The first HAPS-compliant solution safeguards human oversight of autonomous AI actions through native integrations with agentgateway and Cerbos.
Announced in Manila, Philippines, on November 2, 2026, biometric verification provider iProov has rolled out a new human approval service designed to help enterprises maintain reliable human control over high-risk AI agent tasks. Built on the Human Approval and Presence Specification (HAPS) introduced in September 2026, the platform generates cryptographically verifiable evidence that the legitimate, authorized individual explicitly signed off on an action before an AI agent executes it. At launch, the service connects with agentgateway, the open-source AI agent gateway created by Solo.io, alongside authorization management platform Cerbos as its inaugural policy-engine partner.
To verify human presence, the solution relies on iProov’s Dynamic and Express liveness technologies, which are already trusted by government agencies and global enterprises for millions of daily verifications. The new HAPS engine binds that biometric verification directly to the user’s consent for a specific task, issuing an auditable, non-repudiable certificate for compliance logging and future review.
This launch arrives amid growing consensus across the tech sector regarding the urgency of stricter guardrails for autonomous AI. In an October 2026 Microsoft Security blog post, Microsoft emphasized the need for security policies capable of requiring “cryptographically provable human approval for a high-impact step.” By pairing iProov’s Hosted HAPS Approval Engine with Cerbos and agentgateway, organizations can directly enforce this standard—ensuring verified human sign-off takes place before an AI agent carries out critical operations.
“Cerbos controls and secures what decisions AI Agents can make in an organization, and under what conditions,” said Alex Olivier, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Cerbos. “Our partnership with iProov introduces a new level of control, enabling organizations to require approval from the right human before a high-consequence action can proceed. By adding this decision capability, we are giving organizations the confidence to delegate an even greater range of tasks to their AI agents than ever before while still retaining human oversight and accountability.”
“For organizations to realize the full potential of agentic AI, they need to task agents with increasingly consequential responsibilities. But some actions must remain subject to human control, approval and accountability,” said Andrew Bud, founder and CEO of iProov. “Our new HAPS service provides cryptographically verifiable proof that the real, right human being, confirmed by iProov Genuine Human Presence, has approved a specific action. Cerbos determines when such human approval is required and calls the HAPS service. Together, we enable organizations to embrace AI agent automation without compromising human control. By requiring a genuine human face as part of the approval process, we secure the process against agent impersonation. Because no matter how smart they become, agents will never have faces.”
How it works
Whenever a Cerbos policy mandates human sign-off, the requested task is paused and routed to iProov’s hosted HAPS service. The platform displays the exact action and its parameters to the designated approver. Once they decide to proceed, they complete an iProov genuine human presence check, prompting iProov to generate a signed, one-time credential cryptographically tied to that specific task—only then allowing the agent to move forward. Should any parameter be altered afterward, such as a payment amount or recipient, the credential is invalidated and the execution is automatically halted. This establishes verifiable proof that the authorized individual approved the precise operation, something an AI agent cannot forge or generate independently.
Because the HAPS specification is open, any AI gateway, policy engine, or relying party can adopt HAPS-compliant verification, whether powered by iProov or alternative proof mechanisms. The Open Source HAPS specification, a partial Rust reference implementation, and test vectors are available at github.com/iProov/HAPS under the Apache-2.0 license.
Dominic Forrest, Chief Technology Officer at iProov, will present iProov’s HAPS service and its integration with agentgateway and Cerbos at AgntCon North America, in San Jose, CA, October 22-23.
