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SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

Zero Trust for AI Agents

Every layer of the pipeline is cryptographically verifiable. Every action is audited. Trust nothing.

SharkRouter implements zero-trust security for AI agents through a 14-step cryptographically verifiable pipeline. Every request is encrypted (AES-256-GCM at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit), every agent carries an ECDSA-signed passport, and every action is recorded in a SHA-256 hash-chained WORM audit log with Ed25519 signatures. SharkRouter supports air-gapped on-premise deployment with zero network egress, BYOK encryption via HSM, AWS KMS, or HashiCorp Vault, and offline licensing.

14-Step Security Pipeline

Every request traverses 14 verification stages. Total overhead: under 150ms.

01
Ingestion~2ms
02
Auth & Identity~1ms
03
PII Scan~5ms
04
DLP Rules~3ms
05
Taint Classification~2ms
06
Policy Lookup~1ms
07
ToolGuard Classification~4ms
08
Risk Scoring~2ms
09
Dry-Run Preview~3ms
10
Plan-Execute Gate~1ms
11
Provider Routing~2ms
12
Response Scan~4ms
13
Audit Logging~3ms
14
Compliance Snapshot~2ms
TOTAL PIPELINE LATENCY< 150ms

Encryption at Every Layer

Four cryptographic primitives. Zero plaintext exposure.

Transit

TLS 1.3

All data encrypted in motion. Perfect forward secrecy. No downgrade attacks.

At Rest

AES-256-GCM

Authenticated encryption for stored data. Per-tenant key isolation.

Audit Signing

Ed25519

Every audit log entry is cryptographically signed. Tamper-evident chain.

Agent Passports

ECDSA P-256

Each agent carries a signed passport. Identity is provable, not assumed.

RAG Shield

Cross-tenant leakage is the silent threat in multi-tenant RAG. SharkRouter makes it architecturally impossible.

Canary Tokens

Injected per-tenant. If data crosses boundaries, canaries trigger immediate block.

Tag-Escape Prevention

XML boundary injection attempts are detected and neutralized at parse time.

Sub-Millisecond Blocking

Detection and enforcement happen in the hot path. No async lag.

TENANT A
RAG context
CANARY DETECTION BOUNDARY
TENANT B
RAG context

Cross-tenant data flow blocked at canary boundary

Threat Detection

AI agents create novel attack surfaces. SharkRouter watches patterns humans miss.

Behavioral Baselines

Per-agent normal patterns. Deviation triggers immediate alert.

Kill Switch

Immediate revocation. One click stops all AI traffic. DEFCON-style escalation.

Salami Detection

Incremental privilege escalation detected across sessions. No slow-burn exfiltration.

Cross-Session Anomaly

Patterns that span sessions are correlated. Memory-aware threat detection.

Audit Chain

Banking-grade chain of custody. Every action is signed, stored, and provable in court.

Mutual Signing

Both agent and system sign each transaction. Dual provenance on every action.

WORM Storage

7-year immutable retention. Write-once, read-many. Regulator-ready.

Crypto Shredding

On request, encryption keys are destroyed. Data becomes unrecoverable. GDPR Article 17 compliant.

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PII scan → 3 entities masked12ms ago
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ToolGuard → execute_trade BLOCKED14ms ago
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DLP → sensitive payload reclassified18ms ago
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Response scan → clean21ms ago
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Audit sealed → SHA-256 + ECDSA22ms ago
GEO-FENCING

HTTP 451: Unavailable for Legal Reasons

Non-bypassable geographic routing. Data stays in-jurisdiction. Sovereignty violations return HTTP 451 before the request reaches any provider. No exceptions, no overrides, no workarounds.

"Data sovereignty is not a feature — it's architecture."

Compliance Mapping

Built-in alignment to the frameworks that matter. Not bolted on — woven into the architecture.

SOC 2 Type II

Continuous monitoring, access controls, audit trail

GDPR

Data minimization, right to erasure, consent management

ISO 27001

Information security management system controls

BOI 364

Bank of Israel cloud and technology risk directives

EU AI Act

Article 14 human oversight, risk classification, transparency

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Deep dive into SharkRouter's architecture, threat model, compliance posture and more.

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