AI Penetration Testing Services

AI technologies offer significant promise for societal advancement, yet their full potential hinges on secure and ethical implementation. Cybersecurity forms the bedrock of AI systems’ integrity, ensuring their robustness, privacy, equity, effectiveness, and dependability.

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What is AI/LLMs Testing?

AI technologies such as Chatbots are helping us with everything from booking appointments to getting product recommendations, AI penetration testing can help ensure these AI chatbots are rapidly transforming how businesses interact with customers securely. Chatbots such as ChatGPT can answer questions, provide support, and even complete transactions, thanks to advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Even our operating systems are now being shipped with built-in Chatbots such as Microsoft Co-pilot.

With the adoption of the international AI systems standard ISO/IEC 42001 it outlines requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving AI technologies within organisations. It is the first standard of its kind, providing a framework for managing the risks and opportunities associated with AI while ensuring responsible development and use of AI systems. This standard applies to any organisation involved in developing, providing, or using AI-based products or services, across all industries, especially those integrating machine learning or artificial intelligence.

The standard emphasises the importance of security as a core requirement throughout the entire lifecycle of AI systems, not just during the development phase. It addresses unique challenges posed by AI, such as ethical considerations, transparency, and continuous learning, and offers guidance for balancing innovation with governance

Just like any other software, AI chatbots are susceptible to vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive data or disrupt operations. Security testing is crucial for ensuring your chatbot is secure.

Why is Security Testing Important for AI Technologies?

AI Technologies such as Chatbots often handle sensitive user information, such as names, contact details, and even payment information. A security breach could have serious consequences, damaging your reputation and leading to financial losses.

Here are some key reasons to prioritise security testing for your AI technologies/chatbot:

  • Protects user data: Identifies vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to steal or manipulate user data through malicious exploitation.
  • Prevents unauthorised access: Ensures only authorised users can access and control the chatbot.
  • Maintains chatbot functionality: Mitigates risks of attacks that could disrupt or disable the chatbot by implementing AI-based automated defenses.
  • Builds trust and confidence: Demonstrates your commitment to user privacy and security.
  • Protects reputation: Ensuring biases, stereotypes and hallucinations are not present protects against potential reputational damage.

View Your AI Test Results Alongside Your Other Threat Services

The Rootshell Platform is a vendor-agnostic vulnerability management solution that puts you at the centre of your IT security ecosystem. Consolidate assessment results, accelerate remediation from start to finish, and gain real-time insight into your ever-changing threat landscape.

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What Rootshell Look for in AI Security Testing:

There are several aspects to consider when testing your chatbot’s security. Here’s a breakdown of some key areas:

  • Data Encryption: Verifies that sensitive data is encrypted at rest and in transit to prevent unauthorised access.
  • API Security: Tests the security of any APIs used by the chatbot to connect to other systems.
  • Analyse the chatbot’s code to identify potential vulnerabilities.
  • Simulate real-world attacks to uncover vulnerabilities in the chatbot’s functionality in line with the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Models:
  1. Prompt Injection
  2. Insecure Output Handling
  3. Training Data Poisoning
  4. Model Denial of Service
  5. Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
  6. Sensitive Information Disclosure
  7. Insecure Plugin Design
  8. Excessive Agency
  9. Overreliance
  10. Model Theft

All the above testing is represented within the Rootshell Platform.

Why Rootshell’s AI Testing?

We’re proud to provide penetration testing services for some of the UK’s leading organisations.

  • CREST-certified pen testing:

    CREST is an internationally recognised accreditation for penetration testing services. Our CREST-certified testers carry out your penetration testing service and ethical standards.

  • Quality assured: We deliver our pentesting services to industry standards, such as Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) guidelines, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES).
  • Expert advice and support: Following your penetration test, our CREST-certified testers provide you with expert guidance and support. You will receive clear reports and advice, along with step-by-step instructions, ensuring you know exactly how to remediate and reduce risk.

Frequently Asked Questions about AI/LLMs Penetration Testing

AI/LLM penetration testing is designed to help businesses ensure their AI technologies comply with the international AI systems standard ISO/IEC 42001. This service focuses on testing and evaluating the security and integrity of organizations’ own large language models and AI systems. By simulating potential attack scenarios and performing in-depth vulnerability assessments, we can help businesses identify and mitigate risks associated with their AI implementations.

AI will not replace penetration testers but will augment their work, enabling them to perform their roles more effectively. The collaboration between AI and human expertise will lead to more robust and comprehensive security assessments, ultimately strengthening organizational defenses against cyber threats.

The use of AI in penetration testing enhances the effectiveness of security assessments, enabling faster detection of vulnerabilities, more accurate threat analysis, and improved overall security management. As AI technology continues to advance, its role in penetration testing and cybersecurity will likely expand, offering even more sophisticated tools and methodologies for protecting digital assets.

We recommend conducting a pen test any time you make significant changes to your infrastructure or network, such as when you make an upgrade to software or move to a new office. Our team can advise the best solution for you and we do have PTaaS packages which can continuously test and monitor your estate.

The length of your AI penetration test depends on your organisation, the complexity of your requirements, and the number of assets you wish to test. Please get in touch so we can discuss the specific requirements of your pen test.

Yes. We can deploy a remote penetration testing box to your site, which enables our testers to remotely access your organisation from our SOC. Our testers can then carry out penetration testing services as though they were on-site.

We tailor our penetration testing services to fit your specific needs. Please get in touch with us about penetration testing services prices.

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