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Microsoft proposes treating enterprise agents as untrusted insiders

Microsoft argues that internally deployed agents need continuous identity, permission, network and runtime controls rather than implicit trust in frontier models. Its Project Perception proposal combines telemetry, dynamic risk assessment and supervising agents. The post describes an approach and product pathway, not proof that every autonomous action can already be contained.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM14confidence 55/100

Why it moved the index

Explicitly limiting agent privileges and supervising actions targets enterprise loss-of-control pathways directly. Magnitude 14 reflects a concrete containment architecture rather than demonstrated universal coverage; confidence 55 reflects vendor reasoning and the absence of independent effectiveness measurements.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 14 · confidence 55

    Owner-requested 30-day re-audit found this dated, materially distinct source absent from the durable catalogue.

    30 Oct 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “Microsoft proposes treating enterprise agents as untrusted insiders” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 14 and confidence 55 out of 100 in the safety and alignment category.

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