GhostTelemetry

Confidential Computing Analytics Platform with Hardware-Backed Security

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Executive Summary

GhostTelemetry is a Proof of Concept demonstrating confidential computing for security analytics. Built for alpha-level presentations, it showcases:

• Trusted Execution Environments (AWS Nitro Enclaves, OCI AMD SEV-SNP)
• Hardware-Backed Signing (YubiKey integration for deployment authorization)
• Immutable Audit Trail (Merkle tree ledger)
• Zero-Knowledge Analytics (Query encrypted data without decryption)
• Real-Time Threat Detection (ML-powered anomaly detection)

Quick Start

Alpha Demo

# Run incident walkthrough demo
cd demos/incident_walkthrough
./run_demo.sh

Deploy to OCI Confidential VM

cd infra/oci-confidential/scripts
./deploy_workload.sh

Deploy to AWS Nitro Enclave

cd infra/aws-nitro/scripts
./deploy_workload.sh

Architecture

flowchart TD
    SO["Security Operations"]
    Agent["GhostTelemetry Agent (YubiKey Signed)<br/>• Encrypts at source • Regional DEKs • Immutable logs"]
    
    subgraph TEE ["Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)"]
        Pod["Enclave Analytics Pod (Hardware Isolated)<br/>• Attestation Required • PCR/TPM Verified<br/>• Decrypt → Analyze → Re-Encrypt"]
    end

    Ledger["Immutable Merkle Tree Ledger<br/>Every query logged • Tampering detectable • Audit ready"]

    SO -- "Encrypted telemetry" --> Agent
    Agent --> Pod
    Pod --> Ledger

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Key Features

🔐 Zero-Trust Security

• All data encrypted at source with per-tenant DEKs
• Keys only accessible to attested TEE instances
• Hardware-backed deployment signing (YubiKey)

🏛️ Confidential Computing

• AWS Nitro Enclaves: Hardware-isolated VM partitions
• OCI AMD SEV-SNP: Full VM memory encryption
• PCR/TPM-based attestation for key access

📊 Real-Time Analytics

• ML-powered anomaly detection
• Sub-100ms query latency
• 100K+ events/sec processing

🔗 Immutable Audit Trail

• Cryptographic Merkle tree ledger
• Every query execution logged
• Tamper-evident audit logs

Documentation

• Alpha Deck Notes - Executive talking points
• TEE Deployment Guide - OCI & AWS architecture
• Incident Walkthrough - Step-by-step demo

GitHub Actions Workflows

• CI/CD Pipeline (ci-cd.yml): Security scans, testing, quality gates.
• Microservices Deployment:
  • deploy-api-services.yml
  • deploy-control-plane.yml
  • deploy-ledger.yml
  • blue-green-deployment.yml
  • canary-deployment.yml
  • rollback.yml
• Demo Deployment: deploy-demo.yml, deploy-full-stack.yml
• Alpha Pre-Flight (alpha-demo-preflight.yml): Presentation readiness validation.
• Protobuf Generation (generate-protos.yml): Automated SDK binding regeneration.
• Documentation (documentation.yml): Link checking, metrics generation.

Technology Stack

• Languages: Python 3.11
• TEE Platforms: AWS Nitro Enclaves, OCI Confidential VMs
• Infrastructure: Terraform (OCI), AWS CDK (Nitro)
• Security: YubiKey (FIDO2), KMS/Vault, Attestation
• Cryptography: AES-256-GCM, RSA-4096, SHA-256

Project Status

Alpha Demo Ready ✅

All critical features implemented:

• ✅ YubiKey artifact signing
• ✅ OCI Confidential VM deployment
• ✅ AWS Nitro Enclave deployment
• ✅ Attestation & control plane
• ✅ Immutable Merkle tree ledger
• ✅ ML anomaly detection
• ✅ Incident walkthrough demo

License

Proprietary - Internal Google Moonshot Factory Project

Contact

For alpha presentation scheduling or technical questions, contact the GhostTelemetry team.

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Last Updated: 2025-12-11
Build Status: Passing
Demo Status: Ready for Alpha Presentation