Security Overview

Security controls at Vespasian

This page summarizes key security controls used to operate Vespasian in production.

Last updated: April 10, 2026

Identity and access control

  • Microsoft Entra sign-in flow and role-aware authorization for protected operations.
  • Admin-only controls for high-impact actions and configuration updates.
  • SSH production access restricted to key-based administrative users.

Data and key protection

  • Tenant secrets and service credentials encrypted at rest in platform storage.
  • PQC and RS256 signing material persisted with rotation-aware key catalogs.
  • TLS in transit for public interfaces.

Operations and monitoring

  • Service health and operational status endpoints for active monitoring.
  • Audit and activity records for migration actions and rollback workflows.
  • Automated backup strategy with retained recovery points.

Incident response

Security events are triaged by severity with customer communication and remediation planning through the support channel.