Engineering Architecture Whitepaper

Customer-Controlled Sovereign Architecture

A modular architecture connecting workflows, enterprise knowledge, and AI models. Deployment and integration are tailored specifically to the customer-approved boundary with zero unmonitored external dependencies.

ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management) SOM-1:2026 (Memory Standard) KSA PDPL & SDAIA Governed

Enterprise Technology Stack

The 4-Layer Modular Stack

All processing is deployed within your customer-approved environment.

Layer 01

Business Workflows

Agentic workflows, copilots, executive decision support, and bilingual Arabic and English experiences tailored to departmental personas.

Layer 02

Agentic Orchestration

Evaluation metrics, policy enforcement, observability traces, least-privilege token routing, and mandatory human review checkpoints.

Layer 03

Integration Options

Selected ERP (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Odoo), GRC, enterprise identity (Active Directory, SAML), document management, and data warehouse interfaces.

Layer 04

Model & Infrastructure

Cloud, private sovereign cloud (Azure KSA, Oracle Riyadh), and strict on-premises options, subject to rigorous security architecture validation.

Deployment Patterns

Validated Deployment Profiles

Illustrative deployment patterns to validate against your classification, connectivity, and security requirements. Local processing alone does not establish an air gap.

Architecture Spec

Strict Air Gap Deployment

Designed for national security, defense, and high-sensitivity government ministry entities where no external IP connection is permitted under any circumstance. Models run locally on dedicated private compute hardware.

100% Isolated On-Premises or Private Sovereign Cloud
Air-gapped model weights with cryptographically validated offline updates
SOM-1:2026 Organizational Memory layer deployed inside perimeter

[ PHYSICAL AIR-GAP BOUNDARY - NO INTERNET ]

Client ERPs

Aliph Engine

Client SOC

Offline updates via signed media only. Zero public cloud egress.

Monitoring & Incident Readiness

Security Monitoring & SOC Integration

Event forwarding to your existing SIEM and SOC requires agreed scope and validated interfaces. Scope, format, transport, retention, and response are confirmed during technical review.

Telemetry

Authentication, policy breaches, model queries, admin actions.

Normalization

Catalogue severity, UTC timestamping, multi-system correlation.

SIEM Forwarding

Authenticated mTLS forwarding, retention compliance monitoring.

SOC Routing

Synthetic alert testing, priority escalation, incident triage.

Response

Evidence routing, playbook triggers, human change approval.

Operating Ownership Principle: "Customer-owned monitoring and response. Our team supports remediation within contracted scope; the customer approves all changes."

Client SecOps Retains Veto

Enterprise Risk & Telemetry Cockpit: Real-time KRI tracking, SIEM event dispatch & compliance status 100% In-Perimeter Telemetry

Governance Foundation

Applied Platform Governance Standards

Recognized governance frameworks inform workflow design, control requirements, and testing. Aliph-authored proprietary standards ensure organizational memory integrity.

Recognized Governance Frameworks

Enterprise Governance: COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework • ISO 9001 (Quality) • ISO 31000 (Risk Management) • The IIA’s Three Lines Model.

Digital Trust & Security: ISO/IEC 27001 (InfoSec) • ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management) • ISO 22301 (Business Continuity) • NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

Saudi National Frameworks: KSA Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) • SDAIA AI Ethics Principles • SAMA Cybersecurity Framework • NCA ECC/CSCC.

* Framework references guide design and testing; they do not imply official external certification unless separately audited.

Aliph-Authored Technology Standards

Aliph-Authored

SOM-1:2026 Organizational Memory Standard

Defines the mathematical and architectural standard for storing, versioning, reconciling, and attributing knowledge across enterprise agent pipelines.

Aliph Governance Standards Proprietary GRC Capability Model

A high-velocity maturity model linking board-level risk appetite directly to automated API gates and model prompt restrictions.

Compounding Knowledge Effect: Reviewed learning and validated human feedback continuously strengthen the corporate knowledge base over time.