Introducing AI Kill Switch: Taking Control When AI Agents Go Rogue

Summary

CrowdStrike is introducing AI Kill Switch in Falcon Guardian, a control that lets security teams stop rogue AI agents. When activated, it directs connected AI gateways, either the Falcon AI Gateway or a third-party gateway, to block agent access to the AI models behind the agent's decisions and actions. CrowdStrike plans to extend the control to coordinated containment across endpoints, cloud, SaaS, identities and browser sessions.

Topics

• AI agents

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