| Methodological foundations |
| Subjectivity in scoringSeverity words like “high”/“medium” admit several readings, so assessors diverge on the same system. | 68% re-score divergence (CVSS; Wunder et al., IEEE S&P 2024) | Five-level quantitative rubrics | Full |
| Single-score reductionismOne 0–10 number hides which dimension actually drives the risk, so controls can’t be aimed. | Multi-dimensional signal loss | Three-layer IVP / ORP / ACI architecture | Full |
| Incomplete scoring guidanceTiers are defined but with no test method, threshold, or tool to measure them. | Implementation paralysis | Test methods + tool integration per sub-metric | Full |
| Operational reality |
| Context-blind scoringIntrinsic model risk is scored while where the system is deployed is ignored. | Critical vs. low-risk indistinguishable | ORP layer + Compound Risk Multiplier (CRM) | Full |
| Temporal evidence decayPoint-in-time assessments quietly go stale as models drift and threats evolve. | Stale assessments, false confidence | ACI decay + re-assessment triggers | Full |
| Operational vs. intrinsic conflationRuntime controls are credited as if they reduced intrinsic risk, hiding control failure. | Zero-risk fallacy | IVP + ORP separation; α = 0.15 floor | Full |
| Scope blindness |
| Agentic autonomy risksStatic-model frameworks don’t score autonomous, tool-using, coordinating agents. | Agentic threat classes unaddressed | Containment axis (Cn-1 … Cn-7) | Full |
| Identity security gapsHuman IAM doesn’t fit ephemeral, delegating agents; agent identity goes unscored. | Agent impersonation; no IAM for agents | Cn-5 Agent Identity Integrity | Full |
| Tool / function-calling securityThe MCP and tool-calling surface — poisoning, CVEs — goes unassessed. | Tool poisoning; MCP CVEs | Ro-4 + Cn-1/Cn-2 + Tr-3 | Full |
| Structural impossibilities |
| Residual risk floorFrameworks imply controls can reach zero risk; emergent and semantic risk make that false. | False belief in zero risk | α = 0.15 irreducible risk | Full |
| Emergent-behavior unpredictabilityBehaviour not predictable from component tests — collusion, drift, memory poisoning. | Non-deterministic risk underestimated | α = 0.15 floor + behavioral attestation decay (BAW: T_behavior, M_Em = 3.0) + C_behavior monitoring caps + §7 BBD drift protocol | Partial |
| Cross-layer cascading failuresVulnerabilities amplify across the agent stack; independent layer scoring misses it. | Amplification not modeled | Graph-derived Cp (GDCP): verified dependency graph, layer reachability, privilege amplification, fault-injection blast radius; worst indicator governs; Cn-6 chain rule retained | Full |