By Sachin Mohan · AIM Media House
Akamai launched its unified Agentic Security Framework on June 15, 2026, addressing the trust problem that sits beneath every AI agent transaction.
“Who is the agent, who authorized it, and what is it allowed to do,” through a six-pillar architecture that connects identity, observability, and edge enforcement into a single real-time decisioning layer The framework's central mechanism is the Know Your Agent protocol, developed in collaboration with Skyfire and Experian.
KYA gives AI agents a standardized way to declare their identity, origin, and intent, linking each agent to the platform it operates on and the specific authorized human user it represents. The accountability that creates is the prerequisite for merchants to process automated transactions safely.
Without it, an AI agent initiating a purchase is an unverifiable entity with no chain of authorization that a payment system can act on, according to the press release.
"AI agents are quickly becoming part of digital commerce, but trust will determine how far and how fast adoption grows," said Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian.
"With the Experian Agent Trust framework, we are helping businesses bring more transparency and accountability to AI-driven interactions by verifying identities, assessing risk, and strengthening confidence in every transaction." The Six-Pillar Architecture The framework operates across six integrated pillars.
Verified identity links AI agents to authorized human users through the KYA protocol and Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol, the same identity standard Visa announced as part of its agentic commerce infrastructure in its June 10, 2026 OpenAI partnership.
Akamai's framework extends that trust layer to the edge, giving enterprises a way to enforce it without rebuilding their existing systems, according to the press release.
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