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title: "What every CIO should ask before deploying agents"
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# What every CIO should ask before deploying agents

Agents change what software can do on behalf of employees. This field guide explains the building blocks, the risks worth planning for and the operating model that helps agents earn trust across the business.

## What you'll learn

- **Foundations**: What separates a dependable agent from a clever demo.
- **Risk**: Permissions, auditability and the review loops your security team will ask about.
- **Scale**: How to organize builders, reviewers and owners as agent counts grow.