Research
A Deterministic Security Runtime for LLM Agents on MPI and Batch-Scheduled HPC Systems: Consensus-Governed, Hardware-Rooted Supervision of Every Rank
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Earliest dated coverage: 23 Oct 2026 · First observed: 24 Oct 2026 · Latest dated coverage: 23 Oct 2026
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Why it matters
Enclawed addresses unauthorized AI-driven HPC launches and post-launch tampering, demonstrating defenses that continue enforcing policy throughout distributed job execution rather than stopping at launch approval.
Enclawed is a deterministic security runtime evaluated for LLM agents operating MPI and batch-scheduled HPC workloads, combining policy-based launch gates, signed leases, and hardware-rooted supervision of individual ranks. The paper reports that 12 live attacks failed closed, while agent tests denied all 24 launches induced by planted instructions and permitted all 108 legitimate launches.