Anticipating Adversarial Manipulation of AI: Securing Models, Agents, and the AI Value Chain
Price: Starting at USD 1,950
Publish Date: 21 Oct 2026
Code: AN-6661
Research Type: Report
Pages: 15
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Actionable Benefits
- Prioritize Artificial Intelligence (AI) security investments across guardrails, agent identity, posture management, observability, model security, data security, and governance based on market maturity and growth potential.
- Develop enterprise strategies to mitigate adversarial AI risks across models, agents, prompts, orchestration layers, and software supply chains.
- Identify technology vendors and ecosystem partners capable of securing AI workloads across the entire AI lifecycle.
- Understand how AI security requirements differ between enterprise, operational technology, edge AI, and defense environments.
Research Highlights
- Comprehensive analysis of the expanding AI attack surface, including foundation models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, Agentic AI, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), prompts, orchestration layers, and data supply chains.
- Market assessment of defensive, responsive, offensive, and assurance-based AI security technologies, including forecasts for adoption trends and growth opportunities.
- Evaluation of leading AI security vendors and platform providers across major security control domains.
- Strategic recommendations for A&D organizations focused on mission assurance, operational resilience, and sovereign AI security.
Critical Questions Answered
- What forms of adversarial manipulation present the greatest risk to enterprise and operational AI systems?
- Which AI security controls are experiencing the strongest market adoption and commercial demand?
- How should organizations secure AI agents, foundation models, data pipelines, and orchestration layers?
- What role do governance, compliance, and assurance frameworks play in AI security strategies?
- How will AI security requirements evolve for edge deployments and mission-critical Aerospace and Defense (A&D) applications?
Who Should Read This?
- Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Risk Officers, and security leaders responsible for AI governance and cybersecurity strategy.
- Product, technology, and innovation executives evaluating the risks and security implications of AI adoption.
- Compliance, governance, and risk management professionals responsible for AI regulatory readiness and assurance.
- Defense contractors, aerospace organizations, public-sector agencies, and critical-infrastructure operators deploying AI in high-assurance environments.
Table of Contents
1. KEY FINDINGS
2. KEY FORECASTS
2.1. DEFENSIVE
2.2. RESPONSIVE
2.3. OFFENSIVE
2.4. SECURITY ASSURANCE
3. KEY COMPANIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AEROSPACE & DEFENSE SECTORS
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