Authenticator assurance
Document key generation, possession, local unlock, recovery, enrollment, and revocation.
PTERI Standard / Draft framework
Turn identity controls into reviewable evidence.
A practical framework for describing how people, AI agents, robots, devices, and legacy systems receive authority—and proving that the controls operated when it mattered.
Four control domains
A common language for builders, risk teams, and underwriters.
PTERI Standard is designed to make identity and authorization controls legible across technical and commercial reviews.
Actor identity
Maintain distinct records for people, agents, services, robots, devices, and accountable owners.
Action authority
Define scope, resource, limits, expiry, delegation chain, and fresh-approval requirements.
Verifiable evidence
Retain signed, time-bound proof of request, policy decision, approval, result, and revocation state.
Evaluation path
Start with a real workflow.
Review the proposed control model, take a quick self-check, or talk with KAKR about a guided assessment. Each path gives you a different level of detail.
Review the controlsSee the four domains of the draft Standard →Take the PTERI Setup Challenge ↗Free, about 40 seconds: seven answers lead to a security persona, self-reported score out of 100, and suggested setup.Request a guided evaluationBring one consequential action and the evidence you need →
The challenge score is based on your answers. It is a pointer, not an audit, PTERI Standard certification, insurance assessment, or coverage decision.
How cyber insurance can work with PTERI
Use the same control story from application to renewal.
Organizations can map high-risk workflows, deploy stronger controls, and package evidence. Brokers and carriers can use that material as one input to their own assessment.
Suggested evidence packet
- Identity and authority inventory
- MFA and authenticator configuration
- Privileged-action policy
- Agent and device delegation records
- Revocation and recovery testing
- Control exceptions and remediation plan
This approach aligns with the security-control emphasis in CISA’s ransomware guidance ↗ and the governance focus of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 ↗. It does not replace an insurer’s questionnaire, underwriting model, or policy terms.
PTERI Standard is a KAKR-authored framework in development. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST, CISA, the FBI, NAIC, or any insurance carrier.
Start with the highest-consequence action
Build the evidence before the next renewal.
Map one workflow, define who or what may act, and verify every approval at the boundary.