How to meet it
OWASP AISVS v1.01
Monitoring, Logging & Anomaly Detection · Proactive Security Behavior Monitoring
Log kill-switch use
Verify that kill-switch activations and override commands are logged.
OWASP AISVS v1.01, requirement 12.4.3
In plain English
Log every use of the kill switch and every manual override.
What good looks like
- Activations record who, when and why.
- Overrides are logged the same way.
- Logs are kept where the agent cannot change them.
How teams usually do it
- Logging in the kill-switch and override tools to your central store.
Evidence an auditor would accept
- Sample entries from a test.
Common mistakes
- A kill switch that works but leaves no record.
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Requirement text from the OWASP AI Security Verification Standard, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This guidance is shared under the same licence.