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Product

Facio's exec Tool: How AI Agents Run Shell Commands Safely With Timeouts and Audit Trails

Jun 10, 2026Product

Facio's exec Tool: How AI Agents Run Shell Commands Safely With Timeouts and Audit Trails

AI agents that can't execute code are research tools, not workers. Facio's exec tool gives agents controlled access to a real shell — with configurable timeouts, output truncation, dangerous-command blocking, and full audit trails. Here's how the safety architecture works and why it matters for production agents.

Security

Why Your DLP Cannot See the Agent: The Data Exfiltration Gap in AI-Native Architectures

Jun 10, 2026Security

Why Your DLP Cannot See the Agent: The Data Exfiltration Gap in AI-Native Architectures

Traditional DLP inspects the perimeter. AI agents operate inside it — reading customer records, summarizing financial PDFs, calling APIs. 78% of employees already use unsanctioned AI tools. Your content inspection was designed for a world where users paste data into form fields. Now the form fields think.