--- title: CISO Guide | Penetration Testing for LLMs description: Understand the process, key business drivers, and benefits of Penetration Testing for Large Language Models (LLMs) strategies to mitigate emerging LLM threats. --- [![fingerprint_640db350](https://downloads.breachlock.com/hubfs/Breachlock%20Feb%20Assets/Images/fingerprint_640db350.svg)](https://www.breachlock.com/) [![logo](https://downloads.breachlock.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Breachlock%20Feb%20Assets/Images/logo.png?width=460&height=71&name=logo.png)](https://www.breachlock.com/) - [Pentesting Services](https://www.breachlock.com/products/pentesting-services/) - [Platform](https://www.breachlock.com/products/breachlock-platform) - Solutions - [Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)](https://www.breachlock.com/products/ptaas) - [Attack Surface Management (ASM)](https://www.breachlock.com/products/attack-surface-management) - [Red Team as a Service (RTaaS)](https://www.breachlock.com/products/red-teaming-as-a-service) - [Penetration Testing Services](https://www.breachlock.com/penetration-testing-service/) - [Continuous Penetration Testing](https://www.breachlock.com/products/continuous-penetration-testing/) - [Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)](https://www.breachlock.com/products/adversarial-exposure-validation/) - Pricing - [Penetration Testing](https://www.breachlock.com/pricing/penetration-testing-pricing/) - [ASM](https://www.breachlock.com/pricing/asm-pricing/) - Resources - [Blogs](https://www.breachlock.com/resources/blog) - [Webcast](https://webcast.breachlock.com/) - [Reports](https://downloads.breachlock.com/) - [Demos](https://demo.breachlock.com/) - [Press](https://www.breachlock.com/resources/news-press/) - [![](https://40150230.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/40150230/BrechLock/Images/call.png)](tel:+19177790009) # CISO Guide # Penetration Testing for Large Language Models (LLMs)   Penetration Testing for LLM-Enabled Applications, LLMs as a Service (LLMaaS), Custom and Pre-Trained Models, and Edge and On-Prem LLMs. ![CISO Guide Pentesting LLMs Hero BreachLock](https://downloads.breachlock.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CISO%20Guide%20Pentesting%20LLMs%20Hero%20BreachLock.png?width=466&height=466&name=CISO%20Guide%20Pentesting%20LLMs%20Hero%20BreachLock.png) ## A guide for CISOs that highlights: - **Gen AI & LLMs:** As AI continues to integrate into industries ranging from customer service to software development, LLMs, a subset of Gen AI that power applications like chatbots and content generation tools, are seeing widespread adoption. 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