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Slide 25 · The Matrix
Which mitigations stop which attacks.
Use this as a checklist when assessing any RAG-based system.
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Each row is an attack type from Part 2. The Primary column is the mitigation that directly breaks the attack mechanism. Supporting mitigations reduce blast radius or provide detection when prevention fails.

Attack Primary Mitigation Also Helps
Retrieval Poisoning M3 Retrieval Controls M5 Monitoring, M1 Ingestion Validation
Embedding Inversion M4 Encrypt Vectors M2 Access Controls
Cross-Context Leakage M2 Permission-Aware Stores M5 Monitoring
Context Manipulation M1 Validate Ingestion M3 Retrieval Controls, M5 Monitoring
Ghost Embeddings (Persistence) M6 Limit Persistence M5 Monitoring
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