Ken Huang
Foremost AI security thought leader — author of 16 books, co-creator of MAESTRO, and researcher behind Agent Name Service (ANS).
What it does
One of the foremost thought leaders in AI security. Author of 16 books on generative and agentic AI security. Co-creator of the CSA MAESTRO framework and the MAESTRO Sentinel threat modelling tool. Researcher behind the award-winning Agent Name Service (ANS) paper. Also creator of the ZeroTrustAgent reference implementation.
Security relevance
Ken's work spans the full breadth of AI security — from foundational frameworks (MAESTRO) to practical tools (MAESTRO Sentinel, ZeroTrustAgent) to cutting-edge research (ANS). His publications at distributedapps.ai cover agentic AI security, multi-agent systems, and zero-trust architectures for autonomous agents.
When to use it
Follow on Substack for ongoing AI security research and insights. Reference his publications when building security architectures for agentic AI systems. His books provide comprehensive coverage for teams building AI security programmes from scratch.
OWASP coverage
Risks addressed — mapped to both OWASP Top 10 standards. 3 in LLM, 4 in Agentic.
The raw record
What Yuntona stores. Single source of truth — fork it on GitHub.
name: Ken Huang slug: ken-huang type: Mixed category: Education & Research url: https://kenhuangus.substack.com reviewed: 2026-04 added: 2026-04 updated: 2026-04 risks: llm: [LLM01, LLM07, LLM08] asi: [ASI02, ASI03, ASI07, ASI10] complexity: Plug & Play pricing: — audience: All lifecycle: [scope] tags: [Agentic, Author, Research, Thought Leader]