You are selecting technology components for a multi-agent system that will process regulated financial data. Leadership mandates Zero Trust: no implicit trust between agents, minimized lateral movement, and mappable compliance controls. Which component specification is most aligned?

Under “Specify technology components,” AI-500 includes Zero Trust multi-agent solutions with per-agent identity scoping, lateral movement prevention, and compliance control mapping for regulated deployments. That means distinct identities, least-privilege tool and data access, segmented networking, authenticated agent-to-agent channels, and a matrix linking controls to regulatory requirements (access logs, encryption, retention). Option A maximizes blast radius. Option C assumes a soft inside network. Option D trades security for micro-latency and fails audits. Document threat models for prompt injection leading to tool abuse and show how component choices mitigate them.