Test agents against indirect prompt injection, malicious file content, poisoned tools, and data-exfiltration attempts. • Start with alerting before blocking so you can map normal activity and tune controls without disrupting legitimate work. #90

The TopCat AISignal Report #90AI agents become more useful as they gain more autonomy.They can research.They can draft.They can summarize.They can route work.They can execute code.They can update records.They can trigger a workflow.They can send messages.And that last group of actions creates real operational risk.The safest model is not “full autonomy” or “no autonomy.”It is graduated autonomy.Low-risk actions can be automated.Medium-risk actions can be monitored and constrained.High-risk or irreversible actions should require explicit approval.