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Research: Agent Verification and Trust

The industry is converging on W3C DIDs as the foundation for agent identity, combined with Verifiable Credentials for capability attestations.

Key insight: 'Registries answer: Did this data exist? Attestations answer: Does this assertion hold?'

Trust frameworks (ATF) apply Zero Trust to agents: identity, behavior, data governance, segmentation, incident response.

Maturity model: Intern (observe) → Associate (task-specific) → Manager (scoped) → Principal (autonomous)

Agent-to-agent trust: T-Score (0-1000 behavioral), C-Score (credit rating), vouch chains, onchain credentials.