Docs/Controls/AGENT_INTER_AGENT_COMMS

AGENT_INTER_AGENT_COMMS

Verify multi-agent systems have secure inter-agent communication: scoped delegation, trust boundaries, message validation, and communication logging.

Framework Mappings

OWASP Agentic ASI07 — Insecure Inter-Agent CommunicationEU AI Act Article 14 — Human OversightNIST AI RMF MS2 — AI Systems Evaluated

Agent Frameworks Scanned

LangChainCrewAIAutoGen

Evaluation Facets

01

Delegation Scoping

RequiredWeight: 0.35
Pass:Agent-to-agent delegation explicitly scoped
Fail:Unrestricted delegation — all agents can delegate to all
02

Trust Boundaries

RequiredWeight: 0.3
Pass:Different privilege levels with distinct tool sets per agent
Fail:All agents share identical tools/capabilities
03

Message Validation

Weight: 0.2
Pass:Inter-agent messages validated against schemas
Fail:No message validation
04

Communication Logging

Weight: 0.15
Pass:All inter-agent communications logged for audit
Fail:No logging of inter-agent messages

Remediation Steps

  1. 1Define explicit delegation boundaries between agents
  2. 2Assign different privilege levels and tool sets per agent role
  3. 3Add schema validation for inter-agent messages
  4. 4Log all inter-agent communications for audit

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