# Inline enforcement

Evaluating and deciding on an action before it executes, out-of-band, rather than detecting it after the fact. Fail posture (open or closed) is set per surface.

Learn more: [AI Runtime Security](/content/blog/ai-runtime-security-how-to-protect-your-genai-stack-from-real-world-threats/index.html)

Part of [the Agent Control Fabric](/content/platform/index.html): Highflame's identity, policy, and enforcement substrate for AI agents.

## Keep exploring the glossary.

### Just-in-time (JIT) access  
Issuing short-lived, task-scoped credentials on demand that expire when the work is done: eliminating standing access there's nothing to leak or over-grant.  
Read → [Just-in-time (JIT) access](/content/glossary/jit-access/index.html)

### LLM firewall  
A checkpoint in front of a model that inspects prompts and responses for injection, sensitive data, and unsafe content. It guards the model's edge, not the agent's actions behind it.  
Read → [LLM firewall](/content/glossary/llm-firewall/index.html)

### LLM security tools  
The stack that protects LLM applications: input/output filters, firewalls and gateways, runtime enforcement, red teaming, and observability. No single tool covers all five.  
Read → [LLM security tools](/content/glossary/llm-security-tools/index.html)

### MCP (Model Context Protocol)  
An open protocol that connects agents to external tools and data. Powerful for capability. But every connection is a new access path that has to be governed.  
Read → [MCP (Model Context Protocol)](/content/glossary/mcp/index.html)

### MCP Gateway  
A governed checkpoint every tool connection passes through (authenticated, policy-checked, and logged) so credentials stay central and unapproved servers can't connect.  
Read → [MCP Gateway](/content/glossary/mcp-gateway/index.html)

### Mission drift  
When a non-deterministic agent gradually diverges from its intended task. Tracked at runtime so it can be contained before consequences land.  
Read → [Mission drift](/content/glossary/mission-drift/index.html)