Agent governance
In short: Agent governance is the set of rules, owners and records that decide what AI agents may do. It also sets who answers for them and how their actions are checked. It covers the full agent lifecycle, from registration and approval through daily policy checks to review and decommissioning.
Which controls use this term?
- GOV-01Agent inventory. Keep a single, current list of every AI agent in use, with its platform, identity, tools and the systems it can reach.
- GOV-02Named accountable owner. Assign every agent a named person who answers for what it does, and record that owner in the inventory.
- GOV-06Per-action policy. Check each agent action against policy at the moment it happens, using the agent, the person behind it, the tool and the data involved.
Which terms are related?
Agent inventory, Accountable owner, Agent sponsor, Shadow agent, Non-human identity, Per-action policy.
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