Vaultgate

VaultGate is a hardware-based inline enforcement system designed to restore control over encrypted data flows in high-scale environments. While encryption protects confidentiality, it does not constrain session persistence, traffic continuity, or large-scale data harvesting. VaultGate addresses this gap by enforcing behavioral and temporal controls directly in the data path—without decryption, endpoint agents, or application awareness.

VaultGate operates as an inline authority point, capable of constraining long-lived sessions, interrupting anomalous encrypted flows, and failing closed under ambiguity. It is designed for environments where encrypted traffic volume, duration, and aggregation create long-term exposure risk, particularly during the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

Inline Security Appliance
Deploys directly inline between systems without requiring configuration changes to existing control, network, or field devices. VaultGate operates transparently within established architectures.

Behavioral Anomaly Detection
Monitors signal timing, sequencing, and entropy characteristics to identify deviations from expected behavior. This approach is effective for detecting subtle cyber-physical anomalies that may evade signature-based detection.

Legacy System Compatibility
Designed as a drop-in control for operational but outdated SCADA and industrial systems, enabling added security enforcement without modifying or upgrading legacy infrastructure.

Modular Hardware Architecture
Supports optional modules for RF isolation, optical command injection, watchdog circuits, and encrypted command gateways, allowing VaultGate to be tailored to different deployment environments and threat models.

Fail-Closed Enforcement
When predefined thresholds or unsafe conditions are detected, VaultGate can interrupt traffic, enforce secure fallback modes, or initiate a physical circuit cut-off—prioritizing system safety and control integrity.

VaultGate is designed for environments where encrypted or cyber-physical systems must operate reliably under adversarial conditions and cannot tolerate silent manipulation or long-duration exposure.

Defense and Military Infrastructure
Protects operational systems supporting base infrastructure such as fuel depots, radar installations, and perimeter control systems, where integrity, availability, and deterministic enforcement are critical.

Healthcare and Emergency Systems
Applies inline control to hospital and emergency environments, including medical devices, building automation, and environmental systems, without disrupting clinical operations or requiring device modification.

Critical Utilities and Energy Systems
Supports power generation, water treatment, grid substations, and other utility systems that rely on long-lived operational technology and cannot be easily modernized or taken offline.

Industrial and Manufacturing Environments
Secures manufacturing plants and defense contractor facilities where legacy control systems, high availability requirements, and supply-chain sensitivity demand non-intrusive enforcement controls.

VaultGate enables government, healthcare, and defense organizations to harden critical infrastructure without disrupting existing operations. By operating inline and independently of endpoints or applications, VaultGate can be deployed into environments where traditional software-based security controls are impractical or infeasible.

This approach addresses a persistent gap in aging but essential SCADA and operational technology systems: the inability to introduce new security controls without system modification, downtime, or recertification. VaultGate provides a deterministic enforcement layer that improves resilience and reduces exposure while allowing legacy systems to continue operating as designed.