Introduction

Ch. 1 — Why Compliance Changes When Agents Act

What makes autonomous agents different — and why existing compliance frameworks were not designed for them.

Traditional software waits to be asked. An agent decides to act. That single difference changes everything about how compliance applies.

1.1 Key Takeaways

Most systems in production today follow a simple pattern: a human triggers an action, the system responds, the interaction ends. The request and response happen in a single moment. Nothing persists. Nothing continues without input.

Platform Agentic

Compliance, governance, and accountability for teams building agentic AI systems.

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