NVIDIA Unveils Open Agent Safety Platform to Secure Autonomous AI Agents

NVIDIA announced the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, introducing a set of tools designed to contain autonomous AI agents that interact with models, tools, code execution environments, data, networks, and corporate systems. The platform consists of two main components: the open-source OpenShell runtime under Apache 2.0 license, which isolates agents at the kernel level, and NVIDIA Sentry, which performs monitoring and policy enforcement inside BlueField data processing units. This hardware separation ensures that security controls remain effective even if the agent's host environment is compromised. The architecture is structured in three layers covering the application, runtime governance, and underlying infrastructure. Pre-execution verification combined with real-time behavioral monitoring restricts actions that deviate from defined policies. The BlueField-4 DPU sits between agents and reasoning models, while the solution is optimized for Vera processors and BlueField DPUs with declared compatibility for other hardware. More than 100 organizations have expressed support for the initiative, although no performance metrics or independent test results were provided.

BoletimSecSeptember 29, 2026Translated from Portuguese

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NVIDIA announced the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, introducing a comprehensive set of tools to contain autonomous AI agents that access models, tools, code execution environments, data, networks, and corporate systems.

The platform consists of two primary components. OpenShell is an open-source runtime released under the Apache 2.0 license that executes agents inside an isolated environment with kernel-level separation. The second component, NVIDIA Sentry, extends monitoring and policy enforcement into BlueField data processing units, establishing a control point outside the machine hosting the agent.

This hardware separation forms the central argument of the announcement. Because verification occurs on a distinct system, the controls remain effective even if the agent's execution environment is subverted.

The architecture is described in three layers: the application layer containing models, tools, data, prompts, and scripts; the runtime layer responsible for monitoring, governance, and policy enforcement; and the infrastructure layer covering compute, storage, networking, and databases.

Operation combines pre-execution verification that checks whether a planned action aligns with policy and continuous real-time monitoring that restricts any behavior deviating from expected patterns. The BlueField-4 DPU is positioned between agents and reasoning models.

The company stated that more than 100 organizations support the initiative without naming them. The announcement included no performance metrics, comparisons with alternative approaches, or results from independent testing. The solution is optimized for Vera processors and BlueField DPUs while declaring compatibility with other equipment.

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