EASE 2026
Tue 9 - Fri 12 June 2026 Glasgow, United Kingdom

Large language model (LLM) agents increasingly interact with external tools, shared memory, and orchestration layers, shifting system risk from isolated model outputs to runtime action selection and execution. In such settings, static guardrails and post-hoc evaluation provide limited protection against indirect prompt injection, unsafe tool invocation, and behavioral drift across long-horizon workflows. This paper presents a Governance Proxy, a mediation layer for agentic AI orchestration positioned between agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The proxy combines three control mechanisms: (a) capability boundaries that enforce least-privilege access to tools and parameter ranges, (b) a context-aware policy shield that can allow, block, rewrite, or escalate proposed actions, and (c) trust-aware routing that reduces autonomy when repeated violations or unstable behavior are detected. The contribution lies in integrating these mechanisms into a single middleware layer at the language-to-action boundary, rather than relying on model-internal safeguards alone. The paper formalizes the proxy design, describes its request-handling logic, and evaluates it in an MCP-mediated database management setting. The results indicate improved containment of unsafe tool-use behavior with moderate runtime overhead, highlighting the trade-off between agent autonomy and governed execution.

Fri 12 Jun

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09:00 - 17:00
Software Security Engineering WorkshopSSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering at JMS 707
Chair(s): Mohammad Alshayeb King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
09:00
15m
Day opening
Welcome by the Organizers
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering

09:15
15m
Talk
A Multi-Agentic AI Pipeline for Iterative Vulnerability Detection and Auto-Remediation in Python
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
09:30
15m
Talk
An Empirical Security Evaluation of LLM-Generated Cryptographic Rust Code
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Mohamed Elsayed , Kenneth Fulton , Jeong Yang Texas A&M University-San Antonio
09:45
15m
Talk
Symbolic Execution Meets Multi-LLM Orchestration: Detecting Memory Vulnerabilities in Incomplete Rust CVE Snippets
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Zeyad Abdelrazek , Young Lee Texas A & M University - San Antonio
10:00
15m
Talk
Low-Code Paradox in DevOps: Security and Governance Insights from Practitioners
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Saima Rafi Edinburgh Napier University, Arif Ali Khan University of Oulu
10:15
15m
Talk
An Empirical Study of Challenges for Developing Global Cybersecurity Culture
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Nisar Muhammad , Siffat Ullah Khan University of Malakand, Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Mohammad Shameem
10:30
30m
Break
Coffee Break
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11:00
15m
Talk
Pick and Sort for Graphical Authentication
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Argianto Rahartomo TU Clausthal, Amirhossein Jamshidipoor , Mohammad Ghafari Tehran Institute for Advanced Studies (TEIAS)
11:15
15m
Talk
Runtime Governance of Agent Actions in Agentic AI: Design and Evaluation of a Governance Proxy
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Petru-Liviu Bouruc , Ciprian Păduraru University of Bucharest, Alin Stefanescu The Institute for Logic and Data Science (ILDS), and University of Bucharest
11:30
15m
Talk
Empirical Evaluation of TLS Communication Overhead in Federated Learning Systems
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
11:45
15m
Talk
Understanding Security Issues in Open-Source Agentic AI Frameworks: An Empirical Analysis
SSE-26 Workshop on Software Security Engineering
Muhammad Hamza Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Wardah Naeem Awan LUT University, Muhammad Shoaib