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What do security teams get wrong about human-in-the-loop controls for agents?

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By NHI Mgmt Group Editorial Team Updated June 7, 2026 Domain: Governance, Ownership & Risk

They often assume a manual approval step is the same as governance. In reality, HITL only works when the organisation can discover all active agents, trace each one to an owner, and apply policy consistently across systems. Without those foundations, approvals create delay without closing the control gap.

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Reviewed and updated by the NHIMG editorial team on June 7, 2026.
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