Your Provable AI Kill Switch, With a Signed Stop Certificate
Single-vendor kill switches only stop agents inside their own stack. Kanawai Governor shuts down rogue or compromised AI agents across every identity provider, cloud, and AI vendor you run in one action, and issues a signed Stop Certificate proving the agent actually went quiet everywhere.
Revoking a Login Does Not Revoke an AI Agent
In 2026, enterprise breaches repeatedly showed what happens when an AI agent or third-party AI integration is compromised: disabling the user's SSO session leaves the agent running.
OAuth Grants & Tokens Outlive the Session
Already-issued access tokens, refresh grants, service roles, and API keys continue authenticating to cloud storage, code repositories, and SaaS APIs long after a user is logged out.
Spawned Subagents Keep Moving Laterally
As seen in the July 2026 multi-agent incident investigated by METR, autonomous agents spawn child tasks, harvest credentials, and coordinate across systems outside any single vendor's dashboard.
No Proof the Agent Actually Went Quiet
When your board, cyber insurer, or regulator asks exactly when a runaway agent was stopped and whether any credentials remained active, a screenshot of a disabled toggle is not an answer.
One-Action Containment Across Every Stack You Run
Kanawai Governor fans out pre-approved, purpose-bound containment policies through the identity, cloud, and AI platforms you already trust, keeping authority in your hands.
Coordinated Revocation Across Your Identity, Cloud & AI Providers
Okta
Microsoft Entra ID
Google Workspace
AWS IAM
GitHub
Anthropic
OpenAICut Every Credential & Subagent in One Action
Using the live credential lineage from Kanawai Agent Passport, Kanawai Governor revokes OAuth grants, rotates or disables IAM roles, terminates active model sessions, and halts downstream subagents across Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, AWS IAM, GitHub, Anthropic, and OpenAI simultaneously.
Cryptographic Proof the Agent Went Quiet
When you cancel a credit card, you want confirmation it is dead everywhere. Every Governor action produces a signed Stop Certificate sealed in Kanawai Proof:
- Authority: Who ordered the stop, when, and under which policy.
- Scope: Every identity, token, OAuth grant, task, and subagent in the lineage.
- Actions & Residuals: Every vendor revocation response, post-stop silence verification, and any residual access requiring manual admin action.
Scheduled Fire Drills for Your AI Estate
Do not wait for a live breach to discover a broken revocation webhook or an unrevocable token. Run automated Kill Drills on a recurring schedule to verify that every containment path works and generate continuous readiness evidence for your board, auditors, and insurers.
Single-Vendor Kill Switches vs. Kanawai Governor
Stopping one model endpoint is not containment when an agent holds credentials across your cloud and SaaS estate.
Import Stop Certificates Into Drata & Vanta as Audit Evidence
Every cybersecurity framework and AI law now requires provable human override and incident containment. Kanawai Governor turns every stop and Kill Drill into an auditor-ready artifact.
Built for Drata & Vanta Compliance Workflows
Our signed Stop Certificates (from both live containment events and scheduled Kill Drills) can be imported directly into audit platforms such as Drata and Vanta as evidence artifacts to meet incident response, access revocation, and human-oversight controls across cybersecurity frameworks, the EU AI Act, and enforced US state AI laws.
Drata
VantaSOC 2 (CC7.3 & CC7.4)
Demonstrates timely incident response execution, verified containment across third-party systems, and immutable post-incident evidence.
ISO/IEC 42001 & ISO/IEC 27001
Proves operational human intervention, AI system suspension capability, and tested corrective action controls for AIMS certification.
NIST AI RMF (MANAGE) & Texas TRAIGA
Satisfies MANAGE 2.4 and 4.1 requirements for mechanisms to supersede, disengage, or deactivate AI systems to preserve statutory safe harbor.
SOC 2 + AIUC-1 (C009, B006, E001-E003)
Provides verifiable evidence of real-time intervention, prevention of unauthorized AI agent actions, and tested AI failure plans.
EU AI Act (Articles 14, 26 & 73)
Meets Article 14(4)(e) human oversight 'stop button' requirements, Article 26 deployer suspension duties, and supports Article 73 serious incident reporting.
CMMC 2.0 Level 2 & State AI Safety Laws
Maps to NIST SP 800-53 IR-4, AC-2, and AC-6 for defense enclaves, plus California EO N-9-26 / SB 53 and New York RAISE Act kill-switch mandates.
Reinforces Every Core Kanawai AI Platform Component
Kanawai Governor reinforces the other core Kanawai AI platform components by turning identity lineage into immediate containment and sealing every stop in your system of record.
Kanawai Proof
Cryptographically seals every Stop Certificate and Kill Drill so auditors and insurers can verify containment.
Explore Kanawai ProofKanawai Agent Passport
Supplies the exact credential, OAuth grant, and subagent lineage scope so Governor knows everything to shut down.
Explore Agent PassportKanawai Sovereign AI
Delivers local, air-gapped agent containment and signed Stop Certificates inside classified and disconnected enclaves.
Explore Sovereign AIFrequently Asked Questions
Common questions from CISOs, SOC leaders, and compliance teams about Kanawai Governor.
Why does logging a user out or disabling a single vendor key fail to stop an AI agent?
Revoking a user login session does not revoke the autonomous agents acting on that user's behalf. Already-issued access tokens, OAuth refresh grants, spawned subagents, delegated service accounts, long-running background jobs, and static API keys continue executing across downstream clouds and SaaS platforms. Kanawai Governor revokes the entire credential and delegation chain across all connected systems in one coordinated action.
What is a signed Stop Certificate?
A Stop Certificate is a tamper-evident cryptographic receipt, sealed in Kanawai Proof, generated every time Kanawai Governor executes a live containment action or scheduled Kill Drill. It documents three things: Authority (who ordered the stop and under which policy), Scope (every identity, OAuth grant, token, task, and subagent in the agent's lineage), and Actions & Residuals (every revocation API call, each vendor's verified response, post-stop silence verification, and any residual credentials requiring manual action).
Can Stop Certificates be imported into Drata and Vanta for compliance audits?
Yes. Stop Certificates from both live containment events and scheduled Kill Drills can be imported directly into audit platforms such as Drata and Vanta as cryptographic evidence artifacts to satisfy SOC 2 (CC7.3 and CC7.4), ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF MANAGE (including Texas TRAIGA safe harbor), SOC 2 + AIUC-1, EU AI Act Articles 14, 26, and 73, CMMC 2.0 Level 2, and state AI laws in California and New York.
What are AI Kill Drills?
AI Kill Drills are scheduled fire drills for your AI estate. Before a real incident occurs, Kanawai Governor tests your cross-vendor revocation paths against non-production or canary agents, measures time-to-silence across identity and cloud providers, and produces a signed readiness certificate for your board, auditors, and cyber insurers.
Does Kanawai Governor require handing root cloud credentials to Kanawai?
No. Kanawai Governor executes through pre-approved, purpose-bound containment policies inside the identity and cloud controls you already run, including Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, AWS IAM, GitHub, Anthropic, and OpenAI. Authority stays with your security team.
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