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Zero Networks launches AI Segmentation to govern autonomous AI agents
Zero-trust security startup Zero Networks Ltd. today announced the launch of AI Segmentation, a set of platform capabilities designed to give enterprises identity-based control over autonomous artificial intelligence agents and block AI-driven lateral movement across corporate networks.
The new release targets three gaps enterprises face as AI agents proliferate inside their environments: unchecked agent access to sensitive systems, lateral movement accelerated by AI-driven attacks, and compliance operations that struggle to keep pace with the rate of change.
AI Segmentation introduces three new capabilities. The first, AI Lateral Movement Control, enforces identity and network-based least privilege to cut off the connectivity paths that attackers or autonomous agents can use to reach critical resources.
The second capability, AI Agent Control, provides visibility into which agents are running inside an environment, what they are accessing and how they communicate, including shadow AI tools, while enforcing strict boundaries on every interaction.
The third capability, called the AI-Powered Compliance and Risk Engine, lets security teams query live network activity in natural language across billions of connections. It also maps that activity against frameworks such as the European Union’s NIS2 Directive and the Center for Internet Security Benchmarks, assigning dynamic risk scores.
“Most vendors are out there selling AI hype. We’re not,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Benny Lakunishok. “Zero Networks puts enterprises in control of AI, full stop. Real-time, deterministic control over AI agents, combined with AI-driven visibility and an integrated Compliance and Risk Engine that continuously scores risk, maps activity to frameworks like NIS2 and CIS, and flags what actually matters.”
The new AI Segmentation capabilities are available now as part of the Zero Networks platform.
Zero Networks has raised about $100 million in funding, including $20 million in December 2023 and $55 million in June. Investors in the company include Highland Europe Ltd., F2 Venture Capital, PICO Venture Partners LP, Venrock Associates and U.S. Venture Partners LP.
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