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What is distance to production?
Glossary · AI agent and machine identity security
Short answer
Distance to production is the number of hops that separate an AI agent from a production system.
Why it matters
A short distance means little stands between a mistake and real damage. A long distance gives you more places to stop it.
What it looks like
An agent that can deploy directly is one hop away. An agent that can only open a pull request is further away.
In nerl0
The Security Graph shows the hops between an agent and a production system, so you can compare agents by how close they sit. See Security Graph.