Deployment Architecture
One Control Contract. Three Perimeters.
The cogward governed runtime enforces identical governance capabilities regardless of where your agents compute. What changes between deployment tiers is the physical boundary of your data, the isolation of your network, and how software and intelligence updates are delivered to the environment.
By completely decoupling policy evaluation from external network dependencies, cogward ensures that your entire governance stack—execution logs, memory filters, and lifecycle switches—remains entirely within your local administrative boundary, removing the compliance risks of shared public multi-tenant infrastructure.
Each tier preserves the same five foundations across different infrastructure, data residency, control plane, and delivery boundaries.
Tier A
Cloud‑Isolated (VPC)
Phase 1 — design partners
For enterprises running agents inside public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP). cogward deploys within your own virtual networks. Agent code, execution records, and compliance data stay inside your corporate cloud accounts. External model requests and tool calls route through a local validation proxy.
- InfrastructurePublic cloud virtual networks (EKS, AKS, GKE)
- Data ResidencyWithin your enterprise cloud storage accounts
- Control PlaneSelf-hosted orchestration with no vendor telemetry
- Delivery ModelStandard cloud package managers — deployable in hours
Tier B
Fully On‑Premise
Phase 2
For regulated financial services, payments infrastructure, and healthcare organizations running on corporate hardware. cogward operates with full local sovereignty and no outbound internet connectivity. Audit ledgers, workload registries, and lifecycle switches execute on physical infrastructure owned by your organization.
- InfrastructureInternal corporate datacenters (Private K8s, Bare-Metal)
- Data ResidencyOn physical, customer-owned storage
- Control PlaneFully disconnected — no external control-plane dependency
- Delivery ModelOffline installation bundles and air-transferred packages
Tier C
Physically Air‑Gapped
Phase 3 — sovereign track
For defense, national intelligence, and sovereign networks with no external connectivity. System binaries, compliance updates, and Estate Intelligence signatures are delivered via cryptographically signed physical media and authenticated locally.
- InfrastructureSovereign defense networks and highly classified enclaves
- Data ResidencyPhysically isolated, high-security infrastructure storage
- Control PlaneNo network connectivity to any external system
- Delivery ModelSigned physical storage media with local validation checks