Services
Authority Surface Mapping
A structured analysis of how authority flows through AI and automated systems.
Authority Surface Mapping helps organizations understand what actions their systems can produce, how authority escalates across tools and integrations, and where containment architecture is required.
Scope
What the Mapping Covers
Actor Mapping
Identify every agent, service, pipeline, and integration that holds or transits authority within the environment.
Authority Primitive Mapping
Catalog the fundamental consequential actions available to each actor: read, write, execute, transfer, escalate.
Escalation Chain Analysis
Trace paths through which authority passes between actors, identifying where low-privilege inputs can trigger high-privilege outputs.
Reachability Analysis
Determine which consequential actions are reachable from each entry point under normal, degraded, and adversarial conditions.
Authority Amplification Scoring
Quantify the degree to which a compromise of each actor could expand available authority across the broader system.
Containment Architecture Recommendations
Deliver structural recommendations for constraining authority transit at identified amplification points.
Deliverables
Client Deliverables
- 01Authority Surface map
- 02Escalation chain findings
- 03Authority Amplification assessment
- 04Containment architecture recommendations
- 05Executive briefing
Audience
Who This Is For
- —Organizations deploying AI agents
- —Automation-heavy platforms
- —Security and architecture leaders
- —Executive teams evaluating AI governance risk
Structure
Engagement Structure
A typical engagement includes discovery, architecture review, authority analysis, and executive briefing. The goal is to identify where systems can produce meaningful consequences and where authority boundaries must be redesigned.