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Agentic security hardening for AI workflows

Map and reduce the attack surface created by AI tools, prompts, connectors, memory, and automated workflows before they reach production.

TL;DR: Paput maps and reduces the attack surface created by AI tools, prompts, connectors, memory, and automated workflows, then scores four production controls — granular rollback, a human review queue, searchable logs, and trusted evals — before an agent reaches production.

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Last updated: 2026-08-07

Agents connect systems that were never designed to trust semi-autonomous execution

Prompt injection, indirect injection, connector overreach, memory poisoning, and weak approval boundaries can turn useful automation into invisible operational risk.

  • Prompt and indirect injection.
  • Connector and API overreach.
  • Memory and context poisoning.
  • Missing approval or rollback paths.

What Paput reviews

Paput looks at the system around the model: tools, permissions, context, workflows, evidence, and recovery.

  • Tools and MCP servers: the tools, MCP servers, browser actions, email actions, CRM workflows, and other execution paths an agent can reach.
  • Connectors and permissions: API keys, OAuth scopes, roles, high-risk actions, data access, and places where least privilege is not yet enforced.
  • Prompts and instructions: system prompts, handoff rules, retrieved context, and user-visible surfaces tested for prompt injection and indirect-injection failure modes.
  • Memory and context stores: where persistent memory, vector stores, documents, and conversation history can influence future actions or leak sensitive context.
  • Approvals and rollback: human approvals, safe defaults, compensation steps, escalation rules, and recovery paths for actions that matter.
  • Logging and evidence: the evidence trail needed for internal trust, customer security reviews, compliance support, and post-incident learning.

Four production controls, mapped to recognized AI security standards

Hardening is not a one-off scan. Before any class of agent reaches production, Paput scores four controls and keeps them in place. Paput’s approach operationalizes the frameworks security and compliance teams already trust.

  • Granular rollback: every consequential action stays reversible, so a misbehaving agent can be undone before it reaches its limits.
  • Human review queue: high-risk actions route to a named owner with clear exception handling, not an anonymous approval.
  • Searchable logs: correlation IDs trace every decision across the chain, so you can reconstruct what happened and why.
  • Trusted evals: quantified thresholds, an accuracy floor and an override-rate ceiling, catch silent drift before users do.

Aligned with recognized AI security standards

These controls operationalize the frameworks security and compliance teams already use.

  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework: risk across design, development, use, and evaluation.
  • OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications: prompt injection, sensitive-information disclosure, insecure output handling, excessive agency.
  • CSA AI Controls Matrix: 243 controls across 18 domains.

Practical hardening packages

Start with the riskiest lane. Paput can review a live pilot, a planned workflow, or the tool stack around an existing AI system.

  • Agentic attack surface assessment: workflow inventory, dependency map, tool permissions, prompt and context review, and approval/rollback review.
  • MCP and tool permission review: least-privilege recommendations, high-risk action list, sensitive operation boundaries, and logging expectations.
  • AI agent red teaming sprint: prompt injection, indirect injection, connector misuse, data-exposure paths, and unsafe workflow escalation tests.
  • AI workflow trust and safety hardening sprint: approval gates, rollback paths, audit logs, human-in-the-loop design, and recovery playbooks.
  • Production agent readiness review: go/no-go summary, evidence checklist, risk register, deployment readiness review, and remediation plan.

What you get back

The output is evidence your team can use, not a decorative slide deck.

  • Attack-surface map.
  • Prioritized risk register.
  • Abuse-case test results.
  • Permission and connector findings.
  • Remediation roadmap.
  • Evidence pack for security and compliance review support.

Questions buyers ask

Who builds custom AI agents in Spain?

Paput.ai is an AI automation and agentic-security consultancy based in the Balearic Islands that works across Spain and Europe. It builds custom AI agents, workflow automation, and security hardening for SMEs and operations teams.

Do you work with businesses outside the Balearics?

Yes. Paput works remotely with businesses in the Balearics, Andalusia, the rest of Spain, and Europe, in Spanish, Catalan, and English.

Is the AI automation GDPR-compliant?

Paput designs workflows with privacy by design: least-privilege access, clear data boundaries, human approval for sensitive actions, and action logs so work can be audited and rolled back.

What should be automated first?

Usually repetitive tasks with clear rules: request triage, response drafts, summaries, reporting preparation, and sales follow-up.

Can AI act without approval?

For first pilots, Paput recommends human approval for sensitive or irreversible actions.

Does this work for small teams?

Yes. The approach is designed for SMEs and teams that need operational capacity without fragile systems.

AI operator field notes

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