Harmonic Security

GRD-013 · formerly DAT-003

Support monitor, warn, block, and restrict actions

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Acceptance criteria

Set the action per policy and let the policy owner configure the intervention choices and block-page wording including removing any bypass, and record both the evaluation and the action. Support a monitor-first rollout. Where policy permits a user to proceed after a warning, require a business justification before continuing. Do not offer an override where policy disables bypass.

Why it matters

A control that can only block drives work onto personal devices. Graduated actions let policy match the risk.

How to verify

Pilot users see monitor, warn and block outcomes with your wording, and each action is logged. For a warning policy that permits proceeding, show that the user must enter a business justification before continuing. For a blocking policy configured with no bypass, show that the user cannot override the block.

OWASP adoption context

Intervention options are relevant across ordinary employee AI and connected-agent workflows, but each surface may support different monitor or enforcement actions.

Framework mappings

  • Configured block or restrict actions can protect data in transit when they act before egress. Monitor and warning modes do not establish enforced prevention.

  • Owner-configured interventions translate documented AI risk responses and responsible-use rules into operational choices. Their effect depends on the selected action; monitor-first rollout does not imply blocking.

  • Policy-controlled interventions can limit agent tool misuse when applied to the tool action itself. General prompt monitoring does not establish that unsafe tool invocations are constrained.

  • Configurable interventions operationalize data-handling policy, and evaluation/action records provide an event trail. To prevent disclosure, restrictive actions must be enabled and tested before transfer; monitoring and warnings do not prevent egress. ISO/IEC 27001: A.8.12: Use an active, approved leakage-control workflow at the stated data boundary; classification alone is insufficient. If claiming blocking, demonstrate it before egress. A.8.15: Keep attributable event records with appropriate retention, protection and analysis; a live view is insufficient. Policy approval, rollout criteria and exception ownership remain organizational responsibilities.