ZovraLabs
Security & compliance

How we build secure systems

Security, privacy and AI governance are engineered into every system we build, from the first threat model to the day it goes live. Your data stays in your cloud. Your code stays in your repos.

Secure by design

Threat modelling and security reviews before a line of code.

Your cloud accounts

Deployed into tenancies you own and control.

Compliance-ready

Controls and evidence mapped to your frameworks.

You own the IP

Code in your repositories from the first commit.

Secure SDLC

Security built into every sprint

Our secure software development lifecycle runs from design to production. Controls are automated in CI wherever possible, so they happen every time, not just before an audit.

  1. 01Design

    Threat modelling

    STRIDE-based threat models and data-flow diagrams for every system, reviewed with your security team before we write code.

    Threat modelData classificationArchitecture review
  2. 02Build

    Secure coding & review

    Two-person code review on every change, secure coding standards, secrets kept in vaults and branch protection in your repos.

    Peer reviewSecrets scanningSigned commits
  3. 03Test

    Automated security testing

    SAST, DAST, dependency and container scanning plus infrastructure-as-code checks run in CI on every pull request.

    SASTDASTSCA & SBOMIaC scanning
  4. 04Release

    Pen testing before launch

    Independent penetration testing before every major release, with findings remediated and retested before go-live.

    Pen testRemediationGo-live sign-off
  5. 05Run

    Monitor & respond

    Centralised logging, alerting, patch management and an agreed incident response runbook for every system we operate.

    SIEM alertsPatching SLAsIR runbook
PR #482 · security checksCI
Static analysis (SAST)0 high
Dependency scan (SCA)2 low · patched
Secrets scanClean
IaC policy checks38 / 38
Dynamic scan (DAST)Running
Required reviewers 2 approved

Nothing ships without passing

Security gates are enforced in the pipeline, not in a checklist. A failing scan blocks the merge, and every exception is recorded with an owner and an expiry date.

of changes peer reviewed

100%

of changes peer reviewed

scanned for code, deps & secrets

Every PR

scanned for code, deps & secrets

independent pen test

Pre-launch

independent pen test

generated for every build

SBOM

generated for every build

Compliance-ready builds

We build systems that meet your frameworks

We design controls in from the start and hand over the documentation and evidence your auditors expect, so certification is a formality, not a rebuild.

SOC 2Global

Built to meet SOC 2

Access controls, change management, logging and evidence collection mapped to the Trust Services Criteria.

  • Change management in CI/CD
  • Access reviews
  • Audit-ready evidence
ISO 27001Global

Built to meet ISO 27001

Systems designed to slot into your ISMS, with controls mapped to Annex A and documented for your auditors.

  • Annex A control mapping
  • Asset & risk registers
  • Documented procedures
HIPAAUnited States

Built to meet HIPAA

PHI isolation, encryption, access logging and BAA-eligible cloud services for healthcare workloads.

  • PHI segregation
  • Access logging
  • BAA-eligible services
GDPREuropean Union

Built to meet GDPR

Privacy by design: data minimisation, residency, retention policies and data-subject request tooling.

  • EU data residency
  • DSAR workflows
  • Retention & deletion
PCI DSSGlobal

Built to meet PCI DSS

Reduced cardholder-data scope through tokenisation, network segmentation and hardened payment flows.

  • Tokenisation
  • Scope reduction
  • Segmented networks
EU AI ActEuropean Union

Built to meet EU AI Act

Risk classification, technical documentation, human oversight and logging for AI systems in scope.

  • Risk tiering
  • Model documentation
  • Human oversight

Certification is awarded to your organisation and its systems by independent auditors. We engineer the controls, produce the evidence and support you through the audit.

Data handling

Your data never leaves your control

We build and run systems inside your own cloud accounts, with access that's minimal, time-bound and logged, and encryption everywhere.

Data residency
your cloud account

Deployed in your own cloud, in your regions

Systems run in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud tenancies you own. We routinely build for data-residency requirements across four regions.

  • US

    United States

    us-east · us-west

  • EU

    European Union

    Frankfurt · Dublin · Amsterdam

  • IN

    India

    Mumbai · Pune

  • AU

    Australia

    Sydney · Melbourne

Least-privilege access

Engineers access systems through your identity provider with MFA. Production access is role-scoped, time-bound and logged.

AES-256

Encryption at rest

TLS 1.3

Encryption in transit

Customer-managed keys

Keys live in your KMS or Key Vault. Revoke them and the data is unreadable, including to us.

Minimisation & retention

We collect only what the system needs, mask PII in non-production environments and enforce retention policies automatically.

Responsible AI

AI you can explain to your board and your regulator

Every AI system we build is governed from the start: grounded in your data, measured with evals, overseen by people and fully auditable.

No training on your data

Model providers are configured with no-training and zero-retention settings wherever available. Your data is never used to train anyone's model.

Evaluated before and after launch

Eval suites measure accuracy, safety and bias on every change, and production monitoring catches drift.

Human in the loop

High-impact actions route to a person for approval. Confidence thresholds decide what's automated and what isn't.

Full audit trails

Every prompt, retrieval, tool call and decision is logged and explainable, ready for your risk team or regulator.

Agent audit trailclaims-triage · v3.2
09:41:02Claim #88213 classified · motor, low severityauto
09:41:03Retrieved policy wording §4.2 (2 sources cited)trace
09:41:05Payout above threshold → routed to handlerreview
09:44:17Approved by J. Moreau · reason recordedhuman

98.1%

Eval accuracy

0

Policy violations

100%

Actions logged

Model: routed per task · no-training modeEU region
IP & confidentiality

Your code, your IP, your secrets

  • NDAs before discoveryWe'll sign your NDA before the first detailed conversation.
  • Code in your repositoriesEverything lives in your GitHub, GitLab or Azure DevOps from day one.
  • IP assigned to youYou own the code, designs, models and documentation we produce.
  • Vetted, named engineersBackground-checked team members, bound by confidentiality agreements.
Responsible disclosure

Found a vulnerability? Tell us.

If you believe you've found a security issue in a Zovra Labs website or a system we operate, please report it privately. We acknowledge reports within two business days, keep you updated while we fix it, and credit researchers who want recognition.

  • Include steps to reproduce and the potential impact
  • Give us reasonable time to fix before public disclosure
  • Don't access, modify or delete data that isn't yours
security@zovralabs.com
FAQ

Security questions, answered

The questions CISOs, risk teams and procurement ask us most. Something else? We're happy to walk through it.

Our job is to build systems that meet the frameworks your organisation is certified against, and to produce the evidence your auditors need. We'll share our own security policies, controls and insurance details as part of due diligence. Ask for our security overview.

Request our security overview

Architecture patterns, SDLC controls, data-handling practices and sample evidence packs, ready for your security and procurement teams.

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