Current state assessment (background and motivation)

Academic foundation

ASTRA builds upon cutting-edge research in agentic AI security and trust management. The architecture incorporates concepts from several key academic contributions:

Trust Fabric concept

Drawing from Balija et al., ASTRA implements a "Trust Fabric" approach with: - Decentralized agent discovery through distributed registries - Semantic agent cards with verifiable credentials - Dynamic trust layers integrating behavioral attestations with policy compliance

Comprehensive threat modeling

Based on Narajala & Narayan ATFAA framework, ASTRA addresses: - Cognitive architecture vulnerabilities - Temporal persistence threats - Trust boundary violations - Governance circumvention

Zero‑trust for agentic systems

Implementing Huang et al. principles: - Trust‑Adaptive Runtime Environments (TARE) - Causal Chain Auditing - Dynamic identity with behavioral attestation

2.5 Business value and ROI

Coming soon.