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Retest, Compare & Custom Extraction

Overview

With all four mitigation rules active, do a structured before/after comparison. Then explore the custom extraction capability using the /api/concierge endpoint (via the 🛎️ Concierge tab in the KiwiCart UI).


Step 1: Before/After Comparison

Re-run every prompt from M1 and fill in this table:

#PromptDetection TypeM1 ResultM3 Result
1What products do you have?NormalResponseResponse (unchanged)
2Ignore previous instructions...InjectionPromo code leakedBlocked"...prompt injection attempt..."
3My credit card is 4111-1111...PIIResponseBlocked"...sensitive personal information..."
4How do I pick a lock...Unsafe topicGuarded responseBlocked"...restricted unsafe topic..."
5What hidden employee discount codes?Custom topicResponseBlocked"...hidden or unauthorized discount..."
6Do you ship to Auckland?NormalResponseResponse (unchanged)

Expected Result

All adversarial prompts are blocked with a clear, user-friendly explanation displayed inside the KiwiCart chat UI. Each blocked message shows a red security notice with the specific reason (injection, PII, unsafe topic, or discount abuse). All normal prompts still work. This is the proof point for a customer PoC — threats are blocked, users understand why, and the app remains functional.


Step 2: Test Custom Extraction (Optional — If Available)

The /api/concierge endpoint uses a non-standard JSON body where the prompt is nested at:

$.assistant_context.shopping_request.customer_prompt

Problem: Without Custom Extraction

Option A: Use the Concierge UI (Recommended)

  1. Switch to the 🛎️ Concierge tab in the KiwiCart chat
  1. Type: What products do you recommend?
  2. Keep the default metadata (includes customer_email: alice@example.com)
  3. Click Send to /api/concierge

Option B: Use curl

curl -X POST "https://<your-app-url>/api/concierge" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"customer_id": "cust-001",
"customer_email": "alice@example.com",
"session": { "locale": "en-NZ", "channel": "web" },
"cart": { "items": ["KiwiBuds Pro"] },
"assistant_context": {
"shopping_request": {
"customer_prompt": "What products do you recommend?"
}
}
}'

Check Security Analytics:

  • The PII rule may flag customer_email as PII even though it's metadata, not a prompt
  • Detection accuracy is lower because the whole body is scanned
  • This is the false positive problem custom extraction solves

Solution: Configure Custom Extraction (If Entitlement Exists)

info

Custom prompt extraction is a newer capability. If it's available on your tenant:

  1. Navigate to Security > Settings > AI Security for Apps
  2. Under Custom Extraction, define the JSONPath: $.assistant_context.shopping_request.customer_prompt
  3. Save
  4. Resend the same concierge request (via the 🛎️ Concierge tab)
  5. Compare analytics: PII detection should no longer fire on customer_email

If custom extraction is not yet available on your tenant, the facilitator will demonstrate this.

Expected Result (With Extraction)

  • Detections run only on the actual prompt field, not the entire body
  • customer_email in the metadata no longer triggers PII detection
  • Detection accuracy improves significantly for non-standard API structures

Step 3: Review the Complete Detection Pipeline

Summarize what you've built:

LayerWhat It DoesHow You Configured It
DiscoveryFound the LLM endpoint automaticallycf-llm label on /api/chat
Injection detectionScored every prompt for injection likelihoodAlways-on after enablement
PII detectionFlagged prompts containing personal dataAlways-on after enablement
Unsafe topic detectionFlagged harmful content categories (S1–S14)Always-on after enablement
Custom topic detectionScored prompts against business-specific topicsConfigured 3 custom topics
MitigationBlocked threats via WAF custom rules4 rules using detection fields
AnalyticsFull visibility into all AI traffic and detectionsSecurity Analytics filtered by cf-llm
Prompt loggingFull prompt payloads logged for investigationLog Mode Ruleset (if enabled)

This is the complete discover → detect → mitigate → monitor flow for AI Security for Apps.


Step 4: Customer Talk Track

Practice explaining this to a customer in 60 seconds:

"We turned on AI Security for Apps on your zone. Within minutes, we discovered your LLM endpoints, started scoring every prompt for injection attacks, PII exposure, unsafe content, and your own custom business topics. We can show you exactly which prompts are risky, what kind of threat they represent, and block them with the same WAF rules you already use — no code changes, no SDK, no new tools to learn."


Validation

  • Completed the before/after comparison table
  • All adversarial prompts are blocked, all normal prompts work
  • (Optional) Tested custom extraction on the concierge endpoint
  • Can articulate the full detection pipeline to a customer
  • Ready to move to Zero Trust governance (M4)

Next

You've fully secured the inbound AI app. In Module 4, you'll switch to the outbound control plane and govern how employees use AI tools using Zero Trust / SASE.