OWASP AI Exchange

What OWASP AI Exchange does

OWASP AI Exchange is a community-driven open-source initiative established in 2023 under the OWASP Foundation, a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, that produces a 300+ page comprehensive guide on securing AI systems. The platform organizes its content into structured sections covering AI security overview, general controls, input threats (evasion, prompt injection, sensitive data disclosure, model exfiltration), development-time threats (model poisoning, development data leaks), runtime conventional security threats, AI security testing, AI privacy, and references aligned with global standards. It also maintains a Periodic Table of AI Threats and Controls and documents open-source red-teaming tools for predictive and generative AI (ART, Garak, PyRIT, TextAttack, Foolbox, Armory).

The initiative functions as a global think tank connecting practitioners, researchers, industry, and policymakers, with direct collaboration and content alignment with SANS Institute, Cloud Security Alliance, ISO/IEC, CEN/CENELEC, NIST, MITRE, ENISA, the Alan Turing Institute, and the OWASP GenAI Security Project. Its primary differentiator is positioning as the closest publicly available alignment of global expert consensus on AI security, feeding into the EU AI Act and ISO standards through Standards Development Organization (SDO) partnerships. The co-publication of the Agentic AI Red Teaming Guide with CSA and the founder Rob van der Veer's active speaking presence at OWASP Global AppSec, DEF CON, and Black Hat USA reinforce its standards-influence position.

The business model is freemium and community-led: all core guidance is free and publicly available through the documentation site, a downloadable PDF, GitHub, Slack, and YouTube webinars, with revenue generated exclusively through corporate sponsorships that confer visibility, collaboration, and thought-leadership positioning. The team consists of approximately 14 people, with operations supported by sponsors including Straiker, Casco, and AI Security Academy. No traditional ownership, equity investors, or funding rounds exist; the project is sustained by volunteer contributors and sponsoring organizations.

Name

OWASP AI Exchange

Legal name

OWASP Foundation

Website

https://owaspai.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OWASP AI Exchange is a non-profit open-source initiative under the OWASP Foundation that publishes a free 300+ page guide on AI security, threat taxonomies, controls, testing, and privacy, serving practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and industry through community-driven standards collaboration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Security Guidance

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Information (51)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE), AI Privacy Engineering & Data Governance (PII, consent, retention) (HDAAAKAB), Model Security Testing & Red Teaming (adversarial ML, jailbreaks) (HDAAAKAC), Third-Party Model/Vendor Risk & Supply-Chain Assurance (HDAAAMAK), Responsible AI, AI Governance & Compliance Services (BPAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• AI security guidance
• AI threat taxonomy
• Open source cybersecurity
• AI red teaming
• AI privacy framework

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship: The organization accepts sponsorships from organizations seeking visibility and thought leadership positioning within the AI security community. Sponsors gain visibility, collaboration opportunities in developing global AI security guidelines, and thought leadership positioning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OWASP AI Exchange provides a free, open-source, 300+ page comprehensive guide to securing AI systems, representing global expert consensus on AI security threats, controls, risk analysis, testing methodologies, and privacy. The initiative functions as a global think tank connecting AI and cybersecurity practitioners, researchers, industry, and policymakers, and its guidance feeds directly into the AI Act and ISO standards through SDO partnerships.

Product overview

OWASP AI Exchange is a single unified open-source documentation platform providing free, constantly-evolving, comprehensive guidance on securing AI systems. The platform's sole offering is the AI Exchange guide itself, which covers AI security fundamentals including threats (prompt injection, evasion, model poisoning, data poisoning, model exfiltration, etc.), controls, risk analysis, AI security testing methodologies and tools, AI privacy principles, and references to global standards. The platform functions as a global think tank connecting practitioners, researchers, industry, and policymakers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OWASP AI Exchange Guide A free, open-source, 300+ page comprehensive guide to securing AI systems covering AI security fundamentals, threats (prompt injection, evasion, model poisoning, data poisoning, model exfiltration), controls, risk analysis, AI security testing methodologies and tools, AI privacy principles, and references. It is targeted at AI and cybersecurity practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and industry organizations and represents global expert consensus aligned with the AI Act and ISO standards.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• SANS InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration and alignment with SANS Institute for AI security guidance development. SANS provides industry expertise and training alignment with OWASP AI Exchange resources.
• Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with CSA on AI security standards. CSA published the Agentic AI Red Teaming Guide in collaboration with the AI Exchange.
• ISO/IECcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnique SDO partnership feeding directly into ISO standards development. The AI Exchange represents global expert consensus aligned with ISO/IEC AI security standards.
• CEN/CENELECcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with European standards bodies contributing to AI security standardization efforts in Europe.
• NISTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with NIST on AI security frameworks and risk management. OWASP AI Exchange maps to NIST AI publications and threat taxonomies.
• MITREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with MITRE on ATLAS framework alignment. The AI Exchange references MITRE ATLAS mitigations and techniques for AI security.
• ENISAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with ENISA on AI cybersecurity challenges and threat landscape documentation for European AI security.
• GenAI Security ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative under OWASP focusing on generative AI security including LLM Top 10, Agentic AI Top 10, and security solutions landscape.
• Alan Turing InstitutesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the UK's national institute for data science and AI on AI standards hub and security research.
• CosAIsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with CosAI on AI security initiatives and research.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cloud Security Alliance (CSA): Publishes AI-specific security guidance including the Agentic AI Red Teaming Guide jointly with OWASP AI Exchange. Directly comparable as a consortium producing consensus-driven AI/cloud security standards and frameworks.
• NIST AI Risk Management Framework: U.S. government framework for managing AI risks. OWASP AI Exchange maps its content directly to NIST AI publications, making it a peer in shaping practitioner interpretation of AI risk management guidance.
• OWASP GenAI Security Project: Sister OWASP initiative publishing the LLM Top 10, Agentic AI Top 10, and GenAI security solutions landscape. Directly comparable as an open-source AI security guidance community operating under the same OWASP Foundation and collaborating on joint deliverables.
• MITRE ATLAS: MITRE's adversarial threat landscape for AI systems, mapping adversary tactics, techniques, and mitigations. OWASP AI Exchange explicitly references MITRE ATLAS, making it a directly comparable adversary-focused AI security knowledge base.
• ENISA: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity that publishes AI threat landscape and cybersecurity guidance. Direct SDO partner with OWASP AI Exchange and a peer in producing authoritative AI security guidance for European practitioners and regulators.
• SANS Institute: Cybersecurity training and guidance organization that collaborates with OWASP AI Exchange on AI security content alignment. Comparable as a producer of authoritative practitioner-facing security guidance and training.
• ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42: ISO/IEC subcommittee on artificial intelligence that develops AI standards. OWASP AI Exchange feeds into ISO/IEC through its SDO partnership, making it a peer in shaping formal AI security standards.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Internet Security (CIS): Community-driven nonprofit producing cybersecurity benchmarks and controls. Comparable to OWASP AI Exchange as a consortium publishing consensus-based security guidance, though broader in scope beyond AI.
• OWASP Foundation: Parent non-profit foundation hosting OWASP AI Exchange along with flagship projects like the OWASP Top 10. Comparable as the broader open-source community producing consensus-driven application security guidance under the same umbrella.

Emerging players

• AI Security Institute (UK): UK government-backed institute evaluating AI cybersecurity risks. Overlaps with OWASP AI Exchange as a producer of authoritative AI security evaluations and guidance, though more narrowly focused on frontier-model evaluations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@OWASP_Unofficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/owasp-ai-exchange

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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