse the tools and data they control.

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What Is AI Agent Security Testing?

AI Agent Security Testing assesses systems that can plan, use tools and take actions across one or more steps. This includes agents connected to business applications, APIs, code execution, model context protocol servers, other agents and internal data.

We test whether an attacker can change the agent's goal, manipulate its memory or context, abuse a tool, inherit excessive permissions, bypass human approval or cause an unsafe action. We also assess the identities, credentials, connectors and infrastructure that allow the agent to operate.

The focus is practical impact. Rather than asking only whether the model produces an unsafe answer, we determine whether the agent can use its access to change data, expose information, execute code or affect another system.

Why is AI Agent Security Testing Important?

An agent can move beyond generating content and begin acting inside your environment. Its autonomy, permissions and connections increase both the value of the system and the impact of a security failure.

Prevent goal and behaviour hijacking

Malicious instructions can redirect an agent away from its intended objective. We test direct prompts, retrieved content, tool responses and agent-to-agent messages that may influence its decisions.

Control tool misuse

A legitimate tool can still be used in an unsafe way. We assess whether the agent can be persuaded to misuse search, messaging, file, database, payment or administrative functions.

Reduce identity and privilege abuse

Agents often act through service accounts, delegated user access or long-lived credentials. We test whether identity boundaries and least-privilege controls limit what the agent can do.

Protect memory and context

Persistent memory can allow a one-off malicious instruction to influence future tasks. We assess whether memory, task state and shared context can be poisoned or read by the wrong party.

Test connectors and the agentic supply chain

Agents depend on models, plugins, tools, model context protocol servers and other runtime components. We assess whether compromised or untrusted components can alter behaviour or extend access.

Check approval, rollback and failure controls

High-impact actions should have proportionate checks. We test whether approvals can be bypassed, whether actions are traceable and whether the system can recover safely from unexpected behaviour.

How Secarma Delivers Value
Architecture and trust-boundary scoping
We map goals, planning, memory, identities, tools, data, approvals and connected systems before testing so the engagement reflects the agent's real capabilities.
Goal hijacking and instruction testing
We challenge the hierarchy of instructions across user input, retrieved data, tool output, memory and messages from other agents.
Tool, permission and identity testing
We assess whether the agent can call the wrong function, use a tool outside its intended purpose or inherit access that exceeds the task or user's permission.
Memory and workflow manipulation
We test persistent and short-term context, multi-step plans, hand-offs and retries for routes that can create lasting or repeated unsafe behaviour.
Agentic application and infrastructure coverage
Where in scope, testing includes APIs, connectors, model gateways, secrets, network controls and code-execution environments surrounding the agent.
Framework-aligned, actionable reporting
Findings are prioritised and mapped to relevant OWASP Agentic and LLM guidance, CWE and MITRE ATLAS, with clear remediation and optional retesting.
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