Trust Center
Responsible Automation
Automation is governed by consequence. ArtOfTheHack is designed so that the level of autonomy granted to the system is a deliberate institutional choice rather than a default.
Controls
Documented commitments
Control 01
Advisory mode
ArtOfTheHack evaluates evidence and recommends an action to an authorized human decision-maker.
Control 02
Approval-gated mode
ArtOfTheHack prepares an action, but execution requires approval from the correct authority.
Control 03
Bounded automatic mode
ArtOfTheHack executes only predefined, reversible, policy-authorized actions within grantee organization-defined limits.
Control 04
Human authority
Named humans hold authority for consequential classes of action, and that authority cannot be delegated to the system implicitly.
Control 05
Separation of duties
Requesting, approving, and executing roles can be held by different people and different systems.
Control 06
Reversibility
Automatic execution requires a validated rollback path recorded with the decision.
Control 07
Kill switch
Automation can be halted immediately at workflow, environment, or tenant scope.
Control 08
Native fallback
If ArtOfTheHack is unavailable, existing systems continue operating under their own controls.
Control 09
Maximum blast-radius limits
Recipient organizations define the maximum scope any single automated action may affect.
Control 10
Expiring authorization
Approvals carry validity windows and expiration conditions rather than standing permission.
Control 11
Continuous outcome monitoring
Executed actions are monitored and their outcomes calibrate future decisions.
These are the operating commitments of the platform and the award agreement, described as designed and delivered. They are not a certification, an independent security audit, or a compliance attestation, and ArtOfTheHack does not claim any. Protections that depend on the deployment model are scoped in writing with each grantee before connection.
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