Security & data handling — the trust layer under unattended automation

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Security

Your data never leaves the building.

The more a system runs unattended, the clearer its trust layer has to be. Snake Steak designs the safety of automation along four axes — data isolation, guardrails, access control, and ownership. And the system is always owned by the client.

01

Data isolation — cloud vs on-premise

You choose where the system runs, matched to your sensitivity and regulation.

  • · On-premise — data and model inference stay inside your network. Source data never leaves the building.
  • · Private cloud — a dedicated, isolated environment with tenant separation and encryption at rest and in transit by default.
  • · On-prem LLM option — inference can stay in-house, so prompts and outputs never flow to an external model provider.
  • · Data minimization — we touch only the data a task needs, and retention follows your policy.

02

Guardrails & human-in-the-loop

Autonomy only has value when it stays controllable. Every action has a boundary.

  • · Action boundaries — what the system can and can never do is fixed in code. Step outside the scope and execution stops.
  • · Human-in-the-loop — irreversible or high-risk steps pass through a human approval gate.
  • · Policy validation — every LLM judgment clears a rule layer before it acts. We never act on model output alone.
  • · Audit trail — inputs, judgments and actions are logged, so what happened and why can be traced after the fact.

03

Access & operational practice

Least privilege as the default — every operational touch is scoped.

  • · Least privilege — systems and operators alike get only the access a task requires.
  • · Secrets management — credentials and keys are kept out of code, rotated, and never left as plaintext.
  • · Encryption in transit and at rest — applied as standard.
  • · Change management — deploys are reviewed and a rollback path is always kept open.

04

Who owns the system

Snake Steak builds the system and hands it over. We don't hold it hostage.

  • · Client-owned — the code, the pipeline, the data and the operating knowledge are all your assets.
  • · No lock-in — handover and documentation let your in-house team take it over, run it and extend it.
  • · Transparency — what the system does and how is never left as a black box.
  • · Ongoing operation — we'll co-operate it if you want, or hand it over entirely. The call is yours.

NEXT STEP

Start with a security review.

We'll map the deployment model, the data flows and the controls together. Reviews with your security and infosec teams are welcome.

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