Obsidian Security has announced its Runtime Policy Decision Engine, giving security teams centralized control over AI agent actions before they run. Building on Obsidian’s extensive AI agent discovery and governance coverage, the engine uses context about who is behind an agent, its access and the third-party applications involved to allow or block actions, or require human approval where supported.
Obsidian expands AI agent security with runtime policy enforcement
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