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Federated AI Governance Engine
Sovereign, explainable, and policy-aligned AI execution within your own infrastructure — with zero data egress and full regulatory accountability.
The Federated AI Governance Engine enables banks, ministries, operators, and enterprises to deploy AI-driven decisioning while maintaining complete control over data, models, explainability, and compliance. It transforms AI from a black box into a governed, auditable decision layer aligned with institutional and regulatory requirements.
Sovereign AI with zero data egress
Explainable, policy-aligned outputs
Deterministic, regulator-ready governance
Runs in VPC, on-prem, or air-gapped
Executive Overview
The Federated AI Governance Engine lets institutions run AI models inside their own perimeter while ensuring zero data egress, full explainability, deterministic policy alignment, and verifiable governance.
AI becomes an augmentation layer to identity, risk, and compliance—not an opaque scoring system. The engine integrates with the Zekret Identity Engine, Attestation & Policy Engine, Screening & Risk Intelligence, and the Deterministic Enforcement Layer for safe, compliant, sovereign AI decisioning across critical workflows.
Local AI execution with no data leaving your perimeter
Explainable outputs aligned to policy and compliance
Federated AI augments identity, risk, and enforcement
Verifiable governance across the full decision lifecycle
What It Solves
Untrusted, opaque AI systems that fail audits
Data privacy barriers to sharing models or inputs
Opaque risk scoring without defensible explanations
Fragmented AI governance across departments/operators
AI Act, NIST, and sector compliance pressure
Core Capabilities
Federated Local Inference
- Models run inside customer compute (VPC, on-prem, air-gapped)
- Zekret never accesses data, parameters, or results
Explainability & Transparency
- Every inference produces reasoning trace and contributing factors
- Regulator-ready, machine-readable justifications (EU AI Act aligned)
Risk-Aware Augmentation
- Contextualizes outputs with attestations, compliance rules, and risk signals
- Prevents AI from violating AML, eligibility, or sector constraints
Policy-Aligned Governance
- Defines model usage constraints, decision boundaries, and enforcement integration
- Immutable, version-controlled governance for auditability
Secure Model Lifecycle
- Model onboarding, versioning, approvals, drift detection, and periodic review
- Every inference links to model version, policy version, and justification
AI-Augmented Enforcement
- Feeds behavioral insights and anomaly flags into enforcement
- AI supplements policy logic; it never overrides it
How It Works
Step 1 — Deploy Inside Perimeter
Models run on-prem, in private cloud VPCs, or air-gapped secure compute.
Step 2 — Input Normalization
Identity, attestation, and risk inputs are structured without exposing PII.
Step 3 — Federated Inference
Models execute locally, generating predictions or insights.
Step 4 — Explainability Generation
Each inference outputs reasoning trace, feature contributions, and compliance justification.
Step 5 — Policy-Aligned Decisioning
AI outputs feed Attestation & Policy Engine for deterministic constraints.
Step 6 — Enforcement
Deterministic Enforcement Layer applies final decisions.
Architecture Overview
Core Components
- Federated Inference Engine
- Explainability & Trace Generator
- Model Governance Module
- Policy Constraint Enforcer
- Drift Detection & Monitoring
- Local Execution Environment
- Compliance-State Augmentation Layer
Security Architecture
- Zero data egress; full isolation of model execution
- No remote access to inference results
- Immutable governance logs with integrity validation
- Cryptographic protections across data flows
Data Flow Properties
- PII never leaves client systems
- AI uses structured, compliance-aligned inputs
- Outputs flow into deterministic decisioning pipelines
Deployment Models
Deploy the way you need
Choose the hosting model that aligns with your compliance, sovereignty, and operational requirements.
Private Cloud / VPC
- Ideal for financial institutions, enterprises, and operators requiring strong boundaries.
On-Premise Deployment
- For governments, regulators, and critical infrastructure.
Air-Gapped Mode
- Inference in isolated environments with controlled model update pathways.
Hybrid Sovereign Deployment
- Split governance and inference layers across secure zones.
Integrations
Upstream Inputs
- Zekret Identity Engine
- Attestation & Policy Engine
- Screening & Risk Intelligence
Downstream Outputs
- Deterministic Enforcement Layer
- Case management systems
- Government eligibility engines
- Compliance oversight dashboards
- Responsible gaming systems
- Transaction or access gating systems
API & SDK Capabilities
- Model invocation
- Explainability retrieval
- Policy-constrained inference
- Governance logs access
Compliance Alignment
EU AI Act (high-risk requirements)
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Financial sector model governance
Public-sector explainability obligations
Responsible gaming AI usage constraints
AML/CFT risk governance
GDPR minimal-data principles
Key Benefits
Full AI sovereignty; models run inside your infrastructure
No data egress or exposure of sensitive information
Explainable, regulator-ready AI outputs
AI constrained by policy; no free-form heuristics
Deterministic, auditable decisions
Reduces compliance risk in AI deployment
Enables safe AI augmentation across high-assurance sectors
Integrates with Zekret identity and compliance stack
Deploy AI You Can Trust, Govern, and Defend
Bring explainable, policy-aligned AI into your critical workflows with complete sovereignty.