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OWASP Agent Control Standard (ACS)

A standard for expressing agent controls

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From clause to evidenceThe chain from OWASP ACS to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseOWASP ACSACSDuty holderNot statedApplies fromNo dateVoluntaryArtefactMachine-readablecontrol…LayersLayer 01Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-19 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from OWASP ACS to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseOWASP ACS · ACSDuty holderNot statedApplies fromNo date · VoluntaryArtefactMachine-readable control…LayersLayer 01Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-19illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-OWASP-ACS. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: OWASP ACS, ACS.
  • Duty holder: Not stated.
  • Applies from: No date, Voluntary.
  • Artefact: Machine-readable control definitions….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-OWASP-ACS
Instrument
OWASP Agent Control Standard (ACS) standard
Clause
ACS
Applies from
No date Voluntary · Voluntary

The artefact that evidences it

Machine-readable control definitions for agents.

Patterns that build it

Open controls that evidence it

Draft controls in the open control profiles that map to this row: each states a requirement and the evidence it must leave behind.

Source

Chapter 08, section OWASP GenAI Security Project, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). OWASP Agent Control Standard (ACS) (AIGE-OBL-OWASP-ACS). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-owasp-acs. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{OWASP Agent Control Standard (ACS) (AIGE-OBL-OWASP-ACS)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-owasp-acs},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}