This document outlines core security principles that all ATF implementations should follow.
No single security control should be relied upon. Implement multiple layers:
- Network security (segmentation)
- Application security (input validation)
- Data security (encryption)
- Operational security (monitoring)
Every agent should have the minimum permissions required:
- Start with zero permissions
- Add only what's necessary
- Time-bound access when possible
- Regular permission audits
Never trust, always verify:
- Verify every request
- Assume breach mindset
- Continuous validation
- No implicit trust zones
When something goes wrong, fail safely:
- Deny by default
- Graceful degradation
- Automatic containment
- Preserve audit trails
- Use established algorithms (AES-256, RSA-2048 minimum)
- Never roll your own crypto
- Secure random number generation
- Regular key rotation
- Never hardcode credentials
- Use secure key storage (HSM when possible)
- Implement secret rotation
- Audit secret access
- Log all security events
- Protect logs from tampering
- Retain logs per compliance requirements
- Alert on anomalies
- Pre-defined response procedures
- Clear escalation paths
- Regular drills
- Post-incident reviews
- Cryptographically strong identities
- Regular credential rotation
- Multi-factor authentication where possible
- Identity lifecycle management
- Baseline before monitoring
- Statistical and rule-based detection
- Low false positive rates
- Automated response capabilities
- Input validation is mandatory
- Output filtering for compliance
- Data classification
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Network isolation
- API rate limiting
- Resource quotas
- Time-based restrictions
- Sub-second kill switch
- State preservation for forensics
- Automated containment
- Recovery procedures
While ATF doesn't mandate specific compliance frameworks, consider:
- EU AI Act for AI regulation
- ISO 42001 for AI management systems
- GDPR for data protection
- HIPAA for healthcare data
- PCI DSS for payment data
- SOC 2 for service providers
ATF implementations should protect against:
- Prompt injection attacks
- Data poisoning
- Model theft
- Denial of service
- Lateral movement
- Data exfiltration
All ATF implementations should undergo:
- Code security review
- Penetration testing
- Compliance audit
- Regular vulnerability assessments
If you discover a security vulnerability in an ATF implementation:
- Do not publicly disclose without coordination
- Contact the implementation maintainer
- Allow reasonable time for fixes
- Coordinate disclosure timing
- OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
- OWASP AISVS
- CSA MAESTRO
- MITRE ATLAS Framework
- CoSAI
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Remember: Security is not a feature, it's a requirement. Build it in from the start.