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Ridge Security · July 16, 2025 · By Oliver Xu
Defending the Next Frontier of AI Infrastructure Threats — MCP Security
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Bounded Autonomy for Offensive Security Agents
How scope, authorization, intervention, and auditability can be treated as system properties rather than operator reminders.
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Evidence-Driven Evaluation of Agentic Penetration Testing Systems
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