We tell customers three things about securing AI agents: they need their own identities, access that fits the job they’re given, and traceability that’s separate from any human’s. That was true for us at Token as well. Then, we built an agent that broke all three by default.
We Built An Agent That Broke All of Our Security Rules. Here's What We Learned.
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