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In development
Two standing data products. Headline findings stay public so the work can be cited and checked by anyone, including the organisations it covers.
Agentic Assurance Index
In developmentA recurring independent score of how well the major agent and agentic payment platforms can evidence authorization. Headline scores stay public.
Incident registry
In developmentAgentic fraud and failure incidents, tagged by root cause. Nobody else is keeping this count, which is exactly why it is worth keeping.
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