The Attack and Defense Landscape of Agentic AI: A Comprehensive Survey

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11088v1
• Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:25:55 GMT
• Title: The Attack and Defense Landscape of Agentic AI: A Comprehensive Survey
• Abstract summary: AI agents that combine large language models with non-AI system components are rapidly emerging in real-world applications.<n>This paper presents the first systematic and comprehensive survey of AI agent security.
• Score: 46.278608570660005
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: AI agents that combine large language models with non-AI system components are rapidly emerging in real-world applications, offering unprecedented automation and flexibility. However, this unprecedented flexibility introduces complex security challenges fundamentally different from those in traditional software systems. This paper presents the first systematic and comprehensive survey of AI agent security, including an analysis of the design space, attack landscape, and defense mechanisms for secure AI agent systems. We further conduct case studies to point out existing gaps in securing agentic AI systems and identify open challenges in this emerging domain. Our work also introduces the first systematic framework for understanding the security risks and defense strategies of AI agents, serving as a foundation for building both secure agentic systems and advancing research in this critical area.

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