Research & Technical Publications

The category-defining public paper on XAP, the Execution Authority Protocol. Introduces the thesis that security has been organized around identity, and the next layer is execution authority: verifiable execution, one operation at a time. Covers the five architectural principles of the category, position relative to authentication, access control, policy engines, audit, and hardware attestation, and deployment relevance across AI agents, zero-trust infrastructure, CI/CD, and post-quantum environments. Cited references include Lampson 1992 capabilities model, NIST SP 800-207, NIST SP 800-53, CNSA 2.0, and related foundational work.

The full technical reference for the XAP category, organized under the AMIAP docket family. Covers the category's architectural principles, enforcement design, governance properties for agentic AI, threat model considerations, and the continuation's distributed enforcement framing. Includes compliance mapping to SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-207, FedRAMP, and CMMC. Available to qualified acquirers, licensees, and commercial evaluators under mutual non-disclosure.