Safety & Guardrails
Secure agents against prompt injection and autonomous disasters. Part of the free AI Agents Academy — every lesson below is open to everyone, no signup required.
// LESSONS IN THIS MODULE
- 01The Threat space10 min · 90 XP
The Lethal Trifecta Agents introduce unique security risks because they combine three things: Autonomy: They execute code over long periods without su...
- 02Defense in Depth12 min · 100 XP
Securing the Loop You cannot rely on the LLM's built-in safety alone. You must build defenses into the orchestrator: Sandboxing: Run all agent code in...
- 03Red Teaming & Adversarial Testing12 min · 100 XP
Breaking Your Own Agent Before Attackers Do Red teaming means systematically trying to make your agent fail, produce harmful outputs, or leak sensitiv...
- 04Permissions & Access Control10 min · 90 XP
Least Privilege for Autonomy The principle of Least Privilege is the single most important security concept for agents. An agent should have access to...