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AI Penetration Testing & Red Teaming

In an era where AI and Large Language Models are increasingly integrated into critical business operations, traditional security testing falls short. Standard "AI red teaming" often narrowly focuses on provoking undesirable outputs from the model itself. Arcanum's AI Penetration Testing Service redefines AI security assessments by adopting a holistic, ecosystem-wide approach.

We scrutinize every layer of your AI-enabled applications, from user inputs and data pipelines to the surrounding infrastructure and downstream business workflows, identifying vulnerabilities that simplistic model testing overlooks.

7
Pillar methodology
60+
Evasion & bypass patterns
Full
Kill-chain coverage
Arcanum AI Red Teaming
Why Choose Arcanum?

Experience the difference.

Arcanum operates at the forefront of AI security research and practice. Our edge comes from:

01

Holistic Coverage

Evaluate your entire AI ecosystem, not just isolated model behavior.

02

Real-World Attack Simulation

Uncover systemic faults attackers will chain together, revealing risks missed by basic testing.

03

Cutting-Edge Expertise

Leverage our deep research, proprietary taxonomy, and experience with the latest AI technologies.

04

Actionable Insights

Receive clear, prioritized findings with practical remediation steps tailored to your environment.

05

Build Trust & Ensure Compliance

Fortify your AI systems to prevent data breaches, maintain regulatory compliance, avoid reputational damage, and build user confidence.

Our Approach

Beyond traditional red teaming.

Malicious actors don't just target the AI model in isolation; they exploit the entire interconnected system. Our methodology replicates this full attack kill-chain, assessing how AI integrates with your business and simulating sophisticated attacks that target real-world vulnerabilities across the entire stack: APIs, plugins, data stores, users, and connected systems. We provide assurance far beyond basic "jailbreak" exercises.

Malicious actors don't just target the AI model in isolation; they exploit the entire interconnected system, and so do we. Arcanum AI Penetration Testing methodology
Methodology

Our seven-pillar assessment methodology.

Each engagement works the full kill-chain, from every input channel to lateral movement into adjacent SaaS, cloud, and on-prem assets.

System Input Identification

P1
  • User interfaces (UIs)
  • APIs and file uploads
  • Tool calls
  • Third-party integrations
  • Agent-to-agent communications
  • Micro-service channels
  • Injection-vector mapping

Ecosystem Attack Simulation

P2
  • Orchestration platforms
  • Model-hosting environments
  • Micro-services
  • Vector databases
  • Metadata stores
  • Logging pipelines
  • Third-party APIs & auxiliary services
  • Access-control assessment

Model Security Assessment

P3
  • Jailbreaks
  • Policy / safety-filter bypasses
  • Model versioning analysis
  • Parameter configurations & rate limits
  • Gradient exploits
  • Fine-tune extraction
  • Data poisoning risks
  • Model inversion & bias amplification

Prompt Engineering Exploitation

P4
  • Logic bombs
  • Context window stuffing
  • Hidden-channel abuse
  • Autonomous agent prompt poisoning
  • Guardrail bypass via crafted inputs
  • Arcanum Prompt Injection Taxonomy

Data Security & Integrity Analysis

P5
  • Data pipeline security
  • Training / embedding sets
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) sources
  • Data processing integrity

Application Security Testing

P6
  • SSRF, XSS, command execution
  • IDOR in chat UIs
  • OWASP Top 10 amplified by AI context
  • Function-calling abuse
  • Insecure output handling

Pivoting & Lateral Movement

P7
  • Chaining vulnerabilities from initial footholds
  • Privilege escalation
  • Lateral movement to SaaS, cloud, on-prem
  • Sensitive data theft
  • Production code commits
  • Demonstrated real business impact
Deep Expertise & Cutting-Edge Techniques

The essential assurance layer.

If your AI features touch sensitive data, customer trust, or revenue-critical workflows, Arcanum's AI Penetration Testing Service provides the assurance you need before and after launch.

A

Enterprise-Grade Experience

Hands-on experience assessing complex, enterprise-grade implementations where LLMs and custom AI models are deeply integrated with critical business systems like ERP and CRM, across diverse industries.

B

Research-Driven Custom Taxonomy

Developed from analyzing hundreds of papers, lectures, and case studies across security, academic AI, and the AI jailbreaking scene. Our proprietary Prompt Injection Taxonomy covers over 60 distinct Evasion Techniques & Classifier Bypass patterns.

C

Advanced Attack Simulation

Techniques often missed by standard scans, including dynamic evasion tactics, cross-model exploits, and mimicking Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) targeting AI supply chains. All testing runs against live staging or production-equivalent environments mirroring real user data flows.

Taxonomy & Protocol-Aware Testing

Latest vectors, future-focused.

Evasion & Classifier Bypass

60+ patterns
  • Variable Expansion Smuggling
  • ASCII / Unicode Over-Encoding & Manipulation
  • Invisible Unicode Manipulation
  • Chained Agents Exploitation ("Russian Doll Method")
  • Link Smuggling & Embedding
  • JavaScript Payloads ("Time-Bombs")
  • Plus many more

Emerging Standards & Architectures

Protocol-aware
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
  • Agent-to-Agent (A2A) & Multi-Agent Frameworks
  • Multi-modal AI systems (text, vision, audio)
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
  • Fine-tuned and custom-trained models
  • Autonomous systems
FAQ

Common questions.

How is this different from standard "AI red teaming"?

Standard AI red teaming often narrowly focuses on provoking undesirable outputs from the model itself. Arcanum takes a holistic, ecosystem-wide approach, scrutinizing every layer of your AI-enabled applications, from user inputs and data pipelines to the surrounding infrastructure and downstream business workflows. We replicate the full attack kill-chain rather than running basic jailbreak exercises.

What does the seven-pillar methodology cover?
  • System Input Identification
  • Ecosystem Attack Simulation
  • Model Security Assessment
  • Prompt Engineering Exploitation
  • Data Security and Integrity Analysis
  • Application Security Testing
  • Pivoting & Lateral Movement
What is the Arcanum Prompt Injection Taxonomy?

Our proprietary taxonomy was developed from analyzing hundreds of papers, lectures, and case studies across the security, academic AI, and AI jailbreaking scenes. It covers over 60 distinct Evasion Techniques and Classifier Bypass patterns, including Variable Expansion Smuggling, Invisible Unicode Manipulation, Chained Agents Exploitation, Link Smuggling, and JavaScript "Time-Bomb" payloads.

Which emerging AI architectures do you test?
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
  • Agent-to-Agent (A2A) interactions & Multi-Agent Frameworks
  • Multi-modal AI systems (text, vision, audio)
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
  • Fine-tuned and custom-trained models
  • Autonomous systems
Where is testing performed?

All testing is performed against live staging or production-equivalent environments mirroring real user data flows, so findings reflect how attackers would actually reach and exploit your systems.

Secure your AI advantage with Arcanum.

Ready to see how your AI stack stands up against real adversaries and fortify your AI deployments against tomorrow's threats?