# OpenAI publishes preliminary cybersecurity evaluations for Astra

> OpenAI released preliminary cybersecurity evaluations for its Astra model along with the safeguards and security controls it is adding in response. Of interest to anyone tracking how cyber-capability thresholds are being assessed and gated at the model level.

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| **Tool** | OpenAI |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2026-08-07 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 3/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | security |

## What changed


- Preliminary cybersecurity evaluation results published for Astra
- Accompanied by strengthened safeguards and security controls
- Source summary gives no evaluation scores, thresholds, or control specifics


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://openai.com/index/responding-next-frontier-critical-cyber-capabilities) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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