Microsoft admits 'frontier models can't be trusted', unveils new security tools to treat AI agents as…
- Microsoft unveils Guardian Agents to monitor, constrain, and manage risks posed by autonomous AI agents
- New controls dynamically adjust agent permissions, behavior, and access based on changing risk levels
- Company warns “agentic insiders” require continuous AI-driven oversight beyond traditional security controls
AI fans, your vocabulary is about to become two phrases richer: Agentic Insider, and Guardian Agent. These are the two phrases Microsoft used while announcing a swathe of new tools and features to help businesses secure their operations running AI agents.
A new Microsoft blog, published by Microsoft's Corporate VP for Identity and Network Access, Nadim Abdo, argues that agents, while not inherently malicious, can make mistakes or be manipulated and compromised.
Since they need to be granted relatively extensive permissions in order to be able to work properly, it creates the sort of risk that can prove disastrous if not properly handled.
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Abdo also added...
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