Agent Security is a Systems Problem
Position paper argues AI agent security requires systems-level enforcement—treating the LLM as untrusted—rather than relying on model alignment alone, echoing classic least-privilege principles.
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arXiv:2605.18991v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We take the position that agent security must be approached as a systems problem: the AI model powering the agent must be treated as an untrusted component, and security invariants must be enforced at the system level. Through this lens, efforts to increase model robustness (the dominant viewpoint in the community) are insufficient on their own. Instead, we must complement existing efforts with techniques from the systems security domain. Base
Editorial Analysis
As enterprises adopt AI agents, applying zero-trust and least-privilege principles at the orchestration layer is essential to prevent model-level failures from cascading into full-system compromises.
Architect AI agent deployments with system-level security boundaries, treating the model as an untrusted component within a hardened orchestration framework.
AI agents should be secured like any untrusted software component—with system-level controls—not by trusting the AI model's built-in safety.
Forward-looking interpretation drafted by editorial AI under human review — not a reproduction of the source. See methodology.
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