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Canadian Vault

Data Residency & Sovereignty Preview Outline

Framework for keeping sensitive AI & data assets resident in Canada while enabling performance, portability and multi‑region resilience.

1. Data Classification Tiers

  • Tier 0: Public open datasets
  • Tier 1: Internal non-sensitive
  • Tier 2: Controlled (PII hashed/obfuscated)
  • Tier 3: Restricted (regulated / financial)
  • Tier 4: Critical (crown assets / national security)

2. Control Plane Anchoring

  • Primary orchestration inside Canadian trust boundary
  • Out-of-band break-glass path with hardware key
  • Region failover via signed policy bundles

3. Encryption & Key Domains

  • Segregated KMS per tier
  • Hardware backed keys (HSM) for Tier 3/4
  • Dual-person approval for sensitive key ops

4. Lawful Access Minimization

  • Data minimization + tokenization strategy
  • Redaction pipeline pre export
  • Compartmentalized logging with retention policy

5. Exit & Portability

  • Data egress bundles: manifest + hash ledger
  • Time-boxed wipe attestations
  • Format neutrality for model artifacts

Full version will include control plane diagrams, policy templates and bilingual annex. Feedback welcome.