Lifetime Scope Journal · Field Note
Establishing the KYA Standard
for Autonomous Control Rooms
March 2026 · Risto Anton, Lifetime Oy
Verify the Human.
Sandbox the Agent.
Secure the Intent.
At Lifetime Oy, we are moving beyond the limitations of 2020-era identity verification. As we scale the DWS10 Control Room, we've identified a critical security gap: KYC identifies the person, but it cannot govern the autonomous agents they bring into the workspace.
To solve this, we are formalizing the KYA (Know Your Agent) protocol within DWS IQ.
The Technical Core
Hardware Isolation
Every agent — whether it's Microsoft CoWork, Tencent Workbuddy, or Clawbot — is encapsulated in a dedicated Firecracker MicroVM.
Zero Shared Kernel
By ensuring no shared kernel access, we eliminate the "breakout" risks inherent in traditional containerization.
Forensic Accountability
Every syscall is logged via the Lifetime Firehorse audit trail, anchoring autonomous actions to verified human identities.
Subagent Registry v1.1
In v1.1, we introduce the Subagent Registry — every subagent initialized for testing must sign a local Capability Manifest declaring its permitted resource paths. The manifest is immutable for the session duration.
Capability Manifest
Permitted: /mock-api/ and /temp-db/. Denied: /prod-secrets/ — access triggers KYA Violation and immediate session termination.
KYA Violation Enforcement
If a subagent accesses /prod-secrets/: intercepted in < 1 ms, logged to Firehorse, session terminated in < 50 ms, KYA Trust Score reduced by 40 points, operator notified via webhook.
Fault Attribution (Supabase)
When a subagent fails, the system classifies the fault: LOGIC_FAULT (agent reasoning), INTEGRATION_FAULT (mock/API), MANIFEST_FAULT (config), or OPERATOR_FAULT (human). Stored separately in Supabase — not Firehorse — because faults need mutable state and real-time dashboard queries.
This is the new requirement for heterogeneous AI orchestration. We are currently integrating pluggable identity providers to serve as the real-time "Risk Triggers" for this hardware-level gating.
16 Industrial Models. One Control Room.
Lifetime Oy · Helsinki, Finland
The KYA Standard is part of DWS IQ 6 — the industrial AI platform for EU-regulated industries.
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