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Agents Need Management, Not Mythology
Enterprise agents need permissions, controls, logs, and oversight — treat them like employees.
How it works
- 1Define permissions and access levels for every enterprise agent you deploy.
- 2Build in auditability: who is the agent touching, what is it reading, what is it changing?
- 3Treat agents like employees: specific roles, governance, and oversight required.
- 4Powerful agents without controls are liabilities, not assets.
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