Zero Networks has announced Least Agency Enforcement, a new capability designed to help organizations securely deploy AI agents by applying the Open Worldwide Application Security Project’s (OWASP) Least Agency principle.
Zero Networks’ research reveals that nearly 80% of enterprises have already deployed internal AI agents, yet two-thirds lack governance policies for them — creating rapidly expanding, unmanaged attack surfaces. As organizations grant AI agents the ability to access enterprise systems, invoke privileged tools, and make decisions with minimal human oversight, they must also define and enforce appropriate levels of autonomy. The OWASP Agentic Applications Top 10 Project’s Least Agency principle recommends constraining an agent’s autonomy, tool access, and decision-making authority to reduce the impact of prompt injection, privilege abuse, and compromised AI agents.
Using identity-based microsegmentation, policy automation, and just-in-time MFA for privileged access, Zero Networks’ Least Agency Enforcement ensures that AI agents communicate only with explicitly authorized systems, only access approved resources, and require human approval before performing sensitive administrative actions. Unlike governance frameworks that document policy, Zero Networks enforces Least Agency across cloud, on-premises, Kubernetes, IoT/OT, and hybrid environments.
“Least privilege works because it is simple: give people access to what they need, nothing more. We’re doing the same thing for AI agents, except now it must be automatic, because nobody has time to babysit a thousand agents by hand,” said Benny Lakunishok, CEO and Co-founder of Zero Networks. “If an agent gets fooled or misused, it should hit a wall almost immediately, not wander around the network looking for something valuable. That’s the bet we’re making: less freedom for the agent now, which beats explaining a breach later.”
With Zero Networks’ Least Agency Enforcement, organizations can:
- Limit AI agents to only the systems and services required for their assigned task
- Prevent lateral movement between applications, infrastructure, and administrative systems
- Require Just-in-Time MFA before AI agents access privileged ports or sensitive infrastructure
- Automatically generate and enforce least-privilege communication policies without manual rule creation
- Contain compromised, manipulated, or over-permissioned AI agents before they can impact critical business systems
Least Agency Enforcement builds upon Zero Networks’ AI Security platform, including AI Agent Control, AI Segmentation, AI SaaS Control, and protection for enterprise LLM deployments. Together, these capabilities provide organizations with an enforcement layer that allows AI innovation to proceed without sacrificing security or cyber resilience.
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Zero Networks at Black Hat USA
Zero Networks will showcase Least Agency Enforcement and its AI security platform at Black Hat USA 2026 in Booth #1852.
