LLM breaches jumped 180 percent in the last year. If you ship AI features, you need a one-page map of the dangers—and the fixes. This five-minute TLDR walks through the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, from prompt injection to unbounded consumption, with concrete mitigations you can copy-paste today.
While generative AI creates new opportunities for companies, it also introduces novel security risks that differ significantly from traditional cybersecurity concerns. This requires security leaders to rethink their approach to protecting AI systems.
Fortunately, OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) provides guidance. Known for its influential OWASP Top 10 guides, this non-profit has published cybersecurity standards for over two decades, covering everything from web applications to cloud security.
Beginning on February 2, 2025, the first prohibitions against certain AI systems will go into force in the European Union through the EU AI Act.
The Act, which is the first comprehensive legal framework of its kind to regulate AI systems, entered into force on August 1, 2024 and will roll out mandatory provisions through August 2026. The purpose of the Act is to regulate broadly-defined AI systems, particularly around systems that are classified as high-risk, such as AI deployed in healthcare, education, employment, public services, law enforcement, migration, and the legal system.
Anyone who develops, uses, imports, or distributes AI systems within the EU, regardless of where they are located, will fall under the scope of this regulation.