365 Architect

365 Architect — Enterprise Architecture

1. Enterprise Overview

365 Architect is an enterprise technology company delivering a portfolio of security, AI, and compliance products purpose-built for mid-to-large enterprises operating across regulated industries. Our mission is to provide the intelligence layer that protects, optimises, and governs enterprise AI and cloud operations — ensuring data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

1.1 Product Portfolio

Product Category Primary Function Deployment Model
QuantumReady Security & Compliance PQC readiness, NIST standards assessment, quantum computing education Cloud / Documentation
NestVault365 Data Security Enterprise zero-knowledge encryption, data sovereignty, regulatory compliance Cloud / On-Premise
The Blueprint 365 AI Engineering 11-stage agentic pipeline transforming requirements into production-ready systems CLI / API
Code Nest 365 Developer Tools VS extension for local AI-assisted coding with private LLM integration Desktop Extension
Aegis 365 AI Security 8-layer AI Trust Mesh for prompt inspection, anonymisation, and governance Cloud / Sidecar / On-Premise
Brain Nest 365 AI Productivity Private AI ecosystem with multi-model chat, voice, and knowledge graph retrieval On-Premise / Air-Gapped

1.2 Enterprise Architecture Principles

  • Data Gravity Rule — sensitive data must never leave the enterprise perimeter in plaintext
  • Zero-Knowledge by Default — no external service ever has access to customer plaintext
  • Least-Privilege Operations — every component operates with minimum required access
  • Defence in Depth — multiple independent verification layers across every boundary
  • Observability by Design — every action is logged, auditable, and traceable
  • No Single Point of Trust — distributed trust with MPC, dual-key, and split-secret architectures

2. Product Ecosystem Architecture

2.1 Ecosystem Overview

                          ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
                          │          365 Architect               │
                          │         Enterprise Portal             │
                          └──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────────┘
                                 │      │      │      │
              ┌──────────────────┘      │      └──────────────────┐
              ▼                         ▼                        ▼
    ┌─────────────────┐      ┌─────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
    │  Security Layer  │      │    AI/ML Layer       │    │  Compliance     │
    │                  │      │                      │    │  Layer          │
    │  • NestVault365  │◄────►│  • Blueprint 365    │    │                 │
    │  • Aegis 365     │      │  • Brain Nest 365   │    │  • QuantumReady │
    │  • QuantumReady  │      │  • Code Nest 365    │    │  • Aegis L6     │
    └────────┬─────────┘      └──────────┬───────────┘    └────────┬────────┘
             │                           │                         │
             └───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┘
                                         │
                                         ▼
                          ┌─────────────────────────────┐
                          │     Common Infrastructure    │
                          │  Azure · Nginx · PostgreSQL  │
                          │  Redis · Ollama · GraphRAG   │
                          └─────────────────────────────┘

2.2 Cross-Product Integration Matrix

Integration Source Product Target Product Protocol Purpose
Context Delegation Code Nest 365 Blueprint 365 REST API VS extension delegates complex context management to Blueprint pipeline
Prompt Protection Blueprint 365 Aegis 365 OpenAI-compatible API Generated prompts routed through Aegis Trust Mesh for data governance
Knowledge Base Sync Brain Nest 365 Aegis L2 (Private Map) Webhook Enterprise-specific terminology synchronised for sensitivity detection
Compliance Reporting Aegis 365 QuantumReady Event Stream Compliance evidence collected for PQC readiness assessments
Encryption Key Mgmt NestVault365 Aegis L6 (Proof Notary) gRPC Zero-knowledge proof generation uses NestVault encrypted primitives
Identity Federation All Products Azure AD / Okta OIDC / SAML Unified identity across the entire ecosystem

3. Common Infrastructure Platform

3.1 Shared Services

All 365 Architect products share a common infrastructure layer providing:

Service Technology Purpose Used By
API Gateway Nginx SSL termination, routing, rate limiting, WebSocket proxy All cloud-deployed products
Identity Provider Azure AD / Okta OAuth2/OIDC, MFA, SCIM provisioning All products with user authentication
Secrets Management Azure Key Vault / HSM Encryption keys, API keys, certificates NestVault365, Aegis 365
Monitoring & Alerting Azure Monitor / Datadog Metrics, logs, tracing, alerting All cloud-deployed products
CI/CD Pipeline GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps Build, test, deploy, infrastructure-as-code All products
Container Registry Azure Container Registry Docker image storage and distribution All products

3.2 Data Layer Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  365 Architect Data Layer                      │
│                                                               │
│  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌────────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  │
│  │  Hot Cache       │  │  Operational   │  │  Cold/Audit  │  │
│  │  (Redis 7)       │  │  DB            │  │  (Azure Blob │  │
│  │  < 1ms latency   │  │  (PostgreSQL   │  │  / S3)       │  │
│  │  Session state,  │  │  16)           │  │  > 1s latency │  │
│  │  tokens, cache   │  │  Entity data,  │  │  Audit logs,  │  │
│  │  TTL-driven      │  │  relationships │  │  archives,    │  │
│  │  eviction        │  │  ACID          │  │  ZKPs         │  │
│  └─────────────────┘  └────────────────┘  └──────────────┘  │
│              │                  │                  │          │
│              └──────────────────┼──────────────────┘          │
│                                 ▼                             │
│                    ┌──────────────────────┐                   │
│                    │   Data Sovereignty   │                   │
│                    │   Enforcement Layer  │                   │
│                    │   Geo-routing · TTL  │                   │
│                    │   Classification-    │                   │
│                    │   driven retention   │                   │
│                    └──────────────────────┘                   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Data classification tiers across all products:

Tier Classification Storage TTL Example
T0 Public Any cache 24h Documentation, marketing content
T1 Internal PostgreSQL 90 days Usage analytics, non-sensitive metadata
T2 Confidential Encrypted PostgreSQL 30 days — 7 years Business logic, conversation history
T3 Sensitive Encrypted + Enclave Per-policy (indefinite) PII, PHI, source code, trade secrets
T4 Critical HSM-backed encrypted Immutable Encryption keys, audit ZKPs

3.3 Observability Stack

Component Technology Purpose
Log Aggregation Azure Log Analytics / ELK Centralised log collection and search
Metrics Prometheus + Grafana Real-time dashboards, alerting rules
Distributed Tracing OpenTelemetry + Jaeger End-to-end request tracing across product boundaries
Audit Trail Immutable append-only store (L6) Compliance-grade audit for regulated industries

4. Identity & Access Architecture

4.1 Unified Identity Model

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   Enterprise IdP                          │
│              Azure AD / Okta / On-Prem AD                 │
└────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘
                     │ OIDC / SAML / LDAP
                     ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              365 Architect Identity Gateway                │
│                                                           │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐ │
│  │ Token    │  │ Role     │  │ SCIM     │  │ Session  │ │
│  │ Validation│  │ Mapping  │  │ Sync     │  │ Manager  │ │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘ │
└────┬───────────┬────────────┬──────────────┬─────────────┘
     │           │            │              │
     ▼           ▼            ▼              ▼
┌──────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ N365 │ │ BP365    │ │ Aegis365 │ │ BrainN365    │
└──────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘

4.2 Role Hierarchy (Cross-Product)

Role Scope Products Capabilities
Global Admin — CISO All products Entire ecosystem Deploy, configure, audit, emergency access (with MPC)
AI Governance Officer AI products Blueprint 365, Aegis 365, Brain Nest 365 Policy management, sensitivity thresholds, HITL approvals
Security Officer Security products Aegis 365, NestVault365, QuantumReady Threat monitoring, compliance reporting, audit review
Department Admin Per-product Single product Product-specific configuration within global guardrails
Developer Per-product Code Nest 365, Blueprint 365 API keys, sandbox environments, integration configuration
End User Single product As assigned Standard product usage within policy constraints
Read-Only Auditor All products Entire ecosystem (read) Compliance evidence collection, no modification

5. Security Architecture

5.1 Defence-in-Depth Model

Layer 7: Physical Security         ─ Customer data centers, HSM hardware
Layer 6: Network Security          ─ Nginx firewall, TLS 1.3, network segmentation
Layer 5: Identity & Access         ─ Azure AD, FIDO2, MFA, SCIM, RBAC
Layer 4: Application Security      ─ Input validation, CSRF, rate limiting
Layer 3: Data Security             ─ Encryption at rest, encryption in transit, tokenisation
Layer 2: AI Security (Aegis L0-L7) ─ Prompt inspection, anonymisation, sovereignty
Layer 1: Supply Chain Security     ─ Signed artifacts, SBOM, dependency scanning
Layer 0: Governance & Compliance   ─ SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP, audit trails

5.2 Cross-Product Encryption Strategy

Data State Method Key Management Products
At Rest — Database AES-256 (TDE) Azure Key Vault / BYOK All products with databases
At Rest — Files AES-256 (client-side) Customer HSM NestVault365, Brain Nest 365
In Transit TLS 1.3 Automated CA rotation All products
In Use (Confidential Computing) AMD SEV-SNP / Intel TDX Hardware attestation Aegis 365 (planned)
Tokenisation (AI Prompts) Format-preserving encryption Aegis Secure State Map Aegis 365
Zero-Knowledge Proofs zk-SNARKs NestVault365 key lattice Aegis L6

5.3 Distributed Trust Architecture

365 Architect's products implement distributed trust across all security-critical operations:

Mechanism Application Products
MPC Key Splitting (Shamir's) Master decryption keys split across 3 parties Aegis 365, NestVault365
Dual Hardware Token Approval Two physical tokens required for policy changes Aegis 365
Break Glass Protocol Dual-key access with full audit trail Aegis L6
No-Single-Admin Plaintext Even Global Admin requires MPC quorum for plaintext Aegis 365
Litigation Hold Suspended TTL by dual-key authorisation Aegis L6

6. Integration & Interoperability

6.1 Common Integration Gateway

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              365 Architect Integration Gateway                │
│                                                               │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────┐  │
│  │ REST API    │  │ Event Bus   │  │ Webhook Registry    │  │
│  │ (OpenAPI 3) │  │ (Azure     │  │ (Outbound Event     │  │
│  │             │  │ Event Grid) │  │  Subscriptions)     │  │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────────────┘  │
│                                                               │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────┐  │
│  │ gRPC        │  │ GraphQL     │  │ SOAR Connector      │  │
│  │ (Internal)  │  │ (Product    │  │ (Microsoft Sentinel, │  │
│  │             │  │  Dashboards)│  │  Splunk, Palo Alto) │  │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

6.2 Event-Driven Integration

Products communicate through an event-driven architecture using Azure Event Grid:

Event Publisher Subscribers Payload
prompt.blocked Aegis L1 Aegis L6, QuantumReady Metadata — no plaintext
compliance.certificate.generated Aegis L6 Enterprise Portal ZKP certificate reference
knowledge.sync.required Brain Nest 365 Aegis L2 Tenant ID, term list hash
pipeline.completed Blueprint 365 Code Nest 365, Enterprise Portal Status, artifact references
encryption.key.rotated NestVault365 Aegis L6 Key ID, rotation timestamp
user.identity.changed Identity Gateway All products User ID, new roles

6.3 Enterprise SSO Integration

All products support:

  • Azure Active Directory — OIDC authentication, SAML 2.0 federation
  • Okta — OIDC, SCIM provisioning
  • On-Premises Active Directory — Kerberos, LDAP via Azure AD Connect
  • Google Workspace — OIDC
  • SCIM 2.0 — Automated user lifecycle management (onboarding, role changes, offboarding)

7. Deployment Architecture

7.1 Deployment Model Spectrum

Cloud-Managed ─── Cloud-Dedicated ─── Hybrid Sidecar ─── On-Premise ─── Air-Gapped
     │                  │                  │                  │              │
  Lowest             Mid               Recommended         Regulated     Highest
  Security         Security           Enterprise           Industries   Security
Model Control Plane Data Plane Best For
Cloud-Managed SaaS 365 Architect Azure 365 Architect Azure SME, POC, low-sensitivity
Cloud-Dedicated 365 Architect Azure Customer Azure Tenant Mid-market, standard compliance
Hybrid Sidecar 365 Architect Azure Customer On-Prem (L0-L4) Banks, Pharma, Tech — lead offering
On-Premise Customer Data Center Customer Data Center Regulated industries
Air-Gapped Fully disconnected Fully disconnected Defense, Government

7.2 Infrastructure-as-Code

All infrastructure is defined as code using a unified Terraform provider:

terraform/
├── modules/
│   ├── compute/          # Azure Container Apps, AKS, VMs
│   ├── network/          # VNet, Nginx, load balancers, WAF
│   ├── data/             # PostgreSQL, Redis, Blob Storage
│   ├── security/         # Key Vault, HSM, network policies
│   └── monitoring/       # Log Analytics, Grafana, alerts
├── environments/
│   ├── dev/              # Development — single region
│   ├── staging/          # Pre-production — multi-region
│   └── prod/             # Production — HA multi-region
└── products/
    ├── nestvault365/     # NestVault deployment templates
    ├── aegis365/         # Aegis deployment templates
    ├── brainnest365/     # Brain Nest deployment templates
    └── blueprint365/     # Blueprint deployment templates

7.3 CI/CD Pipeline

Git Push → GitHub Actions → Build → Test → Security Scan → Push Image → Deploy
           │                   │       │          │            │            │
      PR Validation        Unit    Integration  Trivy/    ACR Push    Blue-Green
                          Tests     Tests      Snyk                 Deployment

All container images are signed using Cosign. SBOMs are generated and uploaded to Dependency Track for every build. Image scanning (Trivy, Snyk) runs before any image is pushed to production.


8. Compliance & Governance

8.1 Certification Coverage by Product

Certification Aegis 365 NestVault365 BrainNest365 Blueprint365 QuantumReady
SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA N/A N/A
GDPR
FedRAMP Moderate Planned Planned N/A N/A N/A
PCI-DSS N/A N/A N/A
ISO 42001 (AI) Planned N/A Planned Planned N/A
ITAR Planned Planned N/A N/A N/A

8.2 Enterprise Governance Framework

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│               365 Architect Governance Board                   │
│                                                               │
│  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────┐ │
│  │ CISO       │  │ CPO        │  │ Legal      │  │ Eng    │ │
│  │ Council    │  │ (Privacy)  │  │ Counsel    │  │ Lead   │ │
│  └────────────┘  └────────────┘  └────────────┘  └────────┘ │
└───────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┬─────────────┘
            │                  │                  │
    ┌───────┴───────┐  ┌──────┴──────┐  ┌───────┴───────┐
    │ Security      │  │ Privacy     │  │ Compliance    │
    │ Review Board  │  │ Review      │  │ Review Board  │
    └───────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └───────────────┘

8.3 Enterprise Data Retention by Product

Product Active Data Archived Data Audit Data
Aegis 365 TTL-driven (L0 context) 90 days (cold) 7 years (immutable)
NestVault365 Key metadata only 30 days 7 years
Brain Nest 365 Active conversations 90 days (cold) 2 years
Blueprint 365 Pipeline artifacts 30 days 2 years
QuantumReady Assessment results As per engagement 7 years

9. Operational Excellence

9.1 SLA Framework

Product Availability Target RTO RPO
Aegis 365 (Cloud) 99.95% Under 2 minutes Zero
Aegis 365 (Sidecar) 99.99% Under 60 seconds Zero
NestVault365 99.99% Under 2 minutes Zero
Brain Nest 365 (Cloud) 99.9% Under 5 minutes Under 1 minute
Blueprint 365 (API) 99.95% Under 2 minutes Zero

9.2 Incident Response

Severity Definition Response Time Escalation
SEV-0 Data breach, service outage 5 minutes CISO, CEO
SEV-1 Feature outage, degraded performance 15 minutes Engineering Lead
SEV-2 Minor issue, non-critical 1 hour Engineering Team
SEV-3 Cosmetic, documentation Next business day Product Team

9.3 Business Continuity

  • Multi-region active-active for cloud deployments (East US 2, West Europe, Southeast Asia)
  • Quarterly DR tests with documented evidence for SOC2/ISO 27001
  • Chaos engineering — scheduled node failure simulation, state corruption injection
  • Sovereignty fail-closed — when RTO exceeded, all cross-boundary traffic severed until integrity verified

10. Product Lifecycle

10.1 Maturity Model

Phase Products Characteristics
Generally Available Aegis 365, NestVault365, QuantumReady Full support, SLA, certifications, production SLAs
Beta Blueprint 365, Brain Nest 365 Feature complete, active customer feedback, path to GA
Preview Code Nest 365 Public preview, iterative development
Roadmap Cross-Product Integration Suite Planned Q3-Q4 2026

10.2 Versioning and Backward Compatibility

  • All APIs follow semantic versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
  • Backward-compatible within MAJOR version
  • Deprecation notice minimum 6 months for MAJOR version changes
  • All versions documented in product-specific documentation

11. Architecture Decision Records

ADR Decision Rationale
ADR-001 OpenAI-compatible API as universal connector Zero code changes for enterprise adoption; ecosystem compatibility
ADR-002 Redis for hot cache, PostgreSQL for operational DB Redis provides sub-millisecond TTL-driven caching; PostgreSQL provides ACID compliance for domain data
ADR-003 Nginx as unified API gateway Single entry point simplifies security posture; WebSocket proxy built-in
ADR-004 MPC key splitting for admin controls No single point of trust; compliance with regulatory requirements for separation of duties
ADR-005 Local SLM for L1/L2 (not cloud API) Zero data leaves enterprise for inspection; offline capability; latency predictability
ADR-006 Format-preserving encryption over hashing Maintains AI reasoning capability; structure-preserving allows LLM to process context naturally

12. Enterprise Reference Architecture

12.1 Small Enterprise Deployment (< 1,000 users)

Nginx LB → Aegis 365 (Cloud SaaS) → OpenAI / Anthropic
               │
NestVault365 (Cloud SaaS) → Azure Key Vault

All products consumed as SaaS. Single region. No on-premise infrastructure.

12.2 Mid-Market Enterprise (1,000 — 10,000 users)

Nginx LB → Aegis 365 (Cloud-Dedicated) → OpenAI / Anthropic / Azure OpenAI
               │
          ┌────┴────┐
     Brain Nest   Blueprint
       365          365
               │
     NestVault365 (BYOK) → Customer HSM

Cloud-dedicated with BYOK. Optional on-premise sidecar for high-sensitivity departments.

12.3 Regulated Enterprise (10,000 — 50,000+ users)

                 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
                 │         Enterprise Perimeter          │
                 │                                       │
  User → Nginx → Aegis 365 (On-Prem L0-L4)              │
                 │         │                             │
                 │    Cloud Hub (L5-L7) → Azure OpenAI   │
                 │                                       │
                 │  Brain Nest 365 (On-Prem)             │
                 │  NestVault365 (On-Prem HSM)           │
                 │  Blueprint 365 (On-Prem)              │
                 └──────────────────────────────────────┘

Full hybrid sidecar deployment. All L0-L4 intelligence layers on-premise. Cloud used only for anonymised metadata and compliant endpoint routing.


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