A governed runtime is an execution environment where AI agent actions are bounded by organisational policies, every decision is logged, and actions are reversible — governance inherent to execution, not bolted on after the fact.
A governed runtime is an execution environment where organisational policies are enforced structurally — every agent action is bounded by policy, logged automatically, and reversible with full documentation.
Monitoring is after-the-fact. A governed runtime enforces policy before actions complete — making governance inherent to execution rather than an audit layer applied on top.