Runtime Protection Is Now Non-Negotiable to Protect AI Apps
AI isn’t just writing emails or summarizing documents anymore — it’s running in production applications, making decisions, writing code, and calling APIs on its own. That’s incredible for innovation, but it’s also introducing new risks that traditional security tools were never designed to address.
At Oligo, we’re all about protecting what actually runs. And today, we’re taking that mission further with two major additions to our platform: Oligo AI-SPM (AI Security Posture Management) and Oligo AI-DR (AI Detection & Response). Together, they give security teams visibility, governance, and protection for every model, agent, and AI system - all in real-time.
These solutions aren’t designed to chase technology trends. They’re a natural evolution of runtime security as a whole — and a step toward helping organizations move faster with AI, without ever compromising on safety.
AI Apps Don’t Play by Old Rules
Here’s the reality: AI systems don’t behave like traditional software. They’re dynamic, unpredictable, and context-driven. One prompt can completely change what they do. Agents can execute code, make API calls, and take actions across live environments — often without clear visibility or control.
Let’s break it down:
- AI logic changes constantly. Behavior shifts with every prompt and dataset.
- Prompts are new attack surfaces. Malicious instructions can be hidden in plain text.
- Agents act, not just analyze. They can run code, move data, and make changes that matter.
- Context keeps changing. Data, permissions, and integrations evolve in real time.
And the data backs it up. A global SailPoint survey found 80% of companies saw AI agents take unintended actions — yet fewer than half had governance in place.
You can’t secure what you can’t see. And with AI, that’s the biggest problem — most of what happens, happens at runtime.
Why Runtime Is the Only Way to Secure AI Applications
AI systems don’t just compute; they act. They call APIs, access databases, and connect to cloud services — all in real time. So, the only way to truly secure AI is to observe and control behavior in real time.
That’s where Oligo comes in.
Runtime is the source of truth needed to embrace AI safely. Runtime is where intent meets action. With Oligo, teams can see exactly what their AI is doing in production — and step in the moment something risky happens.
Our goal is simple: stop modern attacks without stopping the business. We help teams move AI into production faster, while continuously mitigating risks in the background.
Meet Oligo Runtime AI Security
We’ve expanded our platform with two modules that bring full-stack runtime protection to AI systems: Oligo AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) and AI Detection & Response (AI-DR).
Oligo AI-SPM: Continuous AI Visibility and Governance
AI-SPM gives you a clear picture of your entire AI footprint — what models and agents you’re running, where they’re connected, and how they’re behaving.
Oligo AI-SPM delivers:
- Runtime AI Inventory: AI discovery for every model, agent, SDK, and AI service that runs in production.
- Runtime AI Visibility: Gain an end-to-end, real-time picture of how AI systems actually behave in production and how usage evolves over time.
- Continuous AI-BOM: Automatically maintain a living bill of materials for your AI stack.\
- Risk Detection: Identify unsafe or untrusted models based on real behavior.
- Compliance & Governance: Map AI usage to specific regulations with audit-ready reports.
In other words, you finally know what’s actually in use, not just what was supposed to be.
Oligo AI-DR: Real-Time Detection and Response
AI-DR gives security teams a way to spot and stop threats as they happen.
Oligo AI-DR enables:
- Real-Time Security for Agents: Full visibility and control over agent actions like API calls, code execution, and data access.
- Model Protection: Defend against prompt injection, jailbreaks, and unsafe model outputs.
- Automated Response: Enforce policies automatically and integrate with your existing SOC tools.
This is where AI protection goes further than simple prompt filtering: it monitors agent behavior in real-time and alerts you when activity deviates from normal - whether the agent has been hijacked or is hallucinating.
AI Security Expertise
Oligo’s runtime security platform has already proven itself to be effective for customers of all sizes building cloud native applications. With the assistance of our platform, our research team uncovered the first known attack exploiting AI workloads in the wild, via the ShadowRay campaign that was published in March 2024.The discovery was possible due to our technology’s ability to profile the behavior of workloads and detect and stop deviations.
The technical community recognizes our researchers as leaders in securing the AI ecosystem not just for uncovering ShadowRay, but also the sheer breadth of AI vulnerabilities they have uncovered in a wide-range of critical AI systems and frameworks from organizations like Anthropic, Meta, NVIDIA, Ollama, and PyTorch.
This research track record gives us a deep understanding of how AI workloads actually operate in real-world environments. It’s the foundation that equips Oligo to secure AI in production at scale and to empower customers to embrace AI in a way that prioritizes security without slowing down innovation.
Why This Matters
Runtime AI security isn’t just about preventing AI from going rogue — it’s about enabling innovation safely:
- CISOs get visibility and risk reduction while supporting business goals.
- AppSec teams can protect AI-driven apps without slowing down developers.
- Cloud security engineers keep systems stable and performant, even as AI usage scales.
Runtime protection bridges the gap between speed and safety. With Oligo, you can move fast — and stay secure.
See It in Action
Oligo AI-SPM and AI-DR are now in private preview. If you’re ready to see how runtime security can make AI adoption faster and safer, book a demo.
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At Oligo, we’re not just securing AI — we’re redefining what it means to secure the modern enterprise, from code to agent.
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