Authentication and credentials
The desktop flow uses a browser approval handoff and a scoped application session. Source uses the operating-system credential vault for session persistence; the exact packaged keychain journey remains unverified. Provider credentials remain connector-specific, and no privileged shared secret belongs in a distributed installer.
Implemented with documented gap
Permissions and approval separation
The domain model separates review, approval, merge, workflow dispatch, environment approval, and change management. UI visibility alone is not treated as authorization; each consequential service path still requires server-side enforcement and release verification.
Implemented in product model · verification ongoing
Secret handling
Contact and operational text passes through secret-redaction utilities before durable storage or notification. Live connector credential custody, revocation, and recovery are verified provider by provider—not inferred from a generic security claim.
Application controls implemented
Audit attribution and evidence
Audit and evidence models record actors, actions, timestamps, rationale, and outcomes where the selected workflow is wired. Export availability and retention vary by workflow and are not evidence of an external certification.
Implemented in supported workflows
Security posture
Designed for regulated work. Verified one control path at a time.
These are product design principles, not a claim of military certification, HIPAA compliance, CMMC compliance, FedRAMP authorization, or a customer's completed risk assessment.
Least authority
Connections and service paths are scoped to the smallest authority the supported workflow needs. A recorded connection is not treated as live until it is validated.
Human authority
Approval, execution, validation, and closure remain distinct decisions. A convenient interface state is never used as proof that production authority exists.
Credential boundaries
Secrets stay server- or operating-system-bound where the supported path requires them. Browser and desktop surfaces do not expose provider credentials as product data.
Evidence before claims
Axiom keeps version, actor, decision, and validation context close to the release record so teams can review what happened instead of relying on a status label.
For healthcare and other regulated environments, Axiom must be deployed with the customer's required agreements, vendor review, identity controls, retention rules, incident process, and independent compliance evidence. Product controls can support that work; they do not replace it.