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Deployment and security

Climb the deployment ladder deliberately

Start with the least complex integration mode that proves the value, and only add persistence, native embedding, or private deployment when there's a concrete reason to.

4 min readDefault sidecar bind: Loopback only

Ownership stays with the partner

SecEng never selects or authorizes a target on its own — that responsibility stays with the integrating product.

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  • Customer-controlled input must never become arbitrary command execution
  • Diagnostics are redacted before leaving the partner's environment
  • Private deployment is available but not the default

Deployment ladder

Integration maturity ladder from process invocation through CLI, to persistent local sidecar, versioned file exchange, partner-local worker, embedded adapter, and private deployment
  1. Process invocation through CLI
  2. Persistent local HTTP sidecar
  3. Versioned file exchange
  4. Partner-local worker
  5. Embedded adapter or sidecar
  6. Private deployment, where supported

Target authorization

The partner is responsible for selecting and authorizing the target. Do not allow customer-controlled input to become arbitrary command execution or unrestricted filesystem access — pass arguments as arrays, validate paths, and constrain output directories, as covered in the CLI quickstart.

Local API boundary

When a sidecar is used:

  • Bind to loopback by default
  • Authenticate local callers where practical
  • Reject unsupported modules rather than silently ignoring them
  • Constrain target and output paths
  • Enforce timeouts and support cancellation as a distinct outcome
  • Sanitize request and error logs
  • Never return secrets in a response body

Output boundary

Evidence and diagnostics may contain source locations, prompts, traces, configuration, customer identifiers, findings, and local filesystem paths. Apply retention, redaction, and access controls appropriate to your deployment — SecEng does not assume a specific compliance posture on your behalf.

Support boundary

Collect the smallest useful diagnostic package. Do not upload customer source, secrets, regulated data, or unredacted traces unless explicitly approved — see diagnostics and support.

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Confirm a deployment model for your integration

Deployment specifics (private hosting, network exposure, credential handling) are scoped per pilot, not published as a one-size-fits-all policy.