AI is reshaping the oil and gas industry — from geological modeling and drilling optimization to pipeline monitoring, predictive maintenance, and commodity trading. But these mission-critical use cases also carry high risks:
- Leakage of exploration data, production volumes, or trading strategies
- Prompt injections or manipulations targeting field copilots, trading bots, or monitoring systems
- AI-driven errors leading to safety incidents, environmental damage, or downtime
- Lack of visibility into how AI decisions affect compliance, ESG obligations, and operational risk
Our AI runtime security solutions secure the Oil & Gas vertical with Red Team to validate, Guardrails to protect, and inbuilt Observability to govern AI deployments.
Red Team: Validate AI Before Operational Exposure
F5 AI Red Team, previously named Inference Red-Team, proactively stress-tests AI systems in exploration, production, and trading before adversaries can exploit them.
- Agentic Resistance: Multi-turn adversarial campaigns simulating insiders, cybercriminals, or geopolitical actors targeting operational AI.
- Signature & Operational Attacks: 50,000+ evolving exploits surface vulnerabilities in drilling copilots, logistics systems, and commodity trading assistants.
- Industry-Specific Testing: Validates AI in safety-critical environments where uptime and regulatory adherence are non-negotiable.
Outcome for Oil & Gas Leaders: Trusted AI systems hardened against real-world adversaries, protecting both assets and compliance.
Guardrails: Real-Time Protection for Field & Trading AI
Once deployed, AI Guardrails, previously named Inference Defend, secures AI copilots and assistants used across oilfields, refineries, and trading desks.
- Data Protection: Blocks exposure of seismic surveys, production volumes, and trading positions.
- Stop Adversarial Exploits: Detects and prevents prompt injections or manipulations in drilling optimization or market forecasting tools.
- Adaptive Policies: Tailor protections to industry-specific compliance frameworks (e.g., OSHA, EPA, CFTC, GDPR).
Outcome for Oil & Gas Leaders: Safe, resilient AI applications that keep operations efficient, compliant, and profitable.
Comprehensive AI Security for Oil & Gas
With Red Team, Guardrails, and inbuilt Observability, oil and gas enterprises gain:
- IP & Data Security: Protects seismic data, production forecasts, and trading intelligence.
- Operational Resilience: Hardens AI against adversarial threats that could disrupt safety or uptime.
- Regulatory Compliance: Simplifies adherence to global safety, environmental, and trading standards.
- Trusted Innovation: Enables secure adoption of AI for exploration, production, and energy transition initiatives.
AI Security Available as SaaS Point Solutions
AI Red-Team and AI Guardrails can be deployed individually as point solutions or together as a unified platform. This flexibility allows oil and gas enterprises to secure AI-powered operations across exploration, production, and trading while meeting strict regulatory and safety requirements.
The Bottom Line
Our suite of AI runtime security solutions secures the Oil & Gas vertical by validating, protecting, and governing AI across exploration, production, and trading — empowering enterprises to innovate responsibly while safeguarding data, safety, and compliance.
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