Contextual authorization
Combine identity signals with purpose, resource, data class and transaction state.
Security and access
Put authorization policy next to every sensitive action.
Evaluate role, resource, purpose, risk and exception evidence before an agent reads data or invokes a tool.
The operating reality
Identity proves who a user or service is. Enterprise authorization also depends on purpose, data sensitivity, transaction context and current policy.
Beforetool execution
Leastprivilege in context
Signeddecision receipt
The runtime compliance gate
Check the answer or action before it creates impact.
Rulebook evaluates live context against the confirmed policy and regulatory rules that apply, then returns a decision the agent must follow.
01Context
Actor, purpose, data, jurisdiction and proposed action
02Gate
Allow, deny, obligations or named human review
03Audit
Evidence, rulebook version and signed decision trace
Why the gap persists
Policies exist. Runtime compliance gates do not.
01
Static roles cannot express every contextual restriction.
02
Agent tool chains can cross multiple authorization boundaries.
03
Security review reconstructs intent after an incident.
Rulebook in the workflow
Exception control
Require approved evidence, time bounds and escalation before privileged action.
Action receipt
Return a signed record that binds the decision to inputs and rulebook version.
Potential outcomes
Make compliance a gate in the work, not a report about the work.
- Fewer ambiguous agent permissions
- Consistent exception handling
- Stronger forensic evidence
Questions leaders ask
Does this replace IAM?
No. IAM authenticates identities and supplies entitlements. Rulebook evaluates contextual enterprise policy using those signals.
Can Rulebook deny a tool call?
Yes. The gateway can require an allow decision before a protected action is executed.
Executive briefing
Add an auditable compliance gate to Security and access.
Bring one consequential agent workflow. We will map the governing policies and regulations, runtime gate, human authority and auditable evidence path with your team.
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