07 / System Integrity
Immutable Audit Layer
Hash-linked, time-sequenced, and externally verifiable by design.
Risk outputs and reports are secured through this audit layer.
Hash-linkedTime-sequencedCryptographically signedOffline-verification capable
Illustrative chain — demonstration purposes only
Integrity Properties
⬡Hash-linked
Every state transition appended to a hash-chained ledger. Tamper-evident and designed for immutability.
◷Time-sequenced
All events timestamped and sequenced at ingestion. Temporal order preserved and externally verifiable.
✦Independently verifiable
Ed25519 signatures and Merkle roots enable offline verification without reliance on system infrastructure.
⟳Replayable from recorded event history
Full audit replay from event log to any historical state, producing consistent, reproducible results.
Technical Specification
Ledger typeAppend-only hash chain
Signature schemeEd25519 (RFC 8032)
Merkle structureBinary Merkle tree — root embedded in every report
Proof distributionEmbedded in each signed report
Verification modeOffline-capable · No network required
Replay coverageCoverage across core risk calculations