Lumen: The AI Firewall Appliance (AFA) for Secure API Intelligence

Auto build, deploy, and secure AI agents sharing insights, not data. Integrate Lumen AFA with API Gateways, ALBs, and WAFs.

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95% of AI Pilots Fail — Lumen Fixes the Root Causes

Enterprises invest billions in GenAI, and 95% of pilots stall due to expertise gaps and weak guardrails. 42% are scrapped due to delays and security risks, and only 5% reach production.

Your APIs, powering 83% of web traffic, already fuel customer, partner, and internal workflows while sitting on rich, untapped data ready for AI.

Lumen bridges the gap, auto-generating AI agents in Agent to Agent (A2A) compatible formats from existing APIs in minutes, and deploys alongside gateways with full audit, scale, IT control, and guardrails.

You cannot leave your APIs exposed in the AI world. The real threat is not stalled pilots; it is permanent IP and compliance theft through web traffic your APIs control.​​

API’s Data Leakage Trap​

Traditional APIs (even wrapped with MCP Servers) are backdoors, routing proprietary data straight to public LLMs → instant IP theft + multimillion-dollar GDPR/HIPAA fines

The damage is permanent: Once your data trains an external model, it’s gone forever. One breach can permanently erase your competitive edge.

According to IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report, the average cost of a data breach in the financial services sector is estimated at $5.56 million per incident, while global averages reach $4.44 million. https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach​​​

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Lumen Eliminates the Risk​

Lumen deploys next to your API Gateway and, in minutes, auto- generates secure AI agents in Agent to Agent (A2A) compatible formats from your existing APIs. All AI runs inside your VPC. Only approved insights leave your boundary, never raw data.​

  • Contain risk — Block rogue model calls & data egress at the edge​

  • Improve compliance — One-pane policies, immutable audit trails, and instant kill switches.

  • Eliminate costly AI teams – auto-generate AI agents with prompts, instant QA, AI traces, and real-time dashboards.

  • Enable your application for AI Agent Commerce.

Build, Secure & Monetize AI Traffic with Lumen AFA​​

Deploy Lumen’s AI Firewall Appliance (AFA) alongside your API Gateway, ALB, or WAF. Just as you secure HTTP with a WAF, now deliver insights and govern with AFA.

Lumen auto-generates secure AI agents in Agent-to-Agent (A2A) compatible formats from your API specifications. All AI execution stays inside your VPC. Only approved insights leave your boundary, never raw data.​

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How Lumen Deploys: Install, Configure, Govern

1

Install Appliance

Deploy as a VM or container in your cloud or on-prem. Point ingress from your API gateway/ALB/WAF.

2

Register APIs & Tools

Import OpenAPI specs. Lumen converts endpoints into A2A agents.

3

Enforce Policy

Apply PII protection, scope, and geo-fences. All answers are redacted, signed, and fully auditable.

4

Insights—not data

Replace exports with answer objects: aggregates, summaries, and citations instead of raw tables and files.

5

Runs where your data lives

AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, or on-prem. Keep everything inside your VPC. No outbound calls to Backflipt.

6

Admin-first controls

POET console for prompts, tools, and policies with role-based access, secrets management, and audit logs.

Security & Compliance Controls (Built for CISOs)​​

Lumen runs 100% in your VPC (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) with no data egress and no external calls. It enforces enterprise guardrails end-to-end using your approved or custom LLMs: pulls API data, masks PII, anonymizes PHI and IP, masks sensitive fields, and encrypts in transit, then sends only vetted prompts to the LLM. Zero raw data exposure to models.

Outbound Agent-to-Agent (A2A) responses deliver insights only, hardened with differential privacy, geo-fenced rules, JWT expiry, digital watermarks, rate limiting, bias mitigation, and immutable audit trails. All configurable via no-code POET, delivering CISO-level policy control without AI expertise. Compliance by default: GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, SOC 2, ISO 27001. Full visibility. Instant kill switch. Deploy in minutes.​​​

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Seamless with Your API Stack

Seamless Integration with Your API Stack​​​

Lumen plugs in alongside your existing gateway—no code changes, no service rewrites.

Works With Kong • Apigee • AWS API Gateway • MuleSoft • Azure APIM • IBM API Connect • WSO2 • Tyk • Axway • Akana

Understands OpenAPI • Swagger • JSON • YAML • RAML

Ops-Ready Kubernetes • Helm • Terraform • Multi-cloud • Air-gapped​​​

Lumen: Your Gateway to the Agent Economy​​​

The Agent Economy empowers AI agents to autonomously discover, negotiate, and execute secure transactions using protocols like Google’s AP2 and ChatGPT’s agentic tools. Compliant Agent to Agent (A2A) agents share only insights, never raw data, while natively supporting AP2 and ACP for micropayments and decentralized commerce. Deployed in your VPC as an AI Firewall Appliance, it provides IT control and 2 to 3x premium revenue.​

Agent-Economy
Quick Answers to Get You Started
Where does Lumen run?

Lumen deploys in your cloud or on-prem (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes). No data leaves your VPC.

Do I need AI expertise?

No. The POET console enables IT administrators to configure prompts, tools, and policies. Auto-generated logic from your API spec. Lumen provides out-of-the-box prompts so you can get going right away, no deep AI expertise required.

Is it compliant?

Yes. Lumen is compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2. It auto-generates agents with built-in PII protection via differential privacy and anonymization, ensuring no raw data exposure. Features like audit trails, geo-fencing, prompt filtering, and data encryption support regulatory adherence, including CCPA and ISO 27001 standards for enterprise AI security.

Lumen AFA in Action: Industry Scenarios​

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Enterprise: ITSM Intelligence

Risk: LOBs extract raw ITSM data (e.g., ticket histories with PII) via APIs and MCP to fuel ungoverned LLMs for decision making, leading to data leakage, IP loss, and compliance breaches averaging $4.88M, with shadow AI contributing to 20% of incidents.​

Solution: Lumen deploys governed A2A agents atop ITSM APIs to process queries internally, sharing only anonymized insights and summaries. No raw data is exposed, ensuring traceability and compliance.

Read Whitepaper: Securing Financial Intelligence...
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Healthcare: Trial Matching

Risk: EHR data pulled via MCP for trial matching contains PII leaks. HIPAA fines exceed $50K per violation, with 1 in 3 breaches from AI misuse.​

Solution: Lumen powers trial matching agents that return eligibility reports only, never raw records. Full audit trail included.

Read Whitepaper: HIPAA-Compliant AI Agents...
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Market Research

Risk: Proprietary TAM models are extracted and used to train public LLMs. Research firms lose their competitive edge and upsell revenue​

Solution: Lumen enables modeling agents to compute forecasts internally and deliver insights only, monetize per query.

Read Whitepaper: From API to A2A (July 2025)
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Financial: Fraud Scoring

Risk: Fraud models trained on raw transaction data are exposed via APIs. Competitors reverse engineer strategies, and breaches cost $5.9 million on average.​

Solution: Lumen enables fraud scoring agents to run internally and share only risk scores. No raw data leaves the VPC.

Read Whitepaper: Securing Financial Intelligence...

Why Choose Lumen for A2A Agents ?

  • Insights Only: AI processing runs in your VPC. Only derived insights leave. Differential privacy, watermarking, expiry policies.
  • IT Governance: Role-based access, audit trails, kill switch, geo-fencing, rate limiting, bias detection. Full control for IT. switch.
  • POET Admin Console: Configure prompts, tools, and logic via intuitive UI. No deep AI expertise required.
  • Secure & Scalable: OAuth/JWT, HIPAA/GDPR-ready, auto-scaling, Helm/Terraform. Runs in your cloud. No outbound calls.
Lumen vs. Alternatives: Why It Wins
CriteriaLumenDIY/Open-SourceCloud Native
Speed to MarketMinutes via Helm/TerraformMonths of devModerate
GovernanceBuilt-in RBAC, auditsManualPartial
MonetizationAP2-ready, 2–3x revenueRequires custom buildRequires custom build

Future-Proofing for the Agent Economy

Lumen provides out-of-the-box support for emerging AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) and ACP (Agent Commerce Protocol) standards. Prepare for secure agent-led transactions and micropayments.

Admins and developers can seamlessly integrate AP2/ACP libraries via POET once ratified — using certificate services from providers like Stripe or PayPal for verifiable, agent-led payments. This future-proofs your A2A agents for the agent economy, supporting micropayments, bundled negotiations, and decentralized commerce without data exposure.

AP2 Support:

Secure agent authorization and merchant transactions — non-proprietary for broad adoption.

ACP Integration:

Merchant-friendly product/pricing presentation for agentic commerce.

Easy Extension:

Add libraries in POET UI; no code rewrites needed.

What is the A2A Protocol?

A2A (Agent-to-Agent) is Google’s open, vendor-neutral standard that enables AI agents to discover, negotiate, and collaborate autonomously — creating an “agent internet” beyond static APIs or MCP tool access. It allows agents to delegate tasks, share capabilities, and coordinate without exposing internal logic or raw data.

Why it matters for your business:

  • No data exposure — all AI processing stays within your VPC; only derived insights are shared, preventing IP theft and compliance violations.

  • 2-3x premium revenue — charge for agent-delivered intelligence (e.g., predictive forecasts) instead of commoditized data feeds.

  • Interoperable by design — works seamlessly with Vertex AI, Anthropic, and other ecosystems, accelerating adoption without vendor lock-in.

Lumen makes A2A deployment instant — no code, no AI expertise, ready in minutes next to your gateway.

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