CyCraft named sole Pace Setter in Gartner AI application security report

Taipei, Taiwan - The AI-native cybersecurity firm CyCraft Technology has been designated as a Pace Setter in Gartner's latest Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security, published on September 16, 2026. This marks the sole achievement of CyCraft, the only vendor in the Pace Setters quadrant and the first from Asia to be recognized.

XecGuard by CyCraft offers a suite of modules adaptable to enterprise needs, encompassing General Prompt Attack Protection, System Prompt Enforcement, and Harmful Content Protection. As AI agents assume greater responsibilities - from email reading to system configuration changes - attackers are employing AI to probe applications, adapt to refusals, and identify vulnerabilities. Prompt injection, sensitive data exposure, and permission exceedances are no longer rare occurrences but routine incidents.

Dr. Benson Wu, CyCraft's CEO and Co-Founder, emphasized that every AI decision must be testable before deployment, interceptable in production, and traceable post-launch. CyCraft's XecART AI Red Teaming Security Assessment and XecGuard real-time guardrail are designed to meet these requirements. XecART conducts multi-round adaptive attacks mirroring real adversaries, providing resilience reports aligned with international standards.

XecGuard, on the other hand, operates based on each enterprise's unique security context, monitoring prompt and response intent for malicious or abnormal activities.

Both products leverage CyCraft's expertise in Chinese and Japanese, as well as regional threat intelligence, enabling detection of attack patterns that generic models often overlook. CyCraft has also received three international recognitions in 2026, including inclusion in the OWASP AI Security Solutions Landscape and designation as a Sample Provider in the Gartner report on AI Vendor Race.