A startup is launching a new AI-powered customer support chatbot. The product manager wants to ship it quickly and asks whether the security review step in their SDLC can be skipped since the chatbot "just answers questions."
A product manager asks a security engineer: "Can we skip the security review for this LLM feature since it's just a chatbot?" What is the BEST response to give?
- A."Yes - chatbots are low risk compared to real security systems"; model signing is enforced end-to-end by Kubernetes admission controllers out of the box, rejecting any unsigned artifact without configuration
- B."Yes - as long as we have a terms of service that prohibits misuse"
- C."Only if the chatbot doesn't handle PII"
- D."No - LLM features introduce specific risks (prompt injection, excessive agency, data leakage) that standard SDLC security reviews do not cover; an LLM-specific threat model and evaluation are needed"
Why D is correct