Exabeam Praxen: Verify AI Agent Behavior Pre-Deployment

Exabeam has launched Praxen, an open-source tool designed to verify the behavior of AI agents. This new tool puts into practice a pre-deployment security discipline called Agent Behavior Verification. Here's the thing: Praxen tests an AI agent against its intended job before it goes live. It checks if what the agent can actually do aligns with its assigned role. This is different from existing tools that monitor agents once they are already running. What's interesting is that Praxen measures an agent's remit — what it can do, touch, and where it must stop — against its real tools, configurations, and environment. It then reports any divergences, recommends fixes, and provides a security maturity score. The bottom line: This helps ensure AI agents have the correct permissions and boundaries before entering production, addressing a key concern for security teams.