CIS, Astrix, and Cequence Release New AI Security Companion Guides
CIO Influence, Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Three organizations release CIS Controls Companion Guides for securing LLMs, AI agents, and MCP environments.
The Center for Internet Security (CIS), Astrix Security, and Cequence Security have released three new CIS Critical Security Controls Companion Guides to help enterprises secure AI systems.
The guides address security challenges specific to large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) environments, offering practical recommendations for managing risks like data leakage, credential misuse, and unsafe tool execution.
Each guide focuses on a distinct layer of the AI ecosystem and provides actionable steps aligned with real-world deployment patterns. The partnership combines expertise in standards leadership, agentic AI security, and API-centric security to help organizations enable AI safely across development, deployment, and operational phases.