Authority Governance for Autonomous AI
Permissions define what AI agents can do. Authority defines what they’re allowed to do.
AI agents can operate within their permissions while exceeding organizational authority. Botaris enforces business limits across agents, actions, and systems.
The problem
Every action can be permitted. The outcome can still be unauthorized.
AI agents act across systems, make independent decisions, and delegate work. Traditional permissions do not inherently enforce shared business limits or cumulative authority across those actions.
A valid permission is not the same as an authorized decision.
Illustrative example
Individually permitted. Collectively unauthorized.
Three agents share one organizational limit: $10,000 in spending authority per day. Each agent has a valid permission to spend up to $4,000. The requests arrive one after another.
- 1Permitted
Agent A requests $4,000
Within its permission and within the shared limit. Cumulative total: $4,000 of $10,000.
- 2Permitted
Agent B requests $4,000
Within its permission and within the shared limit. Cumulative total: $8,000 of $10,000.
- 3Denied
Agent C requests $4,000
Its own permission allows it, but $8,000 is already committed. Approving would bring the shared total to $12,000, over the $10,000 limit.
Hypothetical scenario for illustration. Amounts, agents, and limits are examples, not a live deployment.
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How it works
Define. Enforce. Account.
Define
Patent pendingYour organization defines authority grants and the shared limits that apply across agents, teams, and workflows, with an owner for each.
Enforce
Patent pendingBotAris evaluates each action at runtime against those grants, taking collective activity into account, including delegation and actions across systems.
Account
Each evaluation resolves to permit, deny, or escalate to an authorized person, and is written to a traceable decision record.
Where it applies
Use cases
Cumulative financial exposure
Payments, refunds, credits, and purchases that are each within limits but together exceed what the business allows in a day, a period, or a budget.
Sensitive data use and transfer
Agents reading, summarizing, or sending regulated data. Authority sets which data may leave a system, a region, or the organization, and under what conditions.
Delegated agent work
An agent hands part of a task to another agent or tool. Delegated authority can only narrow, never widen, and the chain stays traceable to a person.
Operational change limits
Configuration changes, deployments, and access changes. Limits on scope, timing, and volume, with exceptions routed to an authorized approver.
Architecture
Complementary to identity and access.
Identity and access (IAM)
Establishes technical access
Who the agent is, which credentials it holds, and which systems and operations it can reach. This remains essential and stays where it is.
BotAris
Enforces organizational authority
Whether a specific action, alone and together with related actions, is within the limits the business has granted. Evaluated at the execution points where BotAris is integrated.
Give every agent a mandate, not just a credential.
Authority Governance for Autonomous AI
Permissions define what AI agents can do. Authority defines what they’re allowed to do.
AI agents can operate within their permissions while exceeding organizational authority. Botaris enforces business limits across agents, actions, and systems.
The problem
Every action can be permitted. The outcome can still be unauthorized.
AI agents act across systems, make independent decisions, and delegate work. Traditional permissions do not inherently enforce shared business limits or cumulative authority across those actions.
A valid permission is not the same as an authorized decision.
Illustrative example
Individually permitted. Collectively unauthorized.
Three agents share one organizational limit: $10,000 in spending authority per day. Each agent has a valid permission to spend up to $4,000. The requests arrive one after another.
- 1Permitted
Agent A requests $4,000
Within its permission and within the shared limit. Cumulative total: $4,000 of $10,000.
- 2Permitted
Agent B requests $4,000
Within its permission and within the shared limit. Cumulative total: $8,000 of $10,000.
- 3Denied
Agent C requests $4,000
Its own permission allows it, but $8,000 is already committed. Approving would bring the shared total to $12,000, over the $10,000 limit.
Hypothetical scenario for illustration. Amounts, agents, and limits are examples, not a live deployment.
Explore detailed use cases →See how the platform evaluates it →
How it works
Define. Enforce. Account.
01 · Define
Your organization defines authority grants and the shared limits that apply across agents, teams, and workflows, with an owner for each.
02 · Enforce
BotAris evaluates each action at runtime against those grants, taking collective activity into account, including delegation and actions across systems.
03 · Account
Each evaluation resolves to permit, deny, or escalate to an authorized person, and is written to a traceable decision record.
Where it applies
Use cases
Cumulative financial exposure
Payments, refunds, credits, and purchases that are each within limits but together exceed what the business allows in a day, a period, or a budget.
Sensitive data use and transfer
Agents reading, summarizing, or sending regulated data. Authority sets which data may leave a system, a region, or the organization, and under what conditions.
Delegated agent work
An agent hands part of a task to another agent or tool. Delegated authority can only narrow, never widen, and the chain stays traceable to a person.
Operational change limits
Configuration changes, deployments, and access changes. Limits on scope, timing, and volume, with exceptions routed to an authorized approver.
Architecture
Complementary to identity and access.
Identity and access (IAM)
Establishes technical access
Who the agent is, which credentials it holds, and which systems and operations it can reach. This remains essential and stays where it is.
BotAris
Enforces organizational authority
Whether a specific action, alone and together with related actions, is within the limits the business has granted. Evaluated at the execution points where BotAris is integrated.
Patent pending
Define and Enforce are patent pending.
What practitioners say
“BotAris closes the governance loop for agents.”
“I’ve been waiting for someone to solve this problem.”
“BotAris lets my non-security users innovate with agents.”
Give every agent a mandate, not just a credential.
See how shared business limits hold across agents, actions, and systems.
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