safety security
Missing Permission Evidence Is Not the Same as No
Enterprise agents stopped less reliably when authorization records were absent than when those records explicitly denied access.
Summary
Enterprise agents stopped less reliably when authorization records were absent than when those records explicitly denied access.
DEPUTYBENCH evaluates whether enterprise agents continue legitimate work while respecting organizational permissions, using 375 instances built from 79 base items. In controlled permission flips and evidence masking, restricted execution occurred on 10.3% of matched tasks when permission evidence was missing versus 3.5% when non-permission was explicit. Most masked-condition failures clustered in four privacy tasks involving cumulative counts or person-specific consent. The result warns that high safety with complete records does not establish safe behavior when authorization cannot be verified.
Why it matters
Enterprise agents stopped less reliably when authorization records were absent than when those records explicitly denied access.
Limits and context
- The result warns that high safety with complete records does not establish safe behavior when authorization cannot be verified.
Key claims
Enterprise agents stopped less reliably when authorization records were absent than when those records explicitly denied access.
Qualification: The result warns that high safety with complete records does not establish safe behavior when authorization cannot be verified.
Evidence: source-2026-11-12-010
Sources
- arXiv:2611.13355v1arXiv / Cornell University · primary research
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