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Control
GOV-09
Edition
v.1.3
Status
Public review

GOV · Governance & Accountability

GOV-09Decommissioning procedure

Each agent has a documented decommissioning procedure covering data destruction, in-flight transaction handling, credential revocation, log retention, and removal from the agent registry.

Decommissioning an agent, including data disposal, follows a documented process and is logged. The procedure covers data destruction and retention per policy, in-flight transaction handling, affected-user notification, credential and authorization revocation, log retention post-retirement, and removal from the agent registry. Decommissioning evidence is retained for audit.

Table GOV-09.1 · Maturity criteria · v.1.3

L1 to L5 · the lowest level in scope caps the agent
L1Ad hoc

Controls exist informally; documentation is incomplete; no consistent review.

L2Documented

Controls are written down; ownership is assigned; review cadence is defined.

L3Operated

Controls are followed in practice; evidence is collected; deviations are tracked.

Decommissioning procedure is documented; at least one agent has been decommissioned following the procedure or the procedure has been tested in a drill; evidence of data disposal and credential revocation is retained.

L4Measured

Control effectiveness is measured against documented thresholds; trends are reported.

L5Continuously Improved

Controls evolve based on incident learning; maturity gains are evidenced over time.

The v1.3 edition publishes a control-specific criterion at L3 (Operated). The other levels apply the general ladder to this control; see the maturity ladder.

Evidence an assessor asks for

  1. E.1

    Decommissioning procedure is documented.

  2. E.2

    At least one agent has been decommissioned following the procedure or the procedure has been tested in a drill.

  3. E.3

    Evidence of data disposal and credential revocation is retained.

Table GOV-09.2 · Framework mappings

5 of 7 frameworks carry a control-level reference
NIST AI RMFGOVERN 1.5NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0
ISO/IEC 42001A.3.4ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · Artificial intelligence management system
OWASP LLM Top 10·OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
SOC 2 (TSC)CC6.5AICPA Trust Services Criteria for SOC 2 Type II
EU AI ActArt. 17(1)(j)EU AI Act · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
MITRE ATLAS·MITRE ATLAS · Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems
SingaporeMAIGF Internal GovernanceSingapore Model AI Governance Framework / AI Verify / PDPA

Mappings are directional: meeting this control evidences but does not by itself satisfy the external requirement. A middle dot means no control-level reference is published at this edition; see the crosswalk.

Cite this control

Human Intelligence. HI-AAF v1.3, GOV-09 Decommissioning procedure. Public review edition, July 2026. https://humanintel.net/standard/gov/gov-09

Edition v.1.3 · July 2026 · Public review · Markdown · PDF

https://humanintel.net/standard/gov/gov-09

Notice

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