How Emerging AI Frameworks Drive Business Value and Mitigate Risk

**Executive summary:** This article examines the rise of agentic AI—multiple collaborating automated agents—and compares three frameworks (Google A2A, MCP, OpenAI Function Calling), outlining their potential business benefits and associated cybersecurity risks (expanded attack surface, data exposure in logs, centralization vs. vendor lock-in), and recommending careful evaluation, strong access controls, encryption, and detailed logging to manage those risks.