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Agent Risk Scoring

Risk score is a prioritization lens—not a claim that one number proves an agent is safe.

Priority
P1
Phase
Phase 2
Primary owner
Risk / Product
Status
Blueprint

Objective

Risk scoring gives leaders a consistent way to prioritize remediation. The score should reflect inherent capability, data exposure, autonomy, identity assurance, policy coverage, behavior and control maturity—not a mysterious single AI prediction.

What to build

  • Inherent factors: destructive tools, financial authority, external communication, sensitive data and production access.
  • Control factors: verified identity, least privilege, approvals, sandboxing, DLP and gateway coverage.
  • Behavior factors: anomalies, repeated policy violations, unexpected destinations and spend spikes.
  • Governance factors: owner, purpose, review status, exceptions and age.

Implementation decisions

  • Show score components and allow tenant weighting within safe bounds.
  • Separate inherent risk from residual risk after controls.
  • Recompute on material changes or significant runtime events.
  • Use risk tiers to drive recertification and default policy templates.

Definition of done

  • Users can explain why a score changed.
  • High-risk agents without required controls appear on remediation dashboard.
  • Risk scoring never replaces direct policy for critical actions.

Success metrics

  • Critical-risk agent count
  • Residual risk trend
  • Remediation completion
  • Risk score coverage

EXECUTIVE VIEW

Risk score is a prioritization lens—not a claim that one number proves an agent is safe.