AI Excessive Agency Testing

Testing whether your AI can do more than it should, an OWASP LLM Top 10 risk.

What is AI Excessive Agency Testing?

Excessive agency is when an AI has more capability, permission or autonomy than its task requires, so that a manipulation turns into real damage. Testing checks what your AI could be made to do beyond its intended remit.

Why it matters

The more an AI can do on its own, the worse a successful attack becomes. Excessive agency turns a prompt-injection nuisance into unauthorised transactions, deletions or system changes.

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How Solusec tests it

We map what your AI is actually permitted to do, then attempt to push it beyond its intended scope, and recommend tighter permissions, confirmation steps and least-privilege design.

AI testing, led by a human

Solusec is one of the first firms worldwide accredited under CREST's AI-Enabled Penetration Testing standard, so our use of AI is independently assured: responsible, transparent and always human-led. You get faster, broader testing, your data stays out of public AI tools, and every finding is validated by a qualified tester. Read about the accreditation.

What you get

You get a clear, prioritised report mapped to business risk, a walkthrough of every finding with practical fixes your developers can action, and a free retest once you have remediated. No scanner dump, no jargon, no sales team: you deal directly with the tester.

Common questions

What does excessive agency look like?

An AI that can delete records, send messages or make purchases when its task only needed read access, for example.

How is it fixed?

By constraining functionality, permissions and autonomy to the minimum needed, and adding human approval for high-impact actions.

How quickly can testing start?

After a short, free scoping call we give a fixed price and a start date, often within days.

Is your AI use safe and independently assured?

Yes. Solusec holds CREST's AI-Enabled Penetration Testing accreditation, which independently assures that our AI use is responsible, secure and human-led.

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