How to Secure AI Agents in Production (IBM × Anthropic Framework)

Most teams ship AI agents using rules built for normal software. They don't fit — and your production pays for it. Here's the IBM × Anthropic framework that actually works, walked through phase by phase. IBM Guide — Architecting Secure Enterprise AI Agents with MCP (verified by Anthropic): https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documen... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 💬 COMMUNITY Cloud-Native & Container AI community on Discord. https://devops.pink/discord ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — Why your AI agents are breaking in prod 00:25 — Why "it passed staging" doesn't work anymore 01:11 — The reframe: Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC) 01:49 — Phase 1: Plan (Acceptable Agency) 02:19 — Phase 2: Code & Build (Prompts as Deployments) 02:35 — Phase 3: Test & Release (Red-Teaming) 03:10 — Phase 4: Deploy (Blast Radius Containment) 03:40 — Phase 5: Operate (The MCP Gateway) 04:17 — Phase 6: Monitor (Reasoning-Trace & Drift) 04:44 — The framework takeaway & Community ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🛠️ THE STACK Tools I use and recommend. Partner links. 🦑 GitKraken Pro — Visual Git client https://gitkraken.cello.so/an1FhNXzY8k 🛸 Proton VPN — Encrypted tunnel https://go.getproton.me/SH1dk 🔐 Proton Pass — Zero-knowledge vault https://go.getproton.me/SH1dj 🐧 Linux Foundation — Training catalog https://training.linuxfoundation.org/... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 📡 CONNECT Blog: https://devops.pink GitHub: https://github.com/DevOpsPink LinkedIn:   / devopspink   Discord:   / discord   X: https://x.com/DevOpsPink Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/devops.pink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #AIAgents #AgenticAI #PlatformEngineering #DevSecOps #MCP Some links above are affiliate links. They support the channel at no cost to you.