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AI SKILLS · Security

Secure AI applications & agents

Review how untrusted input, tools, and permissions can affect an AI application.

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Why this skill matters

An assistant with access to business systems needs carefully bounded authority.

What to learn

  • Identify prompt-injection boundaries
  • Restrict tool permissions
  • Test sensitive-data exposure in a sandbox

Before you begin

Application security fundamentals

PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Build a work sample

Threat-model a fictional internal assistant. Test malicious document instructions with dummy data and record defenses.

Evidence of progress

A threat model, safe test cases, and a least-privilege tool policy.

This exercise is an original ToolGrail suggestion. Use public, synthetic, or approved data.

LEARNING RESOURCE

GenAI application security resources

OWASP · Resource checked 2026-11-04

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This may be documentation, a framework, or a training path. Product access, accounts, or paid licenses may be needed for hands-on exercises.

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