AnalysisOpinion / analysisSafety & Alignment · Agents & Tool Use1 source · Oct 11, 2026

AI Security Engineer Foundations + Certificate — Micah Silverman, Snyk

Micah Silverman uses that capture the flag exercise to connect AI risks with familiar application security controls.

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Key points

  • A student chatbot refuses to reveal grades, but its refusal exposes that it has access to them.
  • The six module course covers OWASP risks, shadow AI, threat modeling, MCP security, secure agentic development and red teaming.
  • Direct and indirect prompt injection, poisoned tools and excessive agency all return to the same question: what can this system actually access and execute?
  • 2:57 - A hacker's mindset and variable model behavior

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