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  "markdown": "AI Security Engineer; LlamaFirewall paper first-listed author.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahana-chennabasappa-69a77576\n\n## What Sahana builds\n\n- [LlamaFirewall](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llamafirewall.md), graded D, 51.1/100, in Guardrails \u0026 safety filters. LlamaFirewall is Meta's open-source Python library for screening an AI agent's inputs, tool results and outputs. It runs scanners for prompt injection, hidden characters, insecure generated code and goal drift, and returns allow, block or human review. AI Security Engineer; LlamaFirewall paper first-listed author, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Abraham Montilla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/abraham-montilla/), Llama Guard 4 release/model-card contributor (GitHub amontilla0)\n- [Connor Treacy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/connor-treacy/), Meta Product Manager; Meta Model API launch-guide co-author\n- [Josh Walters](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/josh-walters/), Developer marketing; Meta Model API launch-guide co-author\n- [Joshua Saxe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joshua-saxe/), LlamaFirewall research coauthor; former Meta security AI leader\n- [Mahesh Pasupuleti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mahesh-pasupuleti/), Senior Engineering Leader, Meta Superintelligence Labs, AI Safety and Alignment; led Llama Guard development\n- [Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mark-zuckerberg/), Founder, Meta\n- [Tatiana Shavrina](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tatiana-shavrina/), AI/ML Research Lead; Muse Glimmer research team\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Sahana Chennabasappa?\n\nSahana Chennabasappa is AI Security Engineer; LlamaFirewall paper first-listed author.\n\n### What does Meta make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists LlamaFirewall from Meta. LlamaFirewall is Meta's open-source Python library for screening an AI agent's inputs, tool results and outputs. It runs scanners for prompt injection, hidden characters, insecure generated code and goal drift, and returns allow, block or human review.\n\n### How are Sahana's tools graded?\n\nLlamaFirewall is graded D, 51.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/llamafirewall-an-open-source-guardrail-system-for-building-secure-ai-agents/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahana-chennabasappa-69a77576\n- https://x.com/joshua_saxe\n- https://dev.meta.ai/\n- https://github.com/meta-llama/PurpleLlama/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md\n- https://github.com/meta-llama/PurpleLlama/tree/main/LlamaFirewall\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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