How Matika established a lean security routine after 'Black October 2026' to reliably protect web servers, interfaces, and autonomous AI agents with a Human-in-the-Loop.
The 'Black October' of 2026 demonstrated the rapid pace of modern cyberattacks: within hours of critical PHP vulnerabilities and leaked API keys being published, automated attacks were launched on web servers and corporate networks worldwide. Simultaneously, productive AI agents with access to email, CRM, and cloud storage create new attack vectors for prompt injections and unnoticed data exfiltration.
To effectively counter this changed threat landscape, Matika has established a structured security routine. The foundation: a specialised AI agent takes over the time-intensive legwork as a reviewer with strict read-only rights, while every change, approval, and configuration adjustment is mandatorily performed by a human (Human-in-the-Loop).
External prompts, automations, and agent skills are analysed in an isolated sandbox without system access before productive use, checking for hidden commands, data exfiltration, and security risks.
An auditing agent checks devices, accounts, and connectors against immutable guardrails: no changes, no external sending, no plain-text credentials. The result is a traffic-light report with the top five immediate actions.
Primary email inboxes, password managers, cloud consoles, and AI accounts with billing data are exclusively switched to FIDO2 passkeys or app-based 2FA. Old sessions and orphaned guest accesses are cleaned up.
Ongoing 14-day comparison of known vulnerabilities with your own web and server infrastructure (PHP versions, HTTP security headers, WAF filtering), including direct coordination with hosts and agencies.
Automatic, encrypted, and immutable offsite backups, whose practical restoration is tested quarterly in isolated dry runs.
By shifting from reactive emergency measures to a standardised routine, IT security becomes calculable and manageable for SMEs:
- Complete Overview: A central inventory of all websites, servers, team accounts, and active AI agents in one place. - Clear Action Priority: The traffic-light report condenses the background noise of hundreds of logs into the five most urgent levers for risk minimisation. - Protection Against Prompt Injection: Agents operate on the least-privilege principle with defined boundaries – data exfiltration is effectively prevented. - Predictability Over Crisis Mode: Security reviews run quarterly according to a fixed protocol, instead of reacting frantically only after a security incident.
We will walk through the security routine with you and show concretely where the biggest attack surfaces lie for your websites, team accounts, and AI agents.
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