AI Trends: Smart Agents, Security Tools, and What's Next | October 2024

CEO Corner

Welcome to the first edition of our Cloud Security Monthly Splash! We're excited to launch this newsletter to keep you informed about the latest in cloud security.

This month, we're talking about all things AI. It's reshaping our industry in ways we couldn't have imagined just a few years ago, and we're right in the thick of it. I recently shared some thoughts on this in my blog. Give it a read if you want to see how we're working to make AI innovation both accessible and secure for our customers.

In this newsletter, we're unpacking some exciting stuff – from insights from our 2024 State of AI Security report to the top 10 AI models shaping the market (more on that later). Our goal is to keep you in the loop and ready for whatever comes next in this AI-driven landscape. Looking forward to sharing these insights with you.?

- Gil Geron ?

CEO and Co-founder

AI Security Analysis of Billions of Cloud Assets: Risks and Adoption Trends Revealed

Our inaugural 2024 State of AI Security Report offers unprecedented insights into the prevalence of AI risks in cloud environments. After analyzing billions of cloud assets, we uncovered numerous startling findings. Here are just a few of the key insights:

• 62% of organizations have deployed an AI package with at least one CVE
• 98% of organizations using Amazon SageMaker have a notebook with root access enabled
• 27% of organizations with Azure OpenAI have not configured private endpoints

Read the full report to uncover the extent of AI risks in cloud environments, AI adoption trends, and regulatory challenges.

?? Get the State of AI Security Report here

AI agents on the rise in 2025. Are you ready?

A recent VentureBeat article discusses how Gartner 's latest predictions show that AI agents will transform enterprises, with 15% of day-to-day work decisions becoming AI-automated by 2028. This shift brings both opportunities and security challenges: while AI agents will handle system monitoring and fixes autonomously, organizations will need robust governance platforms.?

?? Read the full analysis on VentureBeat here

10 Most Popular AI Models of 2024

Want to know which AI models are most widely adopted in cloud environments? Based on analysis of millions of cloud assets, the picture above shows these are the top 10.

These findings raise important questions: How are these models being secured? What risks do they pose? And how will this landscape evolve as AI capabilities advance?

?? Read the full blog here

CSO Magazine: Companies skip security hardening in rush to adopt AI

CSO Online 's latest analysis puts the 2024 State of AI Security Report in the spotlight, highlighting a concerning trend: in the race to adopt AI, companies are creating security blind spots. The article examines our findings across major cloud providers, revealing widespread use of vulnerable tools, exposed models, and misconfigured systems.?

?? Read the full article here

Meet AI Goat: Open-source tool for AI Security learning

Available on the Orca Security GitHub page, AI Goat is an intentionally vulnerable AI environment that includes numerous threats and vulnerabilities for testing and hands-on learning to help security professionals and pentesters understand how AI-specific vulnerabilities can be exploited, and how best to defend against these types of attacks.

?? Ready to try it? More on AI Goat

What is AI Security Posture Management??

Are you sure you know about every AI project that's being spun up in your cloud? With AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), you do.?

Join DeMarcus Gilliard , J. Taylor Woodby , and special guest Meghan Mitchell-Marks , Orca's Chief Marketing Officer, as they reveal real-world examples of AI vulnerabilities you might be overlooking, why traditional security falls short in protecting AI assets, and practical strategies to mitigate AI security risks. Next, see Orca's AI-SPM Dashboard in action.

?? Lean more about Orca’s AI-SPM