03 / Security-first / trust model
Security is not a feature.
It is the foundation.
Zion is designed assuming the network is hostile, the keys are precious, and the regulator is watching. Defence in depth, least privilege, complete observability, applied to every component, every flow, every line.
A.01 / Identity Kotauth · OAuth 2.1 · OIDC · WebAuthn
Powered by Kotauth, our in-house identity platform. Phishing-resistant multi-factor by default. Hardware-backed keys on the admin tier. Per-tenant identity boundaries, never shared.
A.02 / Cryptography Encrypted everywhere
TLS 1.3 in flight, AES-256-GCM at rest, envelope encryption with KMS-managed keys. PII is tokenised; the database never sees plaintext.
A.03 / Access Zero-trust, least-privilege
Granular RBAC down to the field. Every action signed and audited. Maker-checker enforced on funds movement and configuration changes.
A.04 / Observability Complete audit trail
Structured, signed, tamper-evident logs. Distributed traces on every order. Real-time anomaly detection on flows, balances, and access patterns.
A.05 / Resilience Built to survive
Active-active across availability zones. RPO < 60s, RTO < 15min. Chaos-tested. Game-days quarterly. The system is rehearsed, not just deployed.
A.06 / Compliance Regulator-ready out of the box
SIV reporting, SEPRELAD AML controls, transaction monitoring, sanction screening. Reports generated, signed, and shipped on schedule.