21 Aug 2026

CREST, the international non-profit representing the global cybersecurity industry, announces the launch of its Security Testing of AI standard and accreditation. The new standard for cybersecurity service providers establishes independently assessable requirements for testing Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM)-enabled systems.

AI systems are moving rapidly from experimentation into real-world deployment, with AI becoming embedded within organisations’ applications, workflows, products and business processes. But up until now, buyers have had no way to know whether the cybersecurity providers testing their AI systems actually have the capability to do so.