Why this layer exists
The Truth Stack is the closed LockJaw substrate for enforcement, authority, mediation, accountability, and material lifecycle truth. It is intentionally narrow, sealed, and hostile to overlap.
Truth Stack
Sealed infrastructure for proof, custody, refusal, and lifecycle control.
Can this be altered, reassigned, disclosed, or erased without proof?
The Truth Stack is the closed LockJaw substrate for enforcement, authority, mediation, accountability, and material lifecycle truth. It is intentionally narrow, sealed, and hostile to overlap.
Question boundary
Can this be altered, reassigned, disclosed, or erased without proof?
Systems
Each system answers one bounded question.
DEC
Deterministic Enforcement Core
Deterministic enforcement of non-bypassable rules.
DEC is the LockJaw enforcement core. It keeps compartments, doctrine, audit, and fail-closed refusal from drifting into operator narrative or product variation.
KMS
Key Management & Custody
Cryptographic key management and custody.
KMS is the deterministic custody system for keys and KV material. It proves who had cryptographic authority, under which doctrine, and when.
SM
Secret Mediation
Controlled secret mediation under proof.
SM is the release-mediation system for secrets. It proves whether a secret was released, to whom, under what conditions, or whether release was refused.
PAC
Presence & Accountability Core
Presence and accountability anchoring.
PAC proves which cryptographic principal was present and accountable within a defined scope when something mattered.
Vault
Material Lifecycle Vault
Encrypted material storage and lifecycle control.
Vault is the immutable sealed-object system for material lifecycle truth. It proves whether sensitive material existed, materialized, or was destroyed.
Why these five systems exist
- Enforcement, authority, mediation, accountability, and material lifecycle must stay separate if their claims are to remain defensible.
- The Truth Stack forms the custody and proof substrate for the rest of LockJaw.
- These systems do not execute, interpret, justify, or narrate. They preserve narrow truth surfaces.
Why the Truth Stack stays closed
- The Truth Stack is sealed so higher layers cannot contaminate custody truth.
- Each system answers one question and refuses to answer adjacent ones.
- Overlap is treated as architectural corruption, not product flexibility.