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What is AI Firewall?
An AI firewall is a security control layer that inspects AI agent inputs and outputs in real time to detect and block malicious content, policy violations, and anomalous behaviour.
How is AI Firewall used in production?
It operates similarly to a network firewall but is tailored to AI-specific threats: prompt injection, data exfiltration via model outputs, harmful content generation, and unauthorised tool use. AI firewalls complement rather than replace agent-level governance controls.
Which terms are related to AI Firewall?
Closely related concepts include Context Window Poisoning, MCP Poisoning, Exfiltration via Agent, MCP Security. Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.
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