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AGRC Framework / Domain 9
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MITRE ATLAS AML.TA0002 (Resource Development), FinOps Framework.
Domain Objective
Monitoring AI usage solely for "security" while ignoring the financial telemetry of token consumption is a critical fiduciary failure. State-sponsored adversaries (e.g., North Korea's UNC4899) actively hack AI systems to operate as "Compute Mules"—spinning up sub-agents to mine crypto or generate polymorphic malware on the enterprise's dime. This domain establishes Real-Time Economic Circuit Breakers and Compute Geofencing, ensuring the enterprise does not inadvertently become a financier for sanctioned threat actors.
Controls
FIN-9.1
Absolute Economic Circuit Breakers (Denial of Wallet)
The Rule — Control Statement
The API Gateway managing AI inference shall implement hard-coded, real-time fiat/dollar-limit thresholds per NHI session.
The Why — Fiduciary Rationale
Protects the enterprise balance sheet from runaway recursive loops ("stubborn" agents) or attacker-driven resource exhaustion that can bankrupt a cloud budget in hours. Financial intervention cannot wait for the end-of-month cloud bill.
The How — Implementation Standard
Limits must be enforced at the infrastructure level (e.g., "Agent X cannot spend more than $5.00 per session"). Upon breach, the connection is instantly severed, completely independent of the agent's software logic.
The Proof — Continuous Attestation Evidence
API Gateway and FinOps billing integration logs demonstrating automated 429 Too Many Requests or hard connection drops triggered precisely at the designated financial threshold.
FIN-9.2
Token-to-Task Velocity Monitoring (Compute Mule Detection)
The Rule — Control Statement
GRC and FinOps systems shall continuously monitor the ratio of compute utilized (tokens generated) versus business tasks completed (validated outcomes).
The Why — Fiduciary Rationale
A sudden, massive spike in output tokens without a corresponding completion of authorized internal workflows is the primary Indicator of Compromise (IoC) that an agent has been hijacked as a "Compute Mule."
The How — Implementation Standard
Anomaly detection algorithms must establish a baseline token-to-task ratio. Disproportionate spikes in token generation must trigger an automated quarantine of the NHI session and an immediate alert to the Security Operations Center (SOC).
The Proof — Continuous Attestation Evidence
SIEM/APM alerting logic proving active monitoring of token-to-task ratios, supported by incident response logs for velocity anomalies.
FIN-9.3
Disallowed Compute Architectures (Geofencing Provisioning)
The Rule — Control Statement
Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies shall explicitly deny enterprise agents the permission to provision high-density GPU compute instances via internal APIs or MCP tools.
The Why — Fiduciary Rationale
If an agent gains infrastructure provisioning rights, an advanced adversary will utilize it to autonomously spin up massive GPU clusters (e.g., AWS P4d/P5 instances) on the victim's account to conduct password cracking or train illicit models.
The How — Implementation Standard
Agent execution roles must contain hard Deny statements (e.g., Service Control Policies) for high-cost or GPU-optimized instance types in cloud environments.
The Proof — Continuous Attestation Evidence
Cloud provider IAM policy JSONs mathematically proving explicit Deny rules for restricted instance types attached to all agentic execution roles.
FIN-9.4
Sanctions and OFAC Compute Audits for Autonomous Procurement
The Rule — Control Statement
API gateways managing an Agent's outbound infrastructure provisioning or purchasing requests must be integrated with active AML/OFAC monitoring systems.
The Why — Fiduciary Rationale
If an agent autonomously purchases digital goods, APIs, or infrastructure from a sanctioned counterparty on behalf of the enterprise, it creates immediate, strict federal liability.
The How — Implementation Standard
Any MCP tool executing a financial transaction or contract execution must trigger an automated, sub-second Know Your Customer / Know Your Business (KYC/KYB) check against global sanctions lists for the target entity prior to Governor approval of the payload.
The Proof — Continuous Attestation Evidence
Gateway execution logs mapping agent-initiated purchase or API requests to successful OFAC/Sanctions database clearance checks prior to transaction finalization.
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