Lesson 4 of 10 · AI Security and Guardrails That Hold Up
In this lesson. Keys out of prompts; logs redacted; training off if required.
What you will learn
- No keys in prompts
- Redact logs
- Training flags
Walkthrough
You will hunt for secrets in traces. You will set vendor training flags to match policy. This is hygiene that prevents the boring breaches.
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of AI Security and Guardrails That Hold Up is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
Write the secret and logging rules in five bullets.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “No keys in prompts” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.