Inventory
Record the agent, its purpose, owner, environment and reachable tools. Establish the scope before judging coverage.
Trusted AI and agent governance
Give every agent
an owner and a boundary.
Agent governance connects identity, permitted actions, data access and evidence. We help design those controls so your team can operate agents with clear responsibility.
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Start with the estate
Know what can act,
and on whose authority.
Map agents, owners, tools, identities and data access. Separate an agent’s proposed action from the authority to execute it.
Identity and access
Map workload identities, least privilege, credential lifecycle and data classification to each permitted action.
Operating responsibility
Name who approves sensitive actions, receives an exception and can revoke access or stop the system.
Reference architecture
Govern the action
as well as the answer.
Use Microsoft Agent 365 where supported, connect identity with Microsoft Entra and define data controls for the workload. Test escalation and revocation as part of the design.
Inventory, owner and purposeDocumented workload · access boundary · accountable roles
Identity, policy and runtimeMicrosoft Entra · Microsoft Agent 365 where supported · tool authorization
Evidence and responseEvaluation · audit trail · escalation · stop and revoke
A supported governance component operates alongside the controls configured for each workload. Coverage is assessed for the selected agents, data paths and connected systems.
| Responsibility | What the engagement makes explicit |
|---|---|
| Own | Who is accountable for the agent’s purpose, access and ongoing review. |
| Approve | Who authorizes a sensitive action and how the decision is recorded. |
| Operate | Who monitors behavior, receives exceptions and maintains the runbook. |
| Respond | Who stops the agent, revokes credentials, preserves evidence and restores service. |
Controls with evidence
Make the assessment
inspectable.
Agree the control matrix by workload. Each assessment records its scope, test conditions, evidence and review owner.
PASS
The scoped control met the agreed test. The record states what was exercised.
GAP
The control needs work. An accountable owner and the next action are recorded.
NOT ASSESSED
The workload or control remains outside the available evidence. The boundary stays visible.
These are assessment categories for an engagement, not scores or assertions about a customer estate.
The engagement
Frame. Baseline.
Build. Hand over.
Agree the outcome and operating boundary, then leave your team with the capability and the evidence.
Frame
Agree the risk boundary, accountable roles and controls to assess.
Baseline
Map the actual agent estate, access paths and existing control evidence.
Build
Build agreed identity, policy, evaluation, telemetry and response controls.
Hand over
Transfer the control matrix, operating model, evidence and response runbooks.
How we commit
Every promise
has a measure.
- An explicit assessment scope. Every control is tied to the workload and evidence actually reviewed.
- An accountable owner. Approval, escalation and shutdown responsibilities are tested with your team.
- Supported coverage. Product and connector fit are verified before they enter the design.
- A record of change. Access decisions, evaluations and response steps stay with the operating team.
Start with the work
Bring the agent estate
you need to govern.
Start with the systems that can act and the decisions your organization must retain.