THE PERMISSION [LAYER]

Tools · Exposure management

AI security posture and exposure management (AI-SPM) tools

AI security posture management (AI-SPM) and exposure management tools find the AI services, models, pipelines and agent configurations running across cloud accounts and AI platforms, then flag the misconfigurations and the paths an attacker could use to reach them. A team needs one when AI workloads go live faster than security can review them, because each model server or agent workflow tool nobody reviewed is attack surface nobody is tracking.

2 tools from 2 vendors. Last updated October 20, 2026. Part of the AI agent governance tools directory.

Exposure management 2

Questions to ask vendors

Neutral questions for a request for proposal (RFP) or a security questionnaire. No product here is named as the answer.

  1. Which sources does discovery read: cloud provider APIs, code repositories, endpoints, or SaaS settings? What does each one miss?

  2. Does it find self-hosted AI tooling, such as model servers and agent workflow tools, and match their versions against known exploited vulnerabilities?

  3. How is an exposure ranked: by severity score alone, or by what an attacker could reach from it?

  4. Can each finding go to our ticketing system with an owner attached?

  5. Does discovery feed an inventory you own and can export, or a dashboard you rent?

    Why it matters

More questions, grouped by topic: Questions to ask AI agent security vendors.

Related incidents

Every record in the AI agent incident database links the sources that reported it.

Missing a product, or found an entry that is out of date? Write to [email protected]. A submission is read, never paid for, and does not guarantee a listing. The glossary defines the terms used here.

The Permission Layer

Get the briefing by email

At least one email a week on AI agent identity, permissions, security and spend, written for the people who approve agent access. Five-minute read, free.

You confirm by email. Unsubscribe in one click.