EthiCompass
Technical Architecture

Ethical Governance
Framework

A comprehensive technical architecture designed for ML Engineers, Solution Architects, and Platform Engineers. Built for scalability, auditability, and regulatory compliance.

System Overview

High-Level Architecture

Click on each layer to explore its components and responsibilities

Data Flow

Content Evaluation Pipeline

Watch how content flows through our 10-step evaluation process

1

Client Submits Content

POST /api/v1/evaluate with content, context, and client ID

2

API Gateway Validation

Authenticate, check rate limits, validate content size

3

Policy Loading

Fetch client's versioned policy and Universal KB

4

Universal KB Evaluation

Evaluate all 7 dimensions, generate base scorecard

5

Custom Policy Evaluation

Apply client weights and domain-specific criteria

6

Conflict Detection

Semantic and intent checks for policy manipulation

7

Decision Logic

APPROVED, CONDITIONAL, ESCALATE, or REJECTED

8

Audit Trail Creation

Immutable log with cryptographic signature

9

Response to Client

Decision, scorecard, explanations, recommendations

10

Escalation (if needed)

Human review with SLA-based assignment

Component Specifications

Core Service Architecture

Universal Knowledge Base

  • Immutable, versioned ethical standards
  • 7-dimensional evaluation criteria
  • Tier 1-3 standards hierarchy
  • Blockchain-like version hashing

Custom Policy Service

  • Per-client policy configurations
  • Semantic conflict validation
  • Intent-based manipulation detection
  • Impact analysis on changes

Evaluation Engine

  • Deterministic 7-dimension scoring
  • Parallel async evaluation
  • Confidence assessment
  • Hard block detection

Audit & Compliance

  • Immutable event logging
  • HSM cryptographic signing
  • S3 Object Lock archival
  • Monthly bias audits
Data & Storage

Multi-Tier Storage Architecture

PostgreSQL

Universal KB, Evaluation Results, Policies, Metadata

Versioned records
Immutable constraints
Cryptographic hashes

MongoDB

Client Policies, Per-client Settings

Flexible schemas
Client isolation
Document versioning

S3 (Object Lock)

Audit Logs, Immutable Records

WORM compliance
7-year retention
Object Lock

Redis

Policy Cache, Evaluation Results, Rate Limiting

Sub-ms latency
TTL management
Distributed caching
Security & Compliance

Enterprise-Grade Security

Built with security-first principles, our architecture ensures complete data protection, audit compliance, and regulatory adherence at every layer.

HSM-backed cryptographic signing for all audit logs
Zero-knowledge evaluation with client data isolation
WORM-compliant storage with 7-year retention
Real-time bias monitoring and monthly audits

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