AI Security Business Briefing

Published in 2026 by Masonsoft Technology Ltd, AI Security for Business Leaders is an independent editorial interpretation of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025, produced for business leaders who need to understand AI-specific security risks without a technical background. It explains each of the ten OWASP risk categories in terms that are actionable at the governance level rather than the engineering level. The briefing opens with a historical parallel between the current AI adoption wave and the early internet era, noting that security practices lagged behind adoption and organisations learned the consequences through incidents rather than preparation. It briefly explains the structural properties of large language models that make them distinct from traditional software security concerns. The ten risk categories covered include prompt injection, sensitive information disclosure, supply chain risk, data and model poisoning, improper output handling, excessive agency, system prompt leakage, weaknesses in retrieval-augmented generation systems, AI-generated misinformation, and unbounded consumption. Each category is explained in plain language with a business-relevant account of its implications and a concrete illustrative scenario. The paper concludes with a set of governance questions for leaders to apply to their own AI deployments and a practical action checklist of minimum controls.