# Securing AI Agents Takes Two Layers: the Tool Call and the Runtime

AlphaSignal, 2026-10-22. [Read the original](https://alphasignal.ai/news/securing-ai-agents-takes-two-layers-the-tool-call-and-the-runtime).

Ory describes two layers for securing agents: authorizing each tool call inside the agent loop, and giving the runtime its own machine identity.