Data Sovereignty

Your data never leaves your infrastructure. That's not a feature — it's the architecture.

The Sovereignty Promise

FowyldAI is built from the ground up for environments where data must never leave the perimeter. Every component — inference, storage, logging, model updates — operates entirely within your network.

Zero external connections FowyldAI makes zero outbound network calls. No telemetry, no model downloads at runtime, no cloud API fallbacks. Verify this at any time via the /sovereignty/status endpoint.

How It Works

Layer	Sovereignty Guarantee
Inference	All models run locally on your hardware — CPU or GPU. No cloud model APIs.
Models	Shipped as sealed packages. No runtime downloads. Air-gap compatible.
Storage	All data stored on local disk. No cloud storage, no S3, no external databases.
Logging	Logs written locally only. No external log aggregation unless you configure it.
Updates	Manual update packages. No auto-update, no phone-home.
Network	Built-in network guard blocks all outbound traffic by default.
Telemetry	Disabled permanently. No usage metrics, no crash reports, no analytics.

Network Guard

The network guard is an application-level firewall that blocks all outbound connections. Even if a loaded model contained code that attempted an external call, it would be blocked.

# Verify sovereignty status
curl http://localhost:8000/sovereignty/status

{
  "sovereign": true,
  "external_connections": 0,
  "telemetry_enabled": false,
  "cloud_models_active": false,
  "network_guard": "active"
}

Air-Gap Deployment

For maximum security, deploy FowyldAI in a fully air-gapped environment with --network none:

docker run -d \
  --name fowyldai \
  --gpus all \
  --network none \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -v /opt/fowyldai/data:/app/data \
  fowyldai/engine:1.4.0

See the full Air-Gap Deployment Guide for sealed package delivery.

Compliance

FowyldAI's sovereignty architecture supports compliance with:

HIPAA — No PHI leaves the deployment boundary
GDPR — Data residency guaranteed by architecture, not policy
FedRAMP — Air-gap mode meets isolated environment requirements
SOC 2 Type II — Full audit trail with local logging
ITAR — No data crosses any network boundary

Compliance is architectural Other AI platforms promise compliance through policy and access controls. FowyldAI enforces it through architecture — your data physically cannot leave because there is no path out.

Verification

You don't have to trust us — verify it yourself:

Network audit: Run tcpdump or your network monitor — zero outbound connections
API check: GET /sovereignty/status returns real-time sovereignty metrics
Source inspection: Enterprise customers receive full source access for audit
Docker isolation: Run with --network none for provable network isolation