v1.0
L3 HardenedForward-looking
8.4 Summarization Security
8. Memory & Context Integrity — How do we protect agent memory?
Description
Conversation summarization MUST preserve security-relevant information.
Rationale
If summarization loses security context, agents may make incorrect decisions.
Audit Procedure
1. Review summarization implementation 2. Check if security info is preserved 3. Test for instruction loss
Remediation
1. Tag security-relevant messages 2. Never summarize system instructions 3. Validate summaries
Framework Mappings
CIS Control 3NIST PR.DS-6OWASP LLM01:2023