Agent Security is a Systemic Issue
bradreaves2 · hn · 2026-07-18
This arXiv paper argues that Agent Security is a systemic issue that cannot be solved by point defenses alone. The core focus is on how agents are attacked during tool calls, permission boundaries, context passing, and external interactions, and why security design must encompass the model, orchestration layer, tool interfaces, and runtime environment together.
The paper's main argument is that agent failures aren't just about the "model failing alone," but rather multiple components within the entire workflow exposing risks. Therefore, protection must also be system-level.
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