An AI agent can follow its assigned task and still reach a system it was never meant to access. Nvidia wants security controls that can stop the agent even when the agent’s own software does not.

On September 28, Nvidia announced the Open Agent Safety Platform, combining its OpenShell software with a reference design for monitoring agents on separate hardware. For IT teams, the practical question is whether those controls can restrict an agent’s access to files, services, and credentials while leaving it enough room to do its job.

OpenShell is broadly available, according to Nvidia. The hardware monitoring component, called Sentry, is part of…

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