Cryptographic Security for AI

The trust layer for
autonomous agents.

Cryptographic identity. Scoped authorization. End-to-end encryption. Immutable audit. Everything agents need to operate with zero trust.

Security primitives for
the agent economy.

Four cryptographic guarantees that make autonomous agents trustworthy.

Decentralized Identity

Every agent and service has a self-sovereign DID. Cryptographic verification replaces centralized trust. No spoofing. No impersonation.

Capability Tokens

Time-limited, scope-restricted authorization tokens. Grant access to specific tools—not entire accounts. Revocable at any time.

End-to-End Encryption

Double Ratchet protocol provides forward secrecy. Every message encrypted. Session keys rotate automatically. Zero plaintext exposure.

Immutable Audit

Every capability check logged. Tamper-evident architecture. Compliance-ready. Full incident response visibility.

Contract-driven architecture.

The entire Talos ecosystem is built around a single source of truth: talos-contracts. Versioned schemas, test vectors, and canonical helpers ensure every component speaks the same cryptographic language.

talos-contractsSchemas · Vectors · HelpersUniversal SDKTS · Python · Java · GoCore RustFFI Kernel · WASMDocumentationAPI Specs · GuidesMCP ConnectorTool BridgeGatewayREST APIAudit ServiceMerkle Commits

Contracts flow outward: every SDK and service integrates through published, versioned schemas.

Secure tool invocation.

In production, Talos provides end-to-end encryption and per-request authorization. A parallel audit channel captures every decision in a tamper-evident structure—without adding latency.

EXECUTION PATHAgentAI ClientUniversal SDKTypeScript · PythonJava · Go · RustMCP ConnectorTool BridgeGatewayREST APIMCP ToolServiceE2EEAuthAUDIT CHANNELAudit ServiceDashboardHashExecutionAudit

Every request is encrypted, authorized, and logged. Parallel audit commits provide visibility without latency.

Universal Commerce Protocol

Talos enables AI agents to execute secure, allowlist-driven transactions on the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Finalize checkouts and manage sessions with merchant-level policy enforcement.

Merchant Allowlist

Enforce transaction trust by restricting agent checkout to verified merchant domains.

Secure Checkout

Full lifecycle support for UCP Shopping sessions including creation, updates, and completion.

Budget Controls

Real-time spend limit validation and cryptographic audit logs for every transaction.

Performance at scale.

Cryptographic security without the latency tax. Verified on Apple Silicon.

authorize fast

12kauth/sec

Talos Core authorizes requests at high throughput.

Source: M4 Max, service-level gateway authorize_fast

verify ed25519

< 150μsms

Signature verification at microsecond latency.

Source: M4 Max, Ed25519 verification

ratchet encrypt

44k+ops/sec

Double Ratchet encryption at scale.

Source: Python SDK, Session.encrypt(35B)

canonical json

270k+ops/sec

Canonical JSON digest computation.

Source: Python SDK, SHA256 + canonical serialization

log ingest

12kevents/sec

Verified large-scale behavior modeling.

Source: M4 Max, service-level audit log_ingest