AI security

AI penetration testing and LLM red teaming

Certified ethical hackers test your chatbots, LLM applications and AI agents the way an attacker would. We try to make them leak data, ignore their rules and misuse the tools they can reach, then show you how to fix what we find.

  • Human-led testing by certified ethical hackers
  • Mapped to OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
  • Prompt injection, data leakage and agent abuse
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Human-led testing

Certified ethical hackers who go beyond automated scans

Recognized frameworks

OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and MITRE ATLAS

Retesting after you fix

Remediation validation after you apply fixes

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Why AI needs its own test

AI applications fail in ways traditional tests miss

A language model treats instructions and data in the same stream of text. That means a crafted message, a hidden line in a document or a poisoned web page can change what your AI application does. Standard application testing checks the code around the model. It doesn’t check how the model behaves when someone tries to talk it into misbehaving.

The risk grows once an AI system can act. Agents that call APIs, read files, send email or query databases can be steered into doing those things for an attacker. AI red teaming services test that behavior directly, with the same rigor we bring to network and application penetration testing.

LLM penetration testing

What we test

Each test is scoped to your AI system, its data and the tools it can reach.

Methodology

Grounded in OWASP and MITRE ATLAS

We map our testing to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, published by the OWASP Gen AI Security Project, which covers risks such as prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, improper output handling, excessive agency and system prompt leakage.

We also draw on MITRE ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems), a knowledge base of real attacker tactics and techniques against AI systems. Traditional components of your AI application are tested against OWASP, PTES and NIST SP 800-115, the same methodologies we use for every penetration test.

  • Prompt injection
  • Sensitive information disclosure
  • Improper output handling
  • Excessive agency
  • System prompt leakage
  • Vector and embedding weaknesses
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How it works

How an AI penetration test runs

1

Pre-engagement and threat model

We learn what your AI system does, who uses it, what data and tools it can reach and what outcomes would hurt you most.

2

Test

Our testers run manual and tool-assisted attacks against the model, prompts, retrieval layer, agents and surrounding application.

3

Report

You get an executive summary, detailed findings with evidence and a prioritized remediation plan written for your developers.

4

Retest

Once fixes are in place, we retest to confirm they work and that new guardrails didn’t open other gaps.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Executive summary for leadership
  • Findings mapped to OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
  • Reproduction steps and evidence for each finding
  • Prioritized remediation guidance for developers
  • Strategic recommendations for guardrails and monitoring
  • Remediation validation testing

FAQ

AI penetration testing questions

AI penetration testing is a security test of an AI system, such as a chatbot, LLM application or agent. Testers try to make the system leak data, bypass its rules or misuse its tools, and report how to fix what they find.

The terms overlap. Penetration testing usually means a scoped test for specific vulnerabilities, while red teaming often means a broader, goal-based exercise that probes behavior and safety. We cover both, and scope each engagement to the questions you need answered.

It is a list of the most important security risks for applications built on large language models, maintained by the OWASP Gen AI Security Project. The current edition includes prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, supply chain, data and model poisoning and excessive agency, among others.

We focus on AI systems you build or configure, including applications built on third-party models and agents connected to your data. Testing of a vendor’s own platform depends on that vendor’s terms, which we review with you during scoping.

Price depends on the number of AI applications and agents in scope, the tools and data they can reach, the depth of testing and whether traditional application testing is included. We give you a fixed proposal after a scoping call.

Yes. AI applications change often as prompts, models and tools are updated. We can add AI testing to a recurring schedule or to PTaaS and continuous penetration testing.

Book a scoping call

Test your AI before attackers do

Tell us about the AI applications and agents you run. A tester will reply by email to scope the engagement.

  • Scoping call with a certified ethical hacker
  • Findings mapped to OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications

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