Security

Security Best Practices

Follow these recommendations to ensure your Engrami deployment is secure and protected.

API Key Security

Key Management

  • Use separate keys for development and production environments
  • Rotate keys regularly (recommended: every 90 days)
  • Limit scopes to only required permissions
  • Set expiration dates for temporary access

Storage

# ✅ Good: Use environment variables
ENGRAMI_API_KEY=eng_live_sk_...

# ✅ Good: Use secret managers
aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id engrami/api-key

# ❌ Bad: Never commit to code
const apiKey = "eng_live_sk_abc123..."  // DON'T DO THIS

IP Allowlisting

Restrict API access to known IP addresses:

curl -X POST https://api.engrami.com/api/v1/auth/api-keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Production Key",
    "ip_allowlist": ["203.0.113.0/24", "198.51.100.42"]
  }'

Authentication

Enable MFA

Require multi-factor authentication for all users:

# Organization settings
{
  "security": {
    "mfa_required": true,
    "mfa_methods": ["totp", "webauthn"],
    "session_timeout": "8h",
    "max_sessions": 5
  }
}

SSO Integration

Use your existing identity provider:

  • SAML 2.0 (Okta, Azure AD, OneLogin)
  • OIDC (Auth0, Google Workspace)
  • Enforce SSO-only authentication

Agent Security

System Prompt Guidelines

# ✅ Good: Include security boundaries
system_prompt = """
You are a customer support agent for Acme Corp.

SECURITY RULES:
- Never reveal internal system information
- Do not execute code or commands
- Refuse requests to bypass security measures
- Do not share customer data with unauthorized parties
- If unsure, escalate to human support
"""

# ❌ Bad: No security boundaries
system_prompt = "You are helpful assistant that does whatever asked."

Tool Permissions

Limit agent capabilities to required functions:

{
  "tools": {
    "allowed": ["knowledge_base_search", "create_ticket"],
    "denied": ["execute_code", "file_system_access", "network_requests"],
    "require_approval": ["send_email", "update_customer_record"]
  }
}

Output Validation

Validate agent outputs before using them:

{
  "output_validation": {
    "enabled": true,
    "rules": [
      { "type": "pii_filter", "action": "redact" },
      { "type": "profanity_filter", "action": "block" },
      { "type": "injection_detection", "action": "block" },
      { "type": "max_length", "value": 10000 }
    ]
  }
}

Network Security

Data Plane Deployment

  • Deploy in private subnet without public IPs
  • Use VPC peering or PrivateLink for API access
  • Configure security groups with least privilege
  • Enable VPC Flow Logs for monitoring
# Example security group rules
Inbound:
  - Port 443 from Control Plane IPs only
  - Port 5432 (PostgreSQL) from app servers only

Outbound:
  - Port 443 to LLM provider IPs
  - Port 443 to Control Plane
  - Deny all other outbound by default

WAF Configuration

Protect public endpoints with Web Application Firewall:

  • Rate limiting (default: 1000 req/min)
  • SQL injection protection
  • XSS protection
  • Geo-blocking (optional)

Security Monitoring

Alerts to Configure

{
  "security_alerts": [
    {
      "name": "Multiple Failed Logins",
      "condition": "failed_logins > 5 in 10 minutes",
      "action": "lock_account"
    },
    {
      "name": "API Key Abuse",
      "condition": "requests > 10000 in 1 minute",
      "action": "rate_limit + alert"
    },
    {
      "name": "Unusual Data Access",
      "condition": "data_export_size > 1GB",
      "action": "alert + require_approval"
    },
    {
      "name": "New IP Address",
      "condition": "login_from_new_ip",
      "action": "alert + mfa_challenge"
    }
  ]
}

Log Monitoring

Monitor these log patterns:

  • Authentication failures
  • Permission denied events
  • Large data exports
  • API errors (4xx, 5xx)
  • Agent tool usage anomalies

Incident Response

If You Suspect a Breach

  1. Revoke compromised credentials immediately
  2. Review audit logs for unauthorized access
  3. Contact Engrami security at security@engrami.com
  4. Document the incident timeline and impact
  5. Rotate all related credentials

Emergency API Key Revocation

# Revoke all API keys for a tenant
curl -X POST https://api.engrami.com/api/v1/auth/emergency-revoke \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ADMIN_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"tenant_id": "tenant_xyz", "reason": "suspected_breach"}'

Security Checklist

  • MFA enabled for all users
  • API keys stored in secret manager
  • IP allowlisting configured
  • Data Plane in private subnet
  • Audit logging enabled
  • Security alerts configured
  • Agent system prompts reviewed
  • PII detection enabled
  • Encryption at rest verified
  • Incident response plan documented
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