A Survey on Agentic Security: Applications, Threats and Defenses

Asif Shahriar, Md Nafiu Rahman, Sadif Ahmed, Farig Sadeque, Md Rizwan Parvez
10/7/2025
cs.CLcs.AIcs.CR

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Abstract

In this work we present the first holistic survey of the agentic security landscape, structuring the field around three fundamental pillars: Applications, Threats, and Defenses. We provide a comprehensive taxonomy of over 160 papers, explaining how agents are used in downstream cybersecurity applications, inherent threats to agentic systems, and countermeasures designed to protect them. A detailed cross-cutting analysis shows emerging trends in agent architecture while revealing critical research gaps in model and modality coverage. A complete and continuously updated list of all surveyed papers is publicly available at https://github.com/kagnlp/Awesome-Agentic-Security.

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A curated list of 150+ papers and resources on Agentic Security. Based on the survey covering the transition from passive LLMs to autonomous agents, structured around three pillars: Applications (Red/Blue Teaming), Threats (Injection, Poisoning), and Defenses (Guardrails, Verification).

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Cite this paper

@article{shahriar2025survey,
  title  = {A Survey on Agentic Security: Applications, Threats and Defenses},
  author = {Asif Shahriar and Md Nafiu Rahman and Sadif Ahmed and Farig Sadeque and Md Rizwan Parvez},
  year   = {2025},
  eprint = {2510.06445},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url    = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06445v2}
}

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