Security is not a checkbox.
It is our architectural core.
Engineered for global universities, certification authorities, and enterprise academies that demand uncompromising security. PostgreSQL kernel Row-Level Security, HECVAT 4.16 higher-ed assessment, GDPR and FERPA alignment, client-side AI proctoring, and official DPIIT accreditation.
Verified regulatory frameworks for institutional procurement.
Standardized compliance frameworks documented for universities, colleges, and enterprise training bodies worldwide.
Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Tool
The gold-standard security and compliance framework for higher education institutions. Evaluates institutional data protection, identity lifecycle, and cloud privacy controls.
DPIIT Recognized Enterprise Innovator
Formally recognized under Startup India. Qualifies higher education institutions, state universities, and PSUs for sovereign procurement benefits and fast-track institutional onboarding.
Higher Ed & Learner Record Protection
Guarantees the strict confidentiality of Student Education Records. Role-based directory boundaries and immutable audit logs preventing unauthorized record disclosure.
Global & Sovereign Student Data Privacy
Built-in learner rights: statutory consent workflows, granular data portability, and automated right-to-be-forgotten pipelines with zero unauthorized data sharing.
Information Security Management Alignment
Security controls aligned with ISO/IEC 27001 principles governing access control, encryption in transit and at rest, change management, and disaster recovery playbooks.
Cryptographic Institutional Interoperability
Modern interoperability standards replacing legacy plaintext API tokens with asymmetric signed tokens for zero-trust integration with Canvas, Blackboard, and SIS databases.
Four layers of defense. Zero single points of failure.
Security is an unbroken, verifiable defense chain from global edge network routing down to the PostgreSQL query planner.
Cloudflare Edge & Traffic Shield
Every incoming request traverses Cloudflare global edge servers across 300+ cities before touching our application cluster. Automated Layer 3, 4, and 7 DDoS mitigation absorbs malicious volumetric attacks at the edge.
- Automated Layer 3/4/7 DDoS mitigation and Anycast DNS
- TLS 1.3 encryption with strict Forward Secrecy
- HSTS enforced (max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload)
- Automated rate limiting and abusive request throttling per client IP
- Granular HTTP header sanitation and strict CORS policies
Zero-Trust Enterprise Authentication & RBAC
No access without verifiable cryptographic identity. Full integration with enterprise identity providers alongside mandatory hardware token or TOTP multi-factor authentication.
- Enterprise SSO via OIDC (Google Workspace & Microsoft Entra ID available on request; Okta SAML 2.0 on roadmap)
- Mandatory time-based one-time password (TOTP) two-factor authentication (RFC 6238)
- Strict three-tier Role-Based Access Control (Admin, Instructor, Candidate)
- Automated session invalidation on privilege or role modifications
- Scoped administrative credentials with zero static shared secrets
Strict Schema Validation & Parameterization
All payload bodies, route parameters, and query strings are validated against strict type schemas before reaching business logic. Database queries are 100% parameterized, entirely preventing SQL injection vectors.
- Strict schema validation on 100% of API endpoints before domain logic
- Parameterized query compilation eliminating SQL injection surface
- Automated CSRF token validation and strict SameSite cookies
- Strict Content Security Policy (CSP Level 3) with zero unsafe-inline
- Hermetic client sandboxing for candidate assessment views
PostgreSQL Kernel-Level Row-Level Security (RLS)
Tenant isolation is not an application-layer promise — it is enforced at the database query planner. Even if application middleware suffered an unforeseen regression, PostgreSQL physically refuses to serialize rows outside the authenticated tenant boundary.
- PostgreSQL Row-Level Security (RLS) enforced at the query planner
- Cryptographically bound tenant context per database connection
- AES-256 encryption at rest across all persistent tables and backups
- Automated daily database backups with point-in-time recovery
- Zero cross-tenant database leakage surface by mathematical design
AI Proctoring without invading student privacy.
When academic deans evaluate proctoring systems, their foremost anxiety is biometric liability and student pushback. Cognaxa runs computer vision edge models inside the client's WebAssembly sandbox. Raw student camera streams are never stored indefinitely.
We never use third-party proctoring iframes. One SLA, one unified audit log, and absolute data protection across the entire examination lifecycle.
Client-Side Edge Inference (WebAssembly)
Facial presence detection, gaze estimation, and tab-switch telemetry run locally inside the student browser sandbox. Raw webcam frames never leave the client device unless an active integrity anomaly is verified.
Transparent Camera Indicator
Students receive clear, uninterrupted visual indicators whenever proctoring sensors or browser device permissions are active. No background recording or covert surveillance.
Deterministic 30-Day Auto-Wipe
All proctoring video audit clips and telemetry logs automatically self-destruct 30 days after dean score certification, eliminating lingering biometric liability for your institution.
Human-in-the-Loop Governance
AI never delivers academic penalties or auto-fails candidates. Algorithms flag timestamped objective anomalies for review by verified human academic deans and proctoring supervisors.
Engineered for global institutions. Aligned with local laws.
From North American college campuses to European corporate academies and Indian higher education institutions, Cognaxa aligns with international privacy frameworks and distributed edge delivery without cross-border compliance risk.
FERPA & HECVAT Higher Ed Framework
Full alignment with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations. Completed HECVAT 4.16 assessment ready for college IT and security review committees.
- Immutable gradebook records and audit logs
- Student Education Record confidentiality guaranteed
- Completed EDUCAUSE HECVAT v4.16 Lite assessment
GDPR & Privacy Principles
Designed for European institutions requiring robust data subject rights, transparent sub-processing, and standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for global academic delivery.
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) support
- Data portability and right-to-be-forgotten pipelines
- Client-side biometric proctoring without mass recording
DPDP Act 2023 & DPIIT Recognition
Statutory compliance with Indian data protection mandates and sovereign domestic cloud options. Official DPIIT recognition (#183180) for streamlined public university procurement.
- Sovereign Indian infrastructure compliance
- Public tender turnover and experience exemptions
- Adherence to UGC and AICTE digital education directives
Global Edge Anycast Acceleration
Static assets, course media, and candidate assessment interfaces stream through Cloudflare distributed Anycast edge, ensuring sub-100ms response times for learners worldwide.
- Ultra-low latency worldwide candidate experience
- Edge SSL/TLS termination with modern ciphers
- Automatic edge failover and high availability
Pre-assembled packages for institutional procurement.
Expedite vendor review cycles. Download our verified government credentials and completed HECVAT assessment directly.
HECVAT Lite Assessment Workbook
Complete Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT v4.16 Lite) covering institutional data governance, access controls, and cloud safeguards.
DPIIT Recognition Certificate
Certificate #183180 dated 24-09-2026. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Govt. of India. Qualifies institutions for fast-track procurement.
Enterprise Architecture & Security Whitepaper
Comprehensive technical briefing covering PostgreSQL RLS query mechanics, WebAssembly client sandboxing, and edge DDoS defense.
Enterprise Data Processing Addendum (DPA)
Standard enterprise DPA incorporating Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), sub-processor transparency, and student data privacy commitments.
Architectural resilience built for exam day.
High-concurrency academic exams cannot pause for infrastructure snags. Our systems are built on stateless containers and resilient PostgreSQL databases.
Stateless containerized application cluster with automated health checks, self-healing process supervisors, and rapid traffic re-routing.
Automated daily encrypted database snapshots with 30-day retention to prevent accidental loss and support institutional recovery.
Every code release passes automated dependency vulnerability audits, static application security checks, and strict peer review before deployment.
ACID transactional guarantees across all assessment submissions, preventing corrupted grades, orphaned attempts, or duplicate exam states.
Answers to institutional procurement questions.
Real architectural details addressing security and compliance concerns raised during higher-ed vendor evaluations.
How does PostgreSQL Row-Level Security differ from standard application-layer multitenancy?
In standard application-level multitenancy, a developer must remember to append WHERE tenant_id = ? to every single database query. A single missed clause in middleware or a legacy route exposes foreign tenant records across the wire. Cognaxa enforces tenant boundaries at the PostgreSQL query planner kernel. Every connection sets a session-level, cryptographically signed tenant context. Even if an engineer wrote SELECT * FROM users, PostgreSQL physically filters results to the authenticated tenant before serializing a single byte.
How does HECVAT alignment support our university's cybersecurity review?
The Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT) is the standard assessment framework developed by EDUCAUSE, Internet2, and REN-ISAC specifically for colleges and universities. Our completed HECVAT Lite v4.16 assessment document provides your IT and security review committees with direct answers covering institutional data protection, identity lifecycle, disaster recovery, and software architecture.
How does Cognaxa support international data compliance for global universities and enterprises?
Cognaxa is architected to align with international higher education and data protection frameworks across North America, Europe, and India. We provide completed HECVAT 4.16 assessments and FERPA alignment for US and Canadian universities, GDPR Article 28 data processing addendums with Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for European organizations, and sovereign compliance under India's DPDP Act 2023. All global traffic is accelerated through Cloudflare Anycast edge servers, while database tenants remain isolated via PostgreSQL kernel Row-Level Security.
How does Cognaxa's DPIIT recognition support public university and enterprise procurement?
Under official public procurement guidelines established by the Government of India, DPIIT-recognized technological innovators (#183180) enjoy statutory exemptions from prior turnover and experience criteria in public tenders, enabling state universities, central institutions, and PSUs to fast-track procurement without lengthy procedural gridlock.
What is your vulnerability response timeline for security inquiries?
We operate a dedicated security engineering desk. Suspected vulnerability submissions receive an initial triage response within 4 business hours, with emergency hotfixes shipped through zero-downtime automated pipelines.
What happens to our institution's data if we conclude our contract?
You retain complete ownership of your data at all times. Upon contract termination, we provide comprehensive database exports in standard open formats (JSON, CSV, QTI question banks). Following confirmed data receipt, all production tenant records and backup snapshots are cryptographically purged.
Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
We operate a safe harbor policy for security researchers. If you identify a potential security issue, report it directly to our engineering leadership team. We commit to acknowledging receipt within 4 business hours.
Bring your hardest security questions to our engineering leadership.
Book a 30-minute private architectural briefing. We will walk your IT review committee, procurement, and legal teams through our HECVAT responses, threat model, and custom DPA terms.