Top 5 Considerations For Effective AI Runtime Protection
Zscaler, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
AI is quickly becoming the new norm for business innovation. AI apps and agents now power customer and employee experiences and streamline business processes. But as adoption accelerates, security remains a top concern - especially as agents gain access to sensitive data and enterprise resources. This creates a new attack surface that adversaries can exploit to exfiltrate data, trigger unintended actions, and disrupt the business.
Legacy firewall-based systems are not built to protect AI, and though there are numerous up-and-coming security solutions on the market, none of them address the full breadth of threats and are not built for enterprise scale. AI runtime protection, in particular, is a critical piece of a comprehensive security solution. Without effective AI runtime protection, businesses are left exposed to numerous threat vectors that can damage their business and compromise their company and customer data.