Driven Tech joins Linux Foundation's Open Secure AI Alliance, submits RFC

What Driven Tech announced

Driven Tech said on Oct. 9, 2026 that it has been accepted into the Open Secure AI Alliance, which the company describes as a Linux Foundation initiative focused on advancing open, collaborative security for the AI era. As part of its participation, Driven submitted an RFC to the Alliance, drawing on what it calls practical guidance and operational experience from helping enterprises govern, secure and deploy AI-enabled systems.

According to the announcement, the Alliance brings together organizations working to strengthen security across the AI ecosystem. The areas it covers include models, agents, applications, identity, governance, policy enforcement, testing, containment, recovery and defensive architectures.

Focus of the RFC

Driven says its RFC concentrates on securing agentic systems, AI workflows and emerging autonomous technologies. The emphasis is on governance, visibility, identity, control and risk management.

The company also links its OSAA involvement to its Pervasive Security strategy, which it says embeds security across identities, applications, data, infrastructure and AI environments. Through the Alliance, Driven plans to contribute expertise in several areas:

• AI governance
• Agent security
• Security operations
• Threat validation
• Enterprise AI risk management

Company statements

Sanjeev Pant, CIO at Driven Tech, said: "AI is rapidly becoming the operating system of the modern enterprise, and security has to evolve just as quickly." He added that participation gives the company a chance to collaborate on open standards, shared security patterns and defensible architectures for AI, and that the RFC reflects a focus on turning AI security "from theory into practical, repeatable, and measurable outcomes."

Jeff Ridge, CISO at Driven Tech, said: "AI is creating entirely new attack surfaces, risks, and governance challenges." According to Ridge, the Alliance lets the company contribute real-world operational experience while helping advance practical approaches that can benefit the broader industry.

Driven describes itself as a Security- and AI-first technology integrator specializing in Pervasive Security, Applied Intelligence and AI-Driven Digital Foundations. It offers advisory, professional and managed services across cybersecurity, cloud, networking, data and AI.

What it means

The announcement shows a services provider seeking a voice in open, shared work on AI security rather than relying only on proprietary approaches. Driven says its participation reflects a belief that securing AI will require collaboration across technology providers, practitioners, researchers and enterprises.

The release does not say how the RFC will be reviewed or whether it will be adopted by the Alliance. For enterprises deploying AI agents and autonomous workflows, the RFC's focus on governance, identity and control points to the areas where Driven expects security guidance to be needed.