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Application security

Unwrap the risks in your code.

Secure defaults, dependency hygiene, API authorization, and software supply chains.

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THE STARTING POINT

Three things to get right.

  1. Authorize every sensitive operation on the server.
  2. Validate model output before passing it into code or tools.
  3. Review dependencies and remove secrets from source and build output.

TRY THIS IN THE LAB

A question worth testing.

Review a toy AI-enabled API. Follow one request from authentication through data access and tool execution, checking authorization at every step.

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Leave a useful trail.

Write down your starting assumptions, scope, expected behavior, observed behavior, and evidence. A successful test should explain what happened and which question to investigate next.

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