OWASP Agentic Top 10: Agent Security as Architecture Problem

Security-Led Architecture for Enterprise Applications explores how enterprise architects can embed application security as a first-class concern rather than a downstream control. Enterprise architecture traditionally spans four domains, business, data, application, and technology, each essential for aligning IT capabilities with organizational goals. In large-scale organizations, however, these domains are often owned by separate teams operating in silos. While this may accelerate localized decision-making, it frequently results in inconsistent security controls (Ref: OWASP TOP 10), fragmented risk ownership, and an expanding attack surface across enterprise applications. From an application security perspective, the absence of shared guardrails leads to duplicated tooling, insecure integration patterns (OWASP A01-A04), unmanaged third-party dependencies (OWASP A03), and uneven adoption of secure development practices (OWASP A07-A10). Security becomes reactive, addressed during audits or incidents rather than preventative and architectural by design (OWASP A06). This session introduces a security-led architectural framework that positions application security as a cross-cutting concern across all four architecture domains. The framework aligns security objectives with business risk, embeds security requirements into application and data architecture decisions, and enforces consistent controls through standardized technology patterns. Most importantly, it integrates security into every phase of the software development lifecycle, assessment, procurement, design, implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Please join us on March 19th for an engaging and interactive session where we’ll explore how enterprise architects can become true force multipliers for security. Together, we’ll discuss how defining clear reference architectures, reusable security patterns, and practical decision guardrails can help teams build securely and confidently at scale. I look forward to sharing insights, learning from your experiences, and having a great conversation with the OWASP community. Come join us: https://lnkd.in/gEphJi-J

"The most dangerous assumption in tech isn't that a hacker will find a hole. It's the assumption that your architecture is 'safe by default.' Pragmatic security isn't about building a thicker wall; it’s about assuming the wall is already breached and ensuring the blast radius is contained. When was the last time you stress-tested your system's assumptions, not just its code?"

"The most dangerous assumption in tech isn't that a hacker will find a hole. It's the assumption that your architecture is 'safe by default.' Pragmatic security isn't about building a thicker wall; it’s about assuming the wall is already breached and ensuring the blast radius is contained. When was the last time you stress-tested your system's assumptions, not just its code?"

Gerhard Mohr we’ve been talking about the impact of agentic systems on security. To quote the article “NIST’s Zero Trust Architecture (SP 800-207) explicitly states that “all subjects — including applications and non-human entities — are considered untrusted until authenticated and authorized.” https://flip.it/.memo_

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The registration for the third episode of the SDC Security Series is now live: https://lnkd.in/g4RbHEWp In this upcoming session, we’ll continue the momentum built from the earlier episodes by diving deeper into security considerations for SDCs as they design, build, and operate AI-powered applications and agents. The discussion will focus on emerging risks in the agentic era, architectural best practices, and actionable guidance that partners can apply directly in real-world scenarios.

The Architecture Shortcut A project team once bypassed part of the security architecture review to meet a launch deadline. “It’s just internal traffic,” they said. Months later, the same trust boundary became the pivot point during a penetration test. The vulnerability wasn’t technical — It was an architectural assumption. #SecurityArchitecture #SecureByDesign

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