OWASP LLM TOP 10 ALIGNED

Ship AI features—minus the backdoors

Guard prompts, tools, and outputs using controls mapped to OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025) so product and security speak the same language.

Who it's for: AI Platform Leads · Product Engineers · Security Architects

What we defend

Prompt injection

Isolate untrusted input; sanitize and constrain.

Output injection

Enforce schemas and validate outputs before they reach sinks.

Tool/agent abuse

Allowlist tools with scoped permissions and rate limits.

Risky retrieval

Restrict external sources; redact secrets/PII.

Auditability

Log prompts, tool usage, policy hits for incident review.

BEFORE / AFTER

Tool-call controls (JS pseudocode)

UNSAFE TOOL CALLS

Tool/agent abuse protection

Transform unrestricted agent access into policy-gated, validated tool usage.

Before
// BEFORE: any tool, any time
const result = agent.run(userInput);
After
// AFTER: policy-gated tools + output schema
const result = agent.run(
  sanitize(userInput),
  { tools: allowlist(['search','db-read']),
    outputSchema: invoiceSchema,
    rateLimit: 'per-user' }
);

How it works

1

Define

Define policies as code (prompt isolation, output schemas, tool scopes).

2

Scan

Scan LLM flows in code and CI to detect missing controls.

3

Enforce

Enforce at runtime with guard middleware and checks.

4

Report

Report policy events for audits and post-mortems.

Why it matters (proof)

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OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025)

Codifies concrete classes of AI risks and mitigations → guardrails aren't optional for production AI.

Veracode/IBM context

Long remediation cycles and high breach costs make prevention and fast fixes the winning strategy.

FAQs

Do we need a specific LLM vendor?

No—controls are model-agnostic.

Will this slow responses?

Policies are lightweight; apply where risk warrants (e.g., tool-enabled steps).

Can we roll our own rules?

Yes—policies are editable in-repo.