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The runtime control plane is where AI governance becomes operational.
Cortex is designed to connect AI-enabled activity to context, authority, evidence and consequence while AI-enabled operations are taking place.
Why runtime control matters
Governance must address the operating moment.
If AI is used inside operational processes, governance must address the operating moment. Runtime control is concerned with what AI is permitted to do, what context applies, what tools or systems are involved, what evidence is retained and how accountability remains clear.
What runtime control accounts for
Five high-level operational factors.
Identity & authority boundaries
Who or what is acting, and under whose authority.
Operational context
The conditions the activity sits within.
Model, provider & tool involvement
What is part of the activity.
Evidence & traceability
What is retained for review.
Operational consequence awareness
What the activity may affect.
Understand governance at runtime.
Cortex helps technical and governance stakeholders frame runtime control without exposing execution-control mechanics.