XSOC™
Anchored Trust
The security architecture that never issues a key.
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Anchored Trust
Zero Trust said never trust, always verify. Then every implementation verified and issued a key anyway. Anchored Trust removes the issuance. The key is computed on both ends, at the moment of use, from four inputs an adversary does not hold, then destroyed.
✔ No stored key, no certificate authority, no key server on the data path
✔ Post-quantum by design: ML-KEM under FIPS 203 for key establishment, ML-DSA under FIPS 204 for signatures
✔ Sub-millisecond initialization, pure software
✔ 45 KB browser module, one script tag, no install, no agent, no admin rights
✔ Approved algorithms through AWS-LC in FIPS approved mode; XSOC module in CMVP validation with Leidos
✔ Software only, in your tenant, on premises, or fully air-gapped
Four inputs. One key. Nothing stored.
A session key requires the enrolled device secret, a live user factor, a single-use nonce, and the role scope, all present at once. Derivation runs inside a WebAssembly boundary. The server validates a proof and never receives, stores, or reissues the key.
A wrong input does not return a denial to retry against. It returns a different key that opens nothing and says nothing about how close the guess was. No signal. No retry surface.
Key Innovations
Enrolled device
A credential presented from any other device computes a different key. Enrollment is a time-limited ceremony that completes only with participation by the device itself, so a malicious linking code sent to a real user does not enroll an attacker’s device.
Live user factor
A biometric or PIN is an input to every derivation, not only to the initial login. Physical possession of an enrolled device is necessary and not sufficient.
Role scope in the key
Role scope is carried into the derivation, not evaluated beside it. A Read-scoped key is a different key from a Transform-scoped key. A hijacked session cannot escalate, because escalation requires deriving again with the device and the user factor.
Revocation in seconds
Revocation propagates across three independent channels within thirty seconds. No growing revocation list has to reach every endpoint, and a disconnected endpoint is not left holding a valid credential.
Post-quantum by design, not by migration
No classical asymmetric primitive appears in the protect path, so there is no exposure to Shor’s algorithm. Key establishment uses ML-KEM under FIPS 203. Signatures where an open party must verify use ML-DSA under FIPS 204. Symmetric protection is AES-256. Keys are derived at the point of use and never stored, so harvest-now-decrypt-later has nothing to harvest.
Migrating to post-quantum algorithms on its own does not close credential bypass. It changes which mathematics protects the channel. It does not change which party the system decides to give keys to. Anchored Trust changes that.
XSOC™ SaaS
Software only. No appliance. Three delivery forms, all running on infrastructure you control. No PKI, no hardware security module, no key server on the data path, and nothing XSOC operates in the path of your data.
delivery forms:
Deployment to a population of endpoints is a configuration change, not a software distribution program. Under a customer-operated or air-gapped deployment, XSOC holds nothing to disclose.
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NEXUSKEY™
an application of Anchored Trust to access control.
NexusKey™ isn’t just an access solution- it’s a cryptographic enforcement layer. While most systems rely on perimeter tools or cloud IAM to make access decisions, NexusKey embeds identity, policy, and authentication directly inside the encryption itself. That means even if attackers breach firewalls or intercept credentials, they still cannot decrypt or misuse sensitive data-because the key simply won’t work without real-time, multi-factor validation.
In today’s era of AI-driven credential theft, lateral movement, and static encryption exploits, NexusKey closes the last mile of Zero Trust by making the key itself depend on the check, so there is no issued credential to steal.
The Advantage: NexusKey vs. Traditional Access Control
NexusKey™ is architected for adaptability in the most advanced threat environments. Its combination of dynamic key evolution, multi-tiered segmentation, and MFA-bound decryption ensures that even sophisticated adversaries—human, machine, or AI—cannot observe, infer, or replicate access behavior. With cryptographic provenance embedded into every transaction, data assets become inherently verifiable, traceable, and tamperproof—delivering compliance-grade integrity for regulators, forensic audits, and sovereign zero-trust mandates.
Legacy IAM / Key Mgmt
External token or credential-based access
Credentials = breach risk
Keys stored, rotated periodically
Logs stored after the fact
Can be replayed or escalated
NexusKey™
Access tied to encryption itself—only decryptable with MFA
Credentials alone are insufficient to gain access
Keys are ephemeral, context-specific, never stored
Audit embedded in the encryption operation
Access is one-time use, policy-bound, and decays instantly