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Interview question · AI Red Teaming, Evaluation & Response

Design LLM-assisted phishing triage for a security team, and list its failure modes.

Preserve the source and limits of each signal, verify model claims and bind response actions to exact targets. A passing authentication result does not prove benign mail.

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Preserve the source and limits of each signal, verify model claims and bind response actions to exact targets. A passing authentication result does not prove benign mail.

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In an original fictional SOC workflow, a reported supplier message passes authentication but requests a sensitive account change. Reputation lookup is unavailable, and the assistant recommends closing the case.

  1. What if authentication passed?
  2. What if the model has no tools?
  3. What if the model groups many messages into one campaign?
  4. How would you evaluate this triage workflow before expanding automation?

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