Introducing the Generative Application Firewall (GAF)

This paper introduces the Generative Application Firewall GAF, a new architectural layer for securing LLM applications. Existing defenses -- prompt filters, guardrails, and data-masking -- remain fragmented; GAF unifies them into a single enforcement point, much like a WAF coordinates defenses fo...

Identity Control Plane: the Unifying Layer for Zero Trust Infrastructure

This paper introduces the Identity Control Plane ICP, an architectural framework for enforcing identity-aware Zero Trust access across human users, workloads, and automation systems. The ICP model unifies SPIFFE-based workload identity, OIDC/SAML user identity, and scoped automation credentials v...