Access scoped by why, not just who.
Traditional authorization asks: does this identity have permission to access this resource?
That model breaks down for agents, where the same service principal might be allowed to query a table for sales analysis but not for personal data extraction.
The Control Plane scopes access by declared purpose. Every agent has a stated purpose at registration. Every request is evaluated against that purpose before it reaches the underlying resource.
- Purpose-based access control: the agent's declared scope becomes part of the access decision
- Identity-aware policy: policies evaluate the service principal, agent purpose, and resource classification together
- Real-time decisioning: access granted or denied at the moment of request, not on a schedule
- Just-in-time scope expansion: temporary scope increases for authorized actions, logged and time-bounded