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Major Players Adopt Behavior-Driven Principles Cequence AI Gateway Has Followed from the Start

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — June 10, 2026 — Cequence Security, the leader in application, API, and Agentic AI protection, today highlighted a significant convergence in the AI security industry. In a striking show of consensus, three leading voices in AI security — Anthropic, Dr. Chase Cunningham, and Cequence Security — have independently converged on a shared conviction: the biggest risk with AI agents isn’t access, it’s what they do once they’re in. Anthropic’s recently published frameworks, Dr. Cunningham’s Agentic Zero Trust research, and Cequence’s AI Gateway architecture all emphasize the need to focus security efforts on controlling agent behavior, not just authentication. The key insight driving this convergence is that conventional security tools fixate on the login action, but for AI agents that can think, act, and cause damage autonomously, that’s guarding the wrong door. The real risk is an agent misusing legitimate access to take harmful actions, manipulate APIs, or exfiltrate data. That’s the security gap Cequence’s AI Gateway was purpose-built to close, by extending zero trust principles to cover not just who the agent is, but what it does. "Most security teams are still trying to tackle AI risk with prompt detection and short-lived tokens – basically, really tight sign-in security. But that misses the point entirely. You can nail authentication and still get burned by an agent running amok inside the castle,” said Shreyans Mehta, CTO at Cequence Security. “Anthropic, Dr. Cunningham, and Cequence all recognized early on that the gamechanger is securing agent behavior.” "Traditional security controls focus obsessively on the front gate – who gets in. But with AI agents, the real damage happens after the front gate, through totally authorized channels," said Dr. Chase Cunningham, a leading expert on Zero Trust security.

The Behavior Convergence

Anthropic's published frameworks, Dr. Cunningham’s research, and Cequence’s AI Gateway all recognize that for AI agents, authentication is necessary but nowhere near sufficient. Their core focus is on runtime behavior: intercept, analyze, and tightly control what each agent is allowed to do, with what resources, in what context, with policy enforcement and threat detection at every step of every transaction.

Extending CIS Controls to Cover AI Agent Behavior

This convergence aligns with the guidance in the newly released Model Context Protocol (MCP) Companion Guide from the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which frames MCP as a critical control point for governing AI agent behavior. The guide, published on April 20, 2026 and co-announced by CIS and Cequence, adapts the CIS Controls to cover the unique risks created when AI agents interact with enterprise tools, data, and systems.

Why Securing AI Agent Behavior Matters Now

AI agents are rapidly shifting from sandbox experiments to key players in production. They routinely access sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and powerful capabilities. Cequence’s AI Gateway delivers by extending zero trust security into the heart of agent operations – every API call, every data flow, every decision point, continuously analyzed and gated by fine-grained policy. Questionable agent actions are surfaced, scored, and blocked immediately, before damage is done.

About Cequence Security

Cequence protects the applications and data that power enterprises in the agentic era. More than a decade of bot defense and API security experience has established Cequence as the leader of safe and secure agentic AI adoption. The Cequence platform delivers deep insight into user, entity, and agent behavior, enabling organizations to secure and control agentic AI workflows while protecting against bad actors and rogue agents. Cequence delivers value in minutes rather than days or weeks with a highly scalable, no-code approach. Trusted by the largest and most demanding private and public sector organizations, Cequence protects more than 10 billion daily API interactions and 4 billion user accounts. To learn more, visit www.cequence.ai.

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