Using the NANDA Index Architecture in Practice: An Enterprise Perspective

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Main Authors: Wang, Sichao, Raskar, Ramesh, Lambe, Mahesh, Chari, Pradyumna, Singhal, Rekha, Gupta, Shailja, Ranjan, Rajesh, Huang, Ken
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author Wang, Sichao
Raskar, Ramesh
Lambe, Mahesh
Chari, Pradyumna
Singhal, Rekha
Gupta, Shailja
Ranjan, Rajesh
Huang, Ken
author_facet Wang, Sichao
Raskar, Ramesh
Lambe, Mahesh
Chari, Pradyumna
Singhal, Rekha
Gupta, Shailja
Ranjan, Rajesh
Huang, Ken
contents The proliferation of autonomous AI agents represents a paradigmatic shift from traditional web architectures toward collaborative intelligent systems requiring sophisticated mechanisms for discovery, authentication, capability verification, and secure collaboration across heterogeneous protocol environments. This paper presents a comprehensive framework addressing the fundamental infrastructure requirements for secure, trustworthy, and interoperable AI agent ecosystems. We introduce the NANDA (Networked AI Agents in a Decentralized Architecture) framework, providing global agent discovery, cryptographically verifiable capability attestation through AgentFacts, and cross-protocol interoperability across Anthropic's Modal Context Protocol (MCP), Google's Agent-to-Agent (A2A), Microsoft's NLWeb, and standard HTTPS communications. NANDA implements Zero Trust Agentic Access (ZTAA) principles, extending traditional Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to address autonomous agent security challenges including capability spoofing, impersonation attacks, and sensitive data leakage. The framework defines Agent Visibility and Control (AVC) mechanisms enabling enterprise governance while maintaining operational autonomy and regulatory compliance. Our approach transforms isolated AI agents into an interconnected ecosystem of verifiable, trustworthy intelligent services, establishing foundational infrastructure for large-scale autonomous agent deployment across enterprise and consumer environments. This work addresses the critical gap between current AI agent capabilities and infrastructure requirements for secure, scalable, multi-agent collaboration, positioning the foundation for next-generation autonomous intelligent systems.
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spellingShingle Using the NANDA Index Architecture in Practice: An Enterprise Perspective
Wang, Sichao
Raskar, Ramesh
Lambe, Mahesh
Chari, Pradyumna
Singhal, Rekha
Gupta, Shailja
Ranjan, Rajesh
Huang, Ken
Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Multiagent Systems
The proliferation of autonomous AI agents represents a paradigmatic shift from traditional web architectures toward collaborative intelligent systems requiring sophisticated mechanisms for discovery, authentication, capability verification, and secure collaboration across heterogeneous protocol environments. This paper presents a comprehensive framework addressing the fundamental infrastructure requirements for secure, trustworthy, and interoperable AI agent ecosystems. We introduce the NANDA (Networked AI Agents in a Decentralized Architecture) framework, providing global agent discovery, cryptographically verifiable capability attestation through AgentFacts, and cross-protocol interoperability across Anthropic's Modal Context Protocol (MCP), Google's Agent-to-Agent (A2A), Microsoft's NLWeb, and standard HTTPS communications. NANDA implements Zero Trust Agentic Access (ZTAA) principles, extending traditional Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to address autonomous agent security challenges including capability spoofing, impersonation attacks, and sensitive data leakage. The framework defines Agent Visibility and Control (AVC) mechanisms enabling enterprise governance while maintaining operational autonomy and regulatory compliance. Our approach transforms isolated AI agents into an interconnected ecosystem of verifiable, trustworthy intelligent services, establishing foundational infrastructure for large-scale autonomous agent deployment across enterprise and consumer environments. This work addresses the critical gap between current AI agent capabilities and infrastructure requirements for secure, scalable, multi-agent collaboration, positioning the foundation for next-generation autonomous intelligent systems.
title Using the NANDA Index Architecture in Practice: An Enterprise Perspective
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03101