Microsoft treats every AI agent as an insider whose reach shrinks as its risk rises

Microsoft now asks organizations to give each AI agent its own identity and permissions, then let a separate supervising agent narrow what it can do as its actions grow riskier, while people supply the judgment. On Monday, pick one workflow an agent already touches and write down what it may do alone and the exact point where it stops and hands the call to a named person.

Source: The Official Microsoft Blog, Oct 19, 2026 · Securing the agentic insider ↗ · Approved by Reggie

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