Protect the information that must last.
Define how sensitive records are stored, exchanged and migrated as algorithms or policies change.
Enterprise, defence & sovereignKeep sensitive data
Keep sensitive data
under your direction.
Your data can outlive a network contract, a device or a cryptographic algorithm. Evaluate a data system around the places it must operate and the rules that must continue to hold.
Choose where the protection is established.
8DB’s reviewed composition puts protected storage and recipient-specific PQC node messages at application endpoints. It runs in software without a required HSM or cloud key-service call. Your team defines the authorized nodes, trusted software and custody of endpoint secrets.
A forwarding relay can carry encrypted frames without their payload keys. A node that decrypts information is an authorized endpoint, including when it runs in a cloud you select.
Start with the constraint that matters most.
Plan for interrupted connections.
Evaluate local access, delayed delivery and recovery using the connectivity and device limits of your actual environment.
Make permission part of the review.
Specify who may receive a copy, what authority applies when it arrives, and what must happen after revocation or restore.
Give security, data and platform teams the same test.
Security: identities, keys, selected algorithms, approved access and observable network metadata.
Data: admitted schemas, exact records, indexes, migration accounting and retained copies.
Operations: latency under load, process interruption, cold recovery and deployment dependencies.
The public lexical-data example provides a defined starting point. A deployment evaluation adds your schemas and operating requirements, then records what passed and what needs further work.
Cryptographic profile and procurement evidence
The reviewed message path selects ML-KEM-1024 and ML-DSA-87, the Category 5 parameter sets named in CNSA 2.0 for those roles. ACVP demonstration results support implementation behavior. Complete product conformance, formal algorithm/module validation and deployment approval require their own evidence. Read the dated qualification record.