Agent Governance Register

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Delegation

In short: Delegation is the act of a person letting an agent act on their behalf. Safe delegation bounds the agent by that person's own permissions, records who delegated what, and ends when the task ends. Unbounded delegation lets an agent do things its person could never do alone.

Which controls use this term?

Which terms are related?

Least privilege, Chain of custody, On-behalf-of.

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