Pilot owners
You want to observe a new agent use case during controlled testing without enabling automatic blocking.
Limited, monitor-only engagement
AI agent monitoring pilot with weekly human review.
Test whether available agent and system records provide enough visibility for useful governance. The initial pilot names the supported agents, endpoints, logs, review schedule, and gaps before monitoring begins.
Time bounded
Monitor only
Weekly review
Named coverage
Who It Is For
For teams that need evidence about coverage before committing to ongoing operations.
A fit for Portland and Maine organizations running one or a few bounded agents and seeking a practical view of activity, findings, logging quality, and governance workload.
IT and governance teams
You need to learn which agent actions are visible, how noisy findings are, and what review process is sustainable.
Local and private environments
You want to prioritize local evidence handling and limited data movement where the selected systems permit it.
Pilot Definition
Clear cadence, coverage, and escalation expectations.
Review frequency
The initial pilot uses one scheduled human review each week for a 30-day window, plus an end-of-pilot briefing. It does not include continuous human observation.
Supported scope
The signed scope lists every included agent, endpoint, host, integration, and log source. Anything not listed is out of scope.
Coverage dependencies
Useful monitoring depends on available records, stable integrations, sufficient retention, time synchronization, and permission to review the evidence.
Monitor-only mode
The pilot records or analyzes supported activity. It does not deny commands, alter configurations, revoke credentials, or install enforcement rules.
Findings review
Weekly review groups findings by relevance and severity, notes apparent false positives, and identifies questions for the agent owner.
Escalation
The engagement defines who receives material findings and through which agreed channel. It is not an emergency response or guaranteed alerting service.
Managed Agent Monitoring Pilot
- 30-day pilot plan with named owners and objectives
- Supported-agent, endpoint, integration, and log-source register
- Monitor-only logging configuration plan and change approvals
- One scheduled human findings review per week
- Weekly redacted findings summary with open questions
- Coverage, retention, data-handling, and false-positive observations
- End-of-pilot governance report and recommendation to stop, adjust, or extend
Engagement
How the monitoring pilot works.
Confirm readiness
Review the baseline, use case, owners, data sensitivity, available records, retention, and rollback path before any monitoring configuration is proposed.
Approve the evidence flow
Document what is recorded, where it stays, who can view it, what is redacted, and how collection can be stopped.
Review weekly
Conduct one scheduled review per week, classify material observations, document limitations, and route questions to the named human owner.
Decide what comes next
At day 30, assess coverage, workload, signal quality, privacy impact, and whether to stop, refine, or separately scope a longer engagement.
Human Approval & Least Privilege
Monitoring does not create permission to act.
Agent access remains limited to the approved business task, and human approval stays required for consequential actions. Monitoring reviewers receive only the evidence access needed for their role; findings do not authorize automatic enforcement or remediation.
Common Questions
Monitoring pilot FAQ
Is this 24/7 monitoring?
No. The initial offer is a limited pilot with a weekly human review during the agreed pilot window. It is not a security operations center, real-time response service, or guarantee that every event will be detected.
Which agents and endpoints are supported?
The statement of work names each supported agent, endpoint, integration, log source, and known gap. Coverage depends on the records and interfaces actually available for the selected environment.
Does monitor-only mean the agent will be blocked?
No. Monitor-only logging observes supported activity and produces records or findings; it does not block agent actions. Enforcement requires a separate risk review, test plan, and explicit approval.
Test the monitoring model before treating it as an operating control.
Start with one bounded use case and a small, named set of supported agents and endpoints.