Tier C · Dedicated Appliance

Blackbead Edge — sandbox-alpha

Demo build

A self-service copy of the Blackbead.ai platform on a single dedicated box. Cybersecurity built for the AI Ecosystem. This appliance is a separate tenant — its own database, isolated from Blackbead UAT and Production; customer data never leaves the box.

Appliance
on-box control + data plane
Local LLM runtime
never api.openai.com
Gate mode
permit / deny · fails closed
What this delivers
01

Onboarding & Connectors

Stand up the box, register intra-bank teams, and catalogue the enterprise APIs each agent may reach.

02

API Monitoring

Single-pane health of every API across all three proxy planes. KPIs, charts, live events. Design — build now

03

API Governance

Define, simulate, and enforce the rules the proxy applies. Turns observation into policy. Design — build now

The three observation planes
① Inline

On the wire, can block, adds a few ms. For payments, KYC, core banking. Design

② Out-of-band

Mirror copy, scans async, cannot block, zero latency. Blanket coverage. Design

③ MCP interception

Gate at the MCP layer before the tool executes. Closest to today's PolicyGate. Design

API Proxy Layer — the 7-stage pipeline
#StageCan deny?Status

Agents never call enterprise systems directly. They express intent; the proxy makes the call after the gate decides. An agent holds a scoped capability, never a credential.

Build status — honest about what ships today
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