Security Policy

Effective date: February 17, 2026 | Version: 2026.02-global

This Security Policy defines baseline controls for identity management, secure development, infrastructure hardening, monitoring, incident response, and resilience operations.

Security controls are risk-based and must be continuously improved as threats evolve.

Scope and Applicability

Applies to applications, APIs, databases, storage, and production infrastructure.
Applies to employees, contractors, and partners with system or data access.
Applies to code delivery pipelines, release workflows, and dependency management.
Applies to detection, logging, alerting, and incident response processes.
Applies to third-party services that process platform data.
Applies to business continuity and disaster recovery controls.

Mandatory Requirements

Identity and Access Control

Access must follow least privilege with role-based authorization controls.
Privileged operations require strong authentication and user-level attribution.
Inactive or orphaned accounts must be disabled on a defined schedule.
Credentials and secrets must be rotated and never hardcoded in repositories.

Secure Engineering and Deployment

Code changes must pass security checks aligned to system risk.
Dependencies require vulnerability scanning and timely patching.
Production release flows must include approval gates and rollback plans.
Security-critical changes require peer review and traceable documentation.

Monitoring and Incident Response

Security telemetry must cover access abuse, anomaly detection, and policy bypass attempts.
Incident severities and escalation responsibilities must be defined.
Forensic artifacts should be preserved for root-cause and legal review.
Post-incident actions must produce measurable control improvements.

Prohibited Practices

Sharing privileged credentials without individual accountability.
Deploying directly to production outside approved release processes.
Ignoring critical security findings beyond remediation timelines.
Disabling logs or monitoring to hide operational actions.
Transferring sensitive data through unapproved personal channels.
Bypassing MFA or endpoint protections for convenience.
Running unauthorized penetration activities against production systems.
Concealing known incidents from designated response owners.

Governance, Monitoring, and Enforcement

Security control owners maintain evidence for internal and external audit readiness.
Risk registers track findings, remediation status, and residual risk decisions.
Critical controls are retested after material architecture or process changes.
Vendor security posture is assessed during onboarding and renewal cycles.
Mandatory security training applies to all personnel with platform access.
Incident KPIs are reviewed for detection speed, containment, and recurrence.
Emergency changes require retrospective review and documentation closure.
Policy updates are versioned and communicated to affected teams.