Risk Assessment
Identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential threats to ensure safe and reliable AI agent operations
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The first step in risk assessment is systematically identifying potential threats. For each agent, consider what data it accesses, what actions it can take, and how it could fail or be exploited.
Identification Framework
1. Map Actions
List all actions the agent can perform
2. Identify Assets
What data and systems does it access?
3. Find Threats
How could each action go wrong?
4. Document
Record each identified risk clearly
Interactive: Threat Identification Exercise
Analyze real agent scenarios and identify potential threats:
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Email Assistant Agent
Agent reads emails and drafts responses on behalf of user
Identify Threats (Click to reveal)
Common Pitfalls
- • Focusing only on obvious risks
- • Ignoring edge cases
- • Not considering malicious inputs
- • Overlooking cascading failures
Best Practices
- • Involve diverse stakeholders
- • Use threat modeling frameworks
- • Document everything clearly
- • Review regularly as agents evolve
When identifying risks, adopt an adversarial mindset. How would someone try to exploit your agent? What could go wrong in the worst case? This approach helps uncover threats you might miss with optimistic thinking.