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Knowledge Center
Clear definitions of enterprise AI governance, discovery, visibility, inventory, operations, records, ownership and agent governance, with links to deeper resources and relevant Alterlayer capabilities.
AI Governance
AI governance is the enterprise operating discipline used to identify, direct, control and document how AI systems, AI agents, AI-assisted workflows and AI-generated records are used across an organization.
AI Inventory
The AI Inventory is the structured, maintained view of AI Objects known to the organization.
AI Discovery
Identify AI systems, agents, workflows, tools and emerging AI use across the enterprise before they can be inventoried and governed.
What Is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol for connecting AI applications to external tools and contextual data through a common interface.
AI Agent Identity
AI Agent Identity is the persistent identity that allows an AI agent to be uniquely recognized and associated with its organizational context, accountable parties, authority and actions over time.
AI Agent Delegation
AI Agent Delegation is the controlled transfer of defined authority from a human, organization, system or potentially another agent to an AI agent, enabling the agent to act on that Principal’s behalf within specified boundaries.
AI Agent Decision Authority
AI Agent Decision Authority defines the organizational boundaries within which an identified AI agent may make or execute decisions autonomously, where human authorization, review or escalation is required, and which decisions must remain human.
AI Agent Authorization
AI Agent Authorization is the determination and enforcement of what an identified AI agent is permitted to access, invoke or do within a defined technical and organizational context.
AI Agent Authority Revocation
AI Agent Authority Revocation is the withdrawal, reduction or termination of authority previously granted or delegated to an AI agent, preventing it from making specified decisions, performing specified actions or acting for a Principal beyond the authority that remains.
AI Visibility
AI Visibility is the organizational capability to identify and understand AI systems, models, agents, AI-enabled applications and relevant AI usage, so they can be brought into an accountable governance process.
Governance Record
A Governance Record is the durable record of relevant governance activity around an AI Object, including what was reviewed, decided, done or materially changed.
AI Ownership
AI Ownership assigns an AI Owner: the person accountable for the governance of an AI Object.
AI Object
An AI Object is the persistent governed object representing an AI use, system, application, model, agent, workflow or other recognized AI implementation an organization decides to govern.
AI Agent Governance
Apply enterprise AI governance to agents through accountability, lifecycle, activity, appropriate oversight and Governance Records.
Content Credentials
Content Credentials provide provenance information about how digital content was created or changed. Use the free image checker to inspect supported C2PA data.
Managed AI Governance
Managed AI Governance supplements the same Alterlayer platform and operating model with ongoing operational support, while the client retains decision authority and accountability.
Know Your Agent (KYA)
An organizational governance discipline for documenting why an AI Agent is used, who owns it, what authority and access it has, whether it can delegate actions, who approved it and what evidence supports its operation.
AI Agent Lookup
A public discovery tool that retrieves supported Agent, domain, Agent Card, A2A and MCP Server information without creating a permanent public Agent record from an individual search.