Execution Authorization
The first infrastructure category dedicated to authorizing irreversible actions before they happen, not auditing them after they fail.
Decisions bound to actions
Execution authorization is the process of evaluating whether an automated action should proceed based on real-time policy, intent, and risk signals. Unlike traditional IAM which focuses on "Who," TrigGuard focuses on "What is about to happen."
Pre-Execution
Enforcement happens at the SDK or Gateway level, intercepting the call before the runtime executes it.
Fail-Closed
If the Arbiter cannot be reached or the policy is ambiguous, the execution is blocked by default.
Logs are not security
Observability tells you that your system was compromised 10 minutes ago. Execution authorization prevents the compromise from ever reaching the execution surface.
- • No more post-hoc incident response
- • Real-time policy enforcement
- • Zero-trust at the function level
The Deterministic Pipeline
Every execution request follows a cryptographically anchored path from intent to verification.
SDK intercepts action and sends context to Gate.
Arbiter checks request against active policy bundles.
Deterministic outcome: PERMIT, DENY, or SILENCE.
Signed cryptographic proof is issued to the caller.
Action proceeds only if receipt signature is valid.
Decision Model
TrigGuard uses a tri-state decision model to handle varying levels of risk and observability requirements.
Cryptographic Proof
Every authorized action generates a receipt. These receipts are Ed25519-signed attestations that can be verified offline by any audit tool.