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Secure Agent Sandboxing & Observability Layer

This module builds a secure sandboxed runtime for AI agents using micro-VMs, WASM, and confidential compute. It adds observability, redaction, deterministic replay, and compliance tooling to meet enterprise and SOC-2 standards.

Day 1–15: Sandbox Foundations​

Topics Covered​

  • Threat Modeling & Linux Hardening
    • STRIDE framework application
    • CVE analysis in containerized environments
    • Linux isolation primitives: seccomp, namespaces

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Analyze CVE history for Docker & sandbox runtimes
  • Design a STRIDE-based threat model for the secure agent environment
  • Configure a seccomp profile for agent processes

Deliverables​

  • Threat-model matrix document
  • PoC GitHub repo: Seccomp profile with example enforcement tests

Day 16–30: Container & Micro-VM Isolation​

Topics Covered​

  • Isolation Models & Performance Trade-offs
    • Docker vs gVisor vs Kata vs Firecracker
    • Sandbox orchestration with Terraform

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Run isolation benchmarks for all sandbox runtimes
  • Deploy a Firecracker VM cluster using Terraform on AWS

Deliverables​

  • Isolation Benchmark Report (Performance vs Security)
  • Terraform GitHub repo for Firecracker provisioning

Day 31–45: Fine-Grained Permissions​

Topics Covered​

  • AppArmor & eBPF
    • Writing profiles and syscall filters
    • DNS & networking policy enforcement

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Build CLI to generate AppArmor/eBPF sandbox policies
  • Demo DNS egress policy blocking

Deliverables​

  • CLI tool for policy generation
  • Live demo or video: Unexpected DNS egress blocking

Day 46–60: Deterministic Execution & Replay​

Topics Covered​

  • WASI & Determinism
    • Compile agents to WASM for safe execution
    • WASI runtimes: Slight, WasmEdge

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Compile Python agent to WASM
  • Run within Slight or WasmEdge using record-and-replay configurations

Deliverables​

  • Working WASM prototype for a secure agent
  • Report on determinism trade-offs in WASI environments

Day 61–75: Observability Plumbing​

Topics Covered​

  • Tracing & Telemetry
    • OpenTelemetry, LangChain integration
    • Jaeger & Grafana for observability

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Build OpenTelemetry span exporter for LangChain agents
  • Deploy observability dashboards

Deliverables​

  • OTEL exporter plugin for LangChain
  • Jaeger & Grafana dashboard deployment with sample traces

Day 76–90: Chain-of-Thought Capture​

Topics Covered​

  • Logging, Redaction & Compliance
    • PII redaction pipelines, role-based masking
    • SOC-2 aligned retention policies

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Middleware to redact prompts, logs, or traces
  • Design SOC-2 compliant data retention blueprint

Deliverables​

  • Redaction middleware library (Python or Go)
  • Documentation: Logging & retention policy spec

Day 91–105: MPC & Confidential-Compute Hooks​

Topics Covered​

  • Enclave Technologies
    • Intel SGX, AWS Nitro Enclaves
    • MPC with Cosmian THeMIS

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Run private key query from within a Nitro enclave
  • Benchmark latency vs Docker

Deliverables​

  • Secure enclave PoC with Nitro
  • Performance report comparing enclave vs standard container

Day 106–120: Browser & Tool Sandboxes​

Topics Covered​

  • Headless Browsers for Tooling
    • Playwright with isolated network access
    • HAR capture and S3 archival

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Build browser-pool microservice in Rust or Go
  • Automate HAR file uploads to S3

Deliverables​

  • Browser pool service repo
  • HAR uploader tool

Day 121–135: Time- & Cost-Boxing​

Topics Covered​

  • Quotas & Kill-switches
    • cgroups, Redis TTLs, billing token hooks

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Create YAML DSL for time/budget policies
  • Test integration with Redis + kill switch triggers

Deliverables​

  • YAML-driven quota policy engine
  • CI integration tests validating quota breach behavior

Day 136–150: Visualization UI​

Topics Covered​

  • Call Graph Visualization
    • React + d3-force visualization stack
    • Integration with OTLP tracing backends

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Build UI to show node-wise execution of agent traces
  • Connect UI to OpenTelemetry backend for live data

Deliverables​

  • React frontend + d3-force call-graph explorer
  • Live demo using OTEL-generated agent traces

Day 151–165: Layer-7 Audit & Replay​

Topics Covered​

  • Replay Systems
    • Agent session snapshots and re-execution tools

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • CLI to replay a past agent session deterministically
  • Output comparison (old vs new models)

Deliverables​

  • Replay CLI for session audits
  • Report: Model evolution and behavioral diffs

Day 166–180: Community & Compliance​

Topics Covered​

  • Open-Source Governance & Security
    • CLA, SBOMs, ISO 27001 checklists
    • security.txt, Trivy/Grype scans

Hands‐on Tasks​

  • Write contributor docs and publish SBOM
  • Configure CI for continuous vulnerability scans

Deliverables​

  • Contributor guide & public security white-paper
  • GitHub Actions pipeline with Trivy + Grype scanners

Tech Stack

  • Languages:
    • Python, Rust, Go, TypeScript
  • Runtimes:
    • Docker, gVisor, Firecracker, WASM (WASI, WasmEdge)
  • Security:
    • AppArmor, eBPF, Intel SGX, AWS Nitro Enclaves, Cosmian MPC
  • Observability:
    • OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Grafana
  • Infrastructure:
    • Redis, PostgreSQL, S3, Terraform, GitHub Actions
  • Visualization:
    • React, d3-force
  • Compliance:
    • SBOM (CycloneDX), Trivy, Grype