Neocortex SecOps
Neocortex SecOps is the security operations layer around the AI operating system: identity, data, secrets, agents, MCP, applications, infrastructure, testing, evidence and incident response — governed as one system.
Defence in depth
SecOps connects preventative controls, active testing, operational guardrails and evidence. A weakness discovered in one layer becomes a signal for the others.
Provider-backed authentication, MFA/SSO options, role-aware access checks and organisation boundaries protect who can reach each capability.
Organisation-scoped data, least-privilege access and controlled storage keep customer knowledge and records separated.
Doppler, Azure Key Vault, Vercel runtime injection and PB-LEGION DPAPI provide a layered secret-management model.
Tool scopes, context boundaries, budgets, approvals and policy checks constrain what agents can see and do.
Connected tools are treated as attack surfaces: authentication, scopes, parameters and resource access are tested.
SAST, dependency, API, backend, database, web, configuration and data-leakage checks cover the application layer.
Trusted runners, health checks, monitoring, safe preflight and controlled operational workflows provide continuous assurance.
Findings, remediations, verification, key lifecycle events and security decisions become auditable evidence.
Secure Key Management
Credential posture, rotation, revocation, provider health and dependencies belong inside SecOps. The platform manages references and metadata while dedicated providers protect the underlying secret material.
Doppler
Operational source of truth
Azure Key Vault
Crown-jewel enterprise vault
Vercel
Runtime copy of only what the application requires
DPAPI
Protected PB-LEGION local protection
.env / set-env.cmd
Pointers and configuration — never committed credentials
Neocortex-issued agent API keys are hashed after creation; safe fragments identify them without retaining the credential.
Age, expiry and usage signals identify credentials that should be rotated before they become an incident.
Compromised or obsolete credentials can be revoked and the action recorded as security evidence.
Health probes report configured/healthy state and metadata — never the secret value.
Rotation and revocation can identify dependent services and scopes before an operator changes access.
Audit records contain actor, action, target and result — never bearer tokens or private secret material.
What is protected
SAST, dependency audit, secret detection, licence and IaC checks.
OWASP web and API testing, headers, sessions, authentication and input validation.
Prompt injection, jailbreak, tool injection, resource access and context-isolation testing.
Sensitive-data, PII, PCI-oriented and leakage checks.
DNS, domain, configuration, connection and operational security checks.
Browser, accessibility, E2E, load, chaos and performance assurance.
Demonstrable control loop
Detect → assess → contain → remediate → verify → record. The point is not to produce more alerts; it is to make security posture observable and actionable.
Scanner, policy or monitoring signal
Severity, affected asset and blast radius
Scope, approval, isolation or revoke
Fix the control, code or dependency
Run a safe verification probe
Record the result without secret material
Security lifecycle
Threat modelling, AI-assisted development controls, code review, integration testing, staging security tests, production validation and continuous monitoring form one lifecycle.
Threat model the system and map requirements before implementation.
Scan code, dependencies, infrastructure and AI-generated changes continuously.
Test APIs, web applications, MCP, performance and real user journeys before release.
Monitor posture, manage keys, respond to findings and retain evidence over time.
Explore the platform
SecOps works alongside the AI Conductor, Marketplace, Second Brain, integrations and agentic workflows — protecting the platform and the data flowing through it rather than sitting beside it.
SecOps describes the capabilities and architecture currently being developed for Neocortex. Compliance and assurance outcomes remain deployment-, customer- and scope-specific; Neocortex does not claim certifications it has not independently obtained.
