US Agencies Release Guidelines for Super Intelligence Control Incidents

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Security Agency Super Intelligence Security Center released joint guidelines on October 16, 2026. CISA Alerts and NIST both reported that the document details key practices for incident readiness and response during super intelligence training and evaluation. [1][2]

According to CISA Alerts, the joint guidance outlines ten voluntary practices for super intelligence control incident management. The recommendations are designed to help organizations that train and evaluate highly capable super intelligence agents to prepare for, detect, respond to, recover from, and report control incidents. [1]

A superintelligence is defined as an agent possessing intelligence that surpasses the most gifted human minds. Best practices serve as accepted methods to achieve quality as an alternative to mandatory standards, often used in accredited management frameworks. [3][4]

The guidance focuses on voluntary measures rather than mandatory compliance standards. The publishing agencies designed the frameworks to help institutions manage potential control failures as super intelligence systems are developed and tested. [1][2][4]