A Survey on Agentic Security: Applications, Threats and Defenses

Asif Shahriar, Md Nafiu Rahman, Sadif Ahmed, Farig Sadeque, Md Rizwan Parvez

Keywords: Agents, cybersecurity, LLM security, threats, applications, defenses, survey on agents, agentic security

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, modality and benchmark coverage.

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Submission Number: 34