Agent governance is the set of policies, controls, and audit mechanisms that define what AI agents are permitted to do, enforce those permissions at runtime, and maintain a tamper-evident record of every action taken.
Agent governance is the set of organisational controls that define what AI agents can do, enforce those boundaries at runtime, and maintain an auditable record of every action taken.
Without governance, AI agents operate against vendor-defined or developer-defined constraints that may not satisfy compliance requirements, regulatory obligations, or organisational risk policies.