Data Protection

Executive Summary

Data Protection defines how Algosure protects data at rest, in transit, in documents, in logs, in AIOS context, and across integrations.

Why This Exists

Algosure processes sensitive procurement, compliance, identity, billing, funding, contract, document, analytics, and AI context. Data protection must be consistent across all logical containers and Domains.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Data protection reduces confidentiality risk, supports enterprise assurance, improves compliance readiness, and protects customer trust.

Protection Model

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    Data[Customer and Platform Data]
    Classify[Classification]
    Access[Access Control]
    EncryptTransit[Encryption in Transit]
    EncryptRest[Encryption at Rest]
    Retention[Retention and Minimization]
    Audit[Audit Evidence]

    Data --> Classify
    Classify --> Access
    Access --> EncryptTransit
    Access --> EncryptRest
    EncryptTransit --> Audit
    EncryptRest --> Audit
    Classify --> Retention

Data Protection Controls

Control	Requirement
Encryption in transit	APIs, integrations, database connections, internal service calls, and administrative access require encrypted transport.
Encryption at rest	PostgreSQL, object storage, backups, search indexes, vector stores, and analytics stores require encryption at rest.
Document access control	Documents require tenant, organization, owner, classification, permission, and audit controls.
Data minimization	APIs, AIOS, integrations, logs, and events receive only needed data.
Sensitive logging controls	Secrets, tokens, credentials, personal data, and sensitive documents must not be logged in plaintext.
Retention governance	Data retention follows Domain, legal, audit, and customer policy.
Secure deletion governance	Deletion and retention expiry require source-domain ownership and auditability.
AIOS context controls	AIOS context must be tenant-scoped, purpose-scoped, source-attributed, and auditable.

Document Protection

Area	Requirement
Tender documents	Tenant-scoped access, source attribution, classification, and retention.
Compliance evidence	Strict permission checks, expiry tracking, source attribution, and audit.
Bid documents	Contributor access controls, approval state, and version evidence.
Contract documents	Delivery, invoice, payment, and performance context restrictions.
Signed documents	Integrity, signature evidence, external provider attribution, and audit trail.
AI-generated documents	Source evidence, AIOS reasoning reference, approval status, and owning Domain acceptance.

Non-Implementation Boundary

This document does not define encryption algorithms, key management products, retention schedules, storage bucket policy, database column encryption, or DLP tooling.