Security-first architecture

AI that earns your trust

Most AI assistants ask you to hand over your data, your credentials, and your control. Sophon was built on the opposite principle: your data never leaves your infrastructure, your secrets are never exposed to the model, and nothing happens without your explicit permission.

Your Infrastructure, Your Data

Sophon runs entirely on your servers. Conversations, memory, documents, and credentials never leave your environment. There is no telemetry, no analytics, no phone-home. You own every byte.

Zero data collection

Your AI Never Sees Your Secrets

Credentials are stored in an encrypted vault and brokered at execution time. The AI agent receives results, never raw tokens. API keys, OAuth tokens, and passwords are architecturally invisible to the model.

Brokered credential pattern

Nothing Happens Without Your Say

Every action is classified by risk. Sensitive operations — sending emails, modifying data, executing code — require explicit human approval. Timeout means reject. Sophon never assumes consent.

Human-in-the-loop by default

Sandboxed From the Ground Up

All code execution happens inside isolated containers with CPU, memory, and time limits. Network access is disabled by default. Skills from the Marketplace run in the same secure sandbox — no exceptions.

gVisor container isolation

How Sophon compares

Most AI assistant platforms require you to send data to their cloud. Sophon is fundamentally different.

Security FeatureSophonCloud AI Assistants
Data stays on your infrastructure
AI never sees raw credentials
Human approval for sensitive actions
Encrypted credential vault
Sandboxed code execution
No telemetry or data collection
Enterprise SSO / OIDC
Audit logging with export
Model-agnostic (bring your own)
Open deployment (self-host anywhere)

The credential firewall

In most AI systems, the model sees your API keys. In Sophon, that is architecturally impossible.

AI AgentSees results only
Credential ProxyTokens stop here
Encrypted VaultAES-256-GCM
External APIScoped access

The AI requests an action → the Credential Proxy fetches the token from the vault → makes the API call → returns only the result. The model never sees, logs, or caches credentials.

Defense in depth

Six layers of protection working together. Each layer is independently valuable — together, they make Sophon one of the most secure AI platforms available.

Encrypted Vault

AES-256-GCM encryption at rest. DPAPI, Keychain, or libsecret for key management. Enterprise support for HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and Azure Key Vault.

OAuth 2.1 + PKCE

All integrations prefer modern OAuth with proof keys. Short-lived tokens, minimum scopes, automatic rotation. Static credentials are a last resort.

Risk Classification Engine

Every tool call is scored from None to Critical. You configure which risk levels auto-approve and which require your review — down to the individual tool.

Quiet Hours

Configure time windows when approvals are queued instead of interrupting you. Sophon waits until morning — it never acts on your behalf while you sleep.

Network Isolation

Sandboxed skills have no network access by default. Skills must explicitly declare network requirements, and elevated access triggers approval gates.

Complete Audit Trail

Every action is logged: who triggered it, what happened, when, and the outcome. Enterprise tier adds compliance export, retention policies, and tamper-evident storage.

You decide what auto-approves

Every tool call carries a risk level. You configure the threshold — from fully autonomous to fully supervised.

Risk LevelExamplesDefault Behavior
NoneSearch memory, list calendar, read filesAuto-approve
LowDraft email, create reminder, web searchAuto-approve (configurable)
MediumSend message, create Jira ticket, execute codeRequire review (configurable)
HighSend email, delete data, shell executionAlways require approval
CriticalTransfer funds, modify security settingsApproval + confirmation

Enterprise compliance ready

From SOC 2 to GDPR to HIPAA — Sophon gives your compliance team the controls they need without slowing down your users.

SSO & Identity

OIDC / SAML integration with any identity provider. Enforce MFA, session policies, and conditional access from your existing IdP.

Role-Based Access Control

Fine-grained RBAC with custom roles. Control who can create agents, install skills, approve actions, access memory, or manage channels.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

Complete data isolation between tenants. Separate databases, memory stores, and credential vaults. No cross-tenant data leakage — by architecture, not policy.

Data Sovereignty

Deploy in any region, on any cloud, or on-premises. Your data residency requirements are met by choosing where to run Sophon — not by trusting a vendor's promise.

Ready to deploy AI you can actually trust?

Read the technical details in our security documentation, or get started with a self-hosted deployment today.