Zero Networks Launches New AI Security Capability to Limit What AI Agents Can Access

Zero Networks, a leading provider of Zero Trust security solutions, is launching Least Agency Enforcement, a new capability that applies the Open Worldwide Application Security Project’s (OWASP) principle of Least Agency to help organizations safely deploy AI agents.

The OWASP Agentic Applications Top 10 Project’s Least Agency principle recommends constraining an agent’s autonomy, tool access, and decision-making authority to reduce the impact of prompt injection, privilege abuse, and compromised AI agents, according to Zero Networks.

Using identity-based microsegmentation, policy automation, and just-in-time MFA for privileged access, Zero Networks’ Least Agency Enforcement ensures that AI agents communicate only with explicitly authorized systems, only access approved resources, and require human approval before performing sensitive administrative actions, the company said.

Unlike governance frameworks that document policy, Zero Networks enforces Least Agency across cloud, on-premises, Kubernetes, IoT/OT, and hybrid environments.

“Least privilege works because it is simple: give people access to what they need, nothing more. We're doing the same thing for AI agents, except now it must be automatic, because nobody has time to babysit a thousand agents by hand,” said Benny Lakunishok, CEO and co-founder of Zero Networks. “If an agent gets fooled or misused, it should hit a wall almost immediately, not wander around the network looking for something valuable. That's the bet we're making: less freedom for the agent now, which beats explaining a breach later.”

With Zero Networks’ Least Agency Enforcement, organizations can:

• Limit AI agents to only the systems and services required for their assigned task
• Prevent lateral movement between applications, infrastructure, and administrative systems
• Require Just-in-Time MFA before AI agents access privileged ports or sensitive infrastructure
• Automatically generate and enforce least-privilege communication policies without manual rule creation
• Contain compromised, manipulated, or over-permissioned AI agents before they can impact critical business systems

Least Agency Enforcement builds upon Zero Networks’ AI Security platform, including AI Agent Control, AI Segmentation, AI SaaS Control, and protection for enterprise LLM deployments. Together, these capabilities provide organizations with an enforcement layer that allows AI innovation to proceed without sacrificing security or cyber resilience, said Zero Networks.

Least Agency Enforcement is available now.

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