THE BUILD
SECTION 08
ISSUE 001
Kill Switch Infrastructure
Projection: Operators will gain immediate, narrowly scoped revocation for a particular agent, credential, tool, workflow, model, or action class. Security guidance makes emergency control necessary but does not prove selective shutdown. The hard test is halting the target behavior without interrupting unrelated work.
Why this idea is here
What the evidence establishes.
The cited captures document agent identity, inventory, and security concerns. They do not establish Kill Switch Infrastructure as a deployed mechanism. The adoption test is whether scoped revocation halts a target agent or action class without disrupting unrelated work.
Source ledger
Read the sources.
- S01Concept Paper on Identity and Authority of Software Agents
government standardization / published 2026-02-05 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S02State of Agentic AI Security and Governance 2.01
industry standard / published 2026-06-01 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S03Gartner Identifies Six Steps to Manage AI Agent Sprawl
analyst release / published 2026-04-28 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S04Cursor taps security partner in push to secure vibe coding
independent reporting / published 2026-04-21 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S05EU plan on advanced AI and cybersecurity
government policy / published 2026-07-07 / retrieved 2026-07-09