Why OAuth and SAML Cannot Govern AI Agents
These protocols were engineered for a world where a human being sits at the center of every consequential action. That world no longer exists. Here is precisely where they break — five structural failures that no patch can fix — and what the protocol layer beneath AI agents actually needs to look like.
The Narrowing Invariant — How IPP Prevents Scope Creep in Agent Delegation
Every time an agent spawns a sub-agent, scope can only narrow — never expand. The cryptographic mechanism that makes that guarantee enforceable without a central authority.
EU AI Act Article 14 and What It Actually Requires from Your Agent Infrastructure
August 2026 enforcement means organizations must prove AI actions were authorized at time of execution. This is a provenance requirement — not an authentication requirement.
What the Key Generation Ceremony Is — and Why We Did It
The Genesis Seal is only as trustworthy as the ceremony that produced it. A behind-the-scenes look at the air-gapped machine, the Ed25519 key pair, and the sealed envelopes.
The Five Questions No Enterprise Can Answer About Their AI Agents Today
Who authorized it? What were the constraints? Did it stay within bounds? Who is accountable? Can you prove it? Most organizations cannot answer any of these cryptographically.