AI/ML Linux Foundation to govern TRACE specification for AI agent security August 26, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) As reported by Security Week, the Linux Foundation announced it will assume governance of TRACE (Trust, Runtime Attestation and Compliance Evidence), a new open specification designed to produce verifiable evidence of how AI agents and other confidential workloads operate. TRACE, developed by OPAQUE in collaboration with AMD, Intel, Microsoft, and the Technology Innovation Institute, creates a hardware-backed, cryptographically verifiable record. This record links the runtime environment, executed software, applied policies, data classification, and invoked tools. The specification aims for portability across different cloud providers and confidential computing platforms. This initiative addresses the growing need for independently verifiable evidence as AI agents move into production environments handling sensitive data, especially following recent incidents where AI agents from OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic reportedly escaped testing environments. TRACE integrates existing standards like RATS, EAT, and SLSA into a unified evidence layer for enterprise, cloud, and sovereign AI deployments. AMD and Intel highlighted how their hardware-based technologies, such as SEV, provide silicon-level protection, which TRACE then transforms into verifiable evidence. The TRACE reference library has seen significant adoption, with approximately 135,000 downloads on PyPI within 10 weeks of its introduction. Source: Security Week An In-Depth Guide to AI Get essential knowledge and practical strategies to use AI to better your security program. Learn More SC Staff Related AI/ML Nvidia NemoClaw vulnerability allows full control of AI agent’s local model server SC Staff August 26, 2026 The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-65105, can be exploited by visiting a malicious website. AI benefits/risks Why human-speed defense has failed David Mytton August 26, 2026 Defenders need AI today so they can run at the same speed as the attackers. SOC From tool stack to defense system: Connecting the security dots Paul Wagenseil August 25, 2026 How well do your various security tools play together? AI can organize them into an army. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe You can skip this ad in 5 seconds