{"id":23971,"date":"2026-06-04T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=23971"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:12:10","slug":"microsoft-ciso-advice-securing-ai-with-full-stack-red-teaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/microsoft-ciso-advice-securing-ai-with-full-stack-red-teaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CISO advice: Securing AI with full stack red teaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Microsoft, we approach security for AI systems holistically using a full stack red teaming that<strong> <\/strong>goes beyond just testing an AI model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corporate Vice President of red teaming at Microsoft Craig Nelson describes what he looks for with this method, \u201cI&#8217;m interested in the model, but I&#8217;m also interested in how that model connects with underlying additional data. And then how that model also executes automation from the back end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this video, Nelson explains why securing AI requires more than testing the model alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68MmP084rXA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Watch this video to see Craig Nelson describe how Microsoft approaches full stack red teaming. (For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68MmP084rXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68MmP084rXA<\/a>.)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0392459 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2025\/07\/Key-takeaways-badge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19493\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:75px;height:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2025\/07\/Key-takeaways-badge.png 190w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2025\/07\/Key-takeaways-badge-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-xl-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-24);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-24)\">Key takeaways<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you apply full stack red teaming to AI, here are some key questions to answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">How are AI models connecting to data sources?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">What backend automation do we allow AI to execute?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">What security credentials do we require?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Do we have logs you need to understand how the model works with our backend infrastructure?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0392459 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2025\/07\/Try-it-out-badge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19492\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:75px;height:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/uploads\/prod\/2025\/07\/Try-it-out-badge.png 190w, 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