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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Reporting Security Vulnerabilities

The CAM-OS team takes security vulnerabilities seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.

To report a security issue, please email security@cam-os.dev with a description of the issue, the steps you took to create it, affected versions, and if known, mitigations. We will respond as quickly as possible to address the issue.

Security Overview

Status: ✅ CAM-OS has undergone comprehensive security hardening and is production ready.

Core Security Features

Authentication & Authorization

  • ✅ gRPC authentication with mTLS support
  • ✅ JWT token validation with configurable issuer and audience
  • ✅ Token bucket rate limiting per client identity
  • ✅ Graceful degradation for authentication failures

Input Validation & Sanitization

  • ✅ Comprehensive input validation for all syscall parameters
  • ✅ Payload size limits with configurable maximums
  • ✅ Request sanitization to prevent injection attacks
  • ✅ Namespace and key validation with character restrictions

Timeout & Resource Management

  • ✅ Per-syscall timeout enforcement
  • ✅ Context-based timeout propagation
  • ✅ Resource cleanup on timeout expiration
  • ✅ Graceful degradation for timeout scenarios

Error Handling & Information Disclosure

  • ✅ Sanitized error responses preventing information leakage
  • ✅ Structured error codes with consistent formatting
  • ✅ Audit logging for security-relevant events
  • ✅ Debug information isolation

Cryptography & Key Management

  • ✅ Enhanced TPM integration with hardware security
  • ✅ Key rotation mechanisms with automated scheduling
  • ✅ Secure key storage with hardware security module integration
  • ✅ Certificate validation and trust chain verification

Post-Quantum Cryptography

  • ✅ Kyber768 key exchange implementation
  • ✅ Dilithium3 digital signature implementation
  • ✅ TPM 2.0 integration for hardware security
  • ✅ Quantum-safe key distribution protocols

Network Security

  • ✅ TLS 1.3 enforcement for all communications
  • ✅ Certificate pinning for trusted connections
  • ✅ Network segmentation support
  • ✅ DDoS protection and rate limiting

Data Protection

  • ✅ Encryption at rest for sensitive data
  • ✅ Encryption in transit for all communications
  • ✅ Key rotation and lifecycle management
  • ✅ Secure deletion of sensitive information

Audit & Compliance

  • ✅ Comprehensive audit logging for security events
  • ✅ Tamper-evident log storage
  • ✅ Compliance reporting and monitoring
  • ✅ Incident response procedures

Container & Deployment Security

  • ✅ Minimal container images with security scanning
  • ✅ Non-root container execution
  • ✅ Resource limits and quotas
  • ✅ Security context enforcement

Monitoring & Alerting

  • ✅ Security event monitoring and alerting
  • ✅ Anomaly detection for unusual patterns
  • ✅ Performance monitoring for security overhead
  • ✅ Health checks and availability monitoring

Testing & Validation

  • ✅ Security unit tests with comprehensive coverage
  • ✅ Integration tests for security scenarios
  • ✅ Vulnerability assessment
  • ✅ Automated security scanning in CI/CD

Security Architecture

CAM Trust Envelope

CAM-OS implements a comprehensive security architecture called the "CAM Trust Envelope" that provides:

  • Zero Trust Networking: All communications require authentication and authorization
  • Hardware Security: TPM 2.0 integration for root of trust
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography: Future-proof against quantum computing threats
  • Process Isolation: Sandboxed execution for drivers and untrusted code
  • Audit Trails: Comprehensive logging for compliance and forensics

Threat Model

Protected Assets

  • Cognitive syscall interface
  • Memory context data
  • Driver ecosystem
  • Federation synchronization
  • Marketplace transactions

Threat Mitigations

  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Encryption at rest and in transit
  • Driver manifest verification
  • Certificate pinning
  • Rate limiting and DDoS protection

Security Certifications

Security Standards

  • Security Hardening: Comprehensive security controls implemented
  • Code Review: Security-focused code review completed
  • Dependency Scanning: All dependencies scanned for vulnerabilities
  • Static Analysis: SAST tools integrated into CI/CD

Compliance Framework

  • 🔄 SOC 2 Type II: Security audit in progress
  • 🔄 ISO 27001: Information security management system
  • 🔄 FedRAMP: Federal risk and authorization management program
  • 🔄 Common Criteria: International security evaluation standard

Security Monitoring

Real-time Monitoring

  • Security event correlation and analysis
  • Anomaly detection for unusual patterns
  • Performance monitoring for security overhead
  • Health checks and availability monitoring

Alerting

  • Critical security events trigger immediate alerts
  • Escalation procedures for security incidents
  • Integration with incident response systems
  • Automated remediation for common issues

Reporting

  • Regular security status reports
  • Vulnerability assessments
  • Compliance reports
  • Quarterly security reviews

Contact Information

For security-related inquiries:

Responsible Disclosure

We follow responsible disclosure practices:

  1. Report: Submit security issue through secure channel
  2. Acknowledge: We confirm receipt within 24 hours
  3. Investigate: Security team investigates and validates
  4. Fix: Develop and test security fix
  5. Coordinate: Coordinate disclosure timeline with reporter
  6. Disclose: Public disclosure after fix is deployed

Security Updates

Security updates are released as needed:

  • Critical: Within 24 hours
  • High: Within 72 hours
  • Medium: Within 1 week
  • Low: Next scheduled release

All security updates are announced through:

  • Security mailing list
  • GitHub security advisories
  • Documentation updates
  • Community notifications

There aren't any published security advisories