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In the Mythos Age, 90% of Your Security Budget Protects the Wrong Layer
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Fusion42 · 29 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Traditional security models focusing on infrastructure are now obsolete as autonomous AI agents have shifted the primary risk to the prompt and agentic layer. The article argues for a new category, AI-native application protection (AINAPP), to govern the agentic lifecycle from prompt to runtime.
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The security battleground has moved from infrastructure to the prompt, creating a new product category. If you sell security, your customers' biggest risk is now invisible to your tools.
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