Shrink the attack surface
Seven control layers; bounded tool adapters; zero direct database execution./Agents can only touch what you hand them, nothing more.
HVT stacks seven layers, from identity and policy gates to bounded tool adapters, so one failed check never becomes an unchecked action./There are seven checks in a row. If one fails, the others still protect you.
What goes wrong without it
Agents hold broad credentials to databases and APIs./Agents carry keys to far more than they need.
Tools accept free-form input with no schema or timeout./Tools accept anything and wait forever.
A single compromised component exposes everything./One break-in opens every door.
Four steps, in order
Authenticate
Mutual TLS and cryptographic request IDs at the gateway./Every caller proves who it is.
Constrain
Allowlists and quotas at the policy layer./Only listed actions, only so many.
Adapt
Idempotent schemas, hard timeouts, validation./Tools run in a tight, predictable box.
Isolate
Tenant metadata isolation in retrieval; strict runtime memory isolation./Each customer's data is walled off.
Key capabilities
Bounded adapters
No direct database execution./Agents never touch the database directly.
Identity gateway
Role and tenant access with rate quotas./Who you are decides what you can do.
Post-quantum ready
Kyber and Dilithium for encryption and signatures./Built to survive future codebreaking.
Fail closed
Failure of a dependency halts into SAFE HOLD./If something breaks, it stops safely.
Before and after
A compromised agent runs raw SQL against production./A hijacked agent runs its own commands on your database.
The adapter accepts only a validated schema, so the raw query is rejected./The tool only takes approved shapes, so the command is refused.
Illustrative scenarios. Controls shown are design intent, confirmed by the gates on your own infrastructure.
Related
See it on your own agents.
Architecture by Salem Salah bin Omair AlShamsi. Delivered with our technology partner.