Security & Governance
Enterprise-grade security isn’t a feature. It’s the operating model.
Validate Security in Your Environment
Pharos runs a fixed-fee Decision Sprint to validate security controls in your environment. In 5 days, we deploy a governed agent on a single workflow with governance from day one. Your data stays in-boundary, every action is logged with a deterministic audit trail, and you receive a clear go / no-go recommendation with documentation.
The engagement ends with a documented decision—no open-ended pilots.
Your Data, Your Boundary
Data sovereignty is non-negotiable. Pharos deploys inside your infrastructure. EMBED is our forward-deployed execution methodology.
No Data Transmission
Your data does not leave your environment. Processing occurs within your on-premise infrastructure or private cloud VPC. No operational data is sent to external services by default.
No Training on Your Data
We do not use your data to train public models. Your data is used only to execute your workflow and to produce the audit evidence you require.
Air-Gap Capability
For sensitive environments, deployments can run in fully air-gapped networks with no external connectivity requirements.
Network Isolation
Deployed agents run in isolated network segments with explicit firewall rules. Network traffic stays within your defined boundary and control plane policies.
Permission-Scoped Agents
Deployed agents operate within explicitly defined boundaries. No blanket access. No hidden permissions.
Least-Privilege Access
Each deployed agent is granted only the minimum permissions required for a specific workflow. Permissions are scoped at the data, API, and system level, with explicit allowlists and policy constraints.
IAM Integration
Permissioning integrates with your existing identity and access management systems. No parallel credential universe. No shadow admin roles.
No Credential Storage
Deployed agents do not store user credentials. Authentication is handled via your IAM infrastructure using service accounts, short-lived tokens, or OAuth flows.
Human-in-the-Loop Autonomy
Automation with oversight. You control the line between recommendation and action.
Approval Gates
High-risk actions require explicit human approval before execution. Approvals integrate with your existing notification and ticketing workflows.
Confidence Thresholds
When confidence falls below your defined thresholds, the system escalates to human review. No blind automation of uncertain decisions.
Override Capabilities
Operators can override or halt actions at any time. Overrides are logged and can be used to adjust policies, thresholds, and guardrails.
No High-Stakes Autonomy
Critical decisions (e.g., financial transactions, security configuration changes, compliance actions) always require human approval.
Deterministic Audit Trails
Every action is logged with complete context. Audit trails are exportable and review-ready.
Complete Logging
Actions are logged with timestamp, actor context, inputs, outputs, and policy state. The goal is reproducible review, not best-effort recollection.
Causal Attribution
Audit records capture the causal chain: what the deployed agent observed, what constraints applied, what it recommended or executed, and why.
Immutable Records
Audit logs can be signed and stored in append-only systems to support tamper-evident retention and downstream review.
Export-Ready
Logs can be exported in standard formats (JSON, CSV) for compliance review, regulatory reporting, or SIEM integration.
Compliance Framework Alignment
Pharos provides the architecture and controls to support compliance. You remain responsible for your environment configuration and policies.
SOC 2
Controls for security, availability, processing integrity
HIPAA
Healthcare privacy and security requirements
SOX
Financial reporting controls and audit trail requirements
GDPR
EU data protection and privacy obligations
AI Act
EU AI governance and risk management requirements
ISO 27001
Information security management system standard
Note: Pharos provides technical capabilities and reference architecture to support compliance requirements. Your organization remains responsible for configuring your environment, policies, and procedures to meet specific regulatory obligations. We recommend reviewing requirements with your compliance and legal teams.