Four-Tier Encrypted Memory Stack
Redis hot cache → AES-256-GCM encrypted SQLite → HSM-backed memory store → Lattice archival layer. Tier selection governed by policy, not latency alone. Full degradation path for air-gap environments.
Cortical Substrate
Engine Online
CORTEX
Deterministic memory substrate and signal processing engine for the CAI architecture — encrypted, air-gap deployable, and built for hallucination-free cognition. Converts raw intelligence streams into structured representations that downstream reasoning engines can trust.
OCULUS
Signal Ingestion
CORTEX
Cortical Substrate
VERITAS
Reasoning Engine
CEREBRAL
Neuro-Symbolic Layer
Doctrine
Reasoning systems are only as reliable as the substrate they operate on. CORTEX exists to ensure that every signal entering the cognitive stack is encrypted, authenticated, structured, and traceable before any reasoning engine ever touches it. Trust is enforced at the foundation, not assumed.
Core Architecture
Adaptive Signal Discrimination
Processes multi-modal intelligence streams with hierarchical feature extraction, contextual anomaly detection, and confidence scoring — structuring signal before it reaches any reasoning layer.
RBMAC Audit Architecture
Role-Based Memory Access Control enforced at every operation. All memory reads, writes, and deletions generate SHA-256 audit records. Forget and delete operations require elevated authorization.
HSM-Agnostic Key Management
PKCS#11 bridge supporting SafeNet Luna, Thales, and software vault configurations. Zero plaintext keys in memory at any point in the operational lifecycle.
System Metrics
Signal Throughput
> 500K/s
Processed signal events per second
Memory Encryption
AES-256
GCM mode, FIPS 140-2/3 aligned
Deployment Mode
Air-Gap
Zero external dependencies required
Readiness
TRL 4
Lab-validated, certification-ready
Four-Tier Memory Architecture
Architectural Position
Upstream Relationship
CORTEX receives raw intelligence streams from OCULUS and environmental sensors, applying authentication, encryption, normalization, and structural encoding before any cognitive processing occurs.
Operational Function
Maintains a live cognitive state store — a continuously updated, encrypted representation of all active signal context, memory associations, and confidence-scored pattern models available to reasoning engines.
Downstream Outputs
Structured signal representations are passed to VERITAS for deterministic reasoning and CEREBRAL for neuro-symbolic processing. VESTA serves as the long-term substrate for accumulated cognitive memory states.
Primary Applications
Air-Gap Intelligence Processing
Fully operational cognitive substrate in disconnected, classified, and high-security environments.
Encrypted Knowledge Retention
Persistent, cryptographically secured cognitive memory across mission timelines without external dependency.
Multi-Domain Signal Fusion
Cross-domain signal processing with unified memory namespace for concurrent multi-source intelligence integration.