ztds-audit — Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS™ RFC v1.0) Invariant Auditor

The official developer CLI and automated CI/CD auditor for the Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS™ RFC v1.0) architecture. Maintained by the ZTDS AI Consortium.

ZTDS™ is an open industry standard governing in-memory data sanitization for artificial intelligence, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and Large Language Model (LLM) pipelines.

1. The 4 Fundamental Invariants (RFC v1.0)

Every AI pipeline audited by ztds-audit is verified against the 4 core mathematical and architectural invariants:

1. Invariant 1: Zero External Egress Prior to Sanitization: Raw sensitive cleartext (PII, PHI, API secrets, private financial numbers) must never cross the local execution boundary prior to reversible surrogate tokenization.
2. Invariant 2: Deterministic Reversible Tokenization: Semantic, syntactic, and structural context must be preserved for LLM reasoning while de-identification lookup tables remain strictly in local host volatile memory.
3. Invariant 3: Cryptographic & In-Memory Isolation: Operations run in volatile heap or hardware-attested enclaves (WASM, Nitro Enclaves, C-ABI) with zero unencrypted disk spill and immediate memory zeroization.
4. Invariant 4: Continuous Subprocessor Exclusion: Local client-side execution eliminates third-party transmission, legally exempting deployments from GDPR Article 28 data processing agreements (Zero-DPA).

2. Quickstart

Run a zero-install security and invariant audit across your codebase or AI agent repository:

npx ztds-audit --dir ./src --strict

Command-Line Flags

Example Output

[ZTDS] ZTDS.ai In-Memory Codebase Auditor (RFC v1.0 Conformance)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Directory:     /home/runner/work/ai-agent/src
Files Scanned: 48 files in 18ms
Audit Hash:    sha256:7f83b1657ff1fc53b92dc18148a1d65dfc2d4b1fa3d677284addd200126d9069
----------------------------------------------------------------------

[PASS] CONFORMANCE CONFIRMED: 0 INVARIANT VIOLATIONS DETECTED
All scanned files comply with ZTDS Invariant 1 (Zero-Egress) and Invariant 3 (RAM isolation).

[LEGAL STATUS] Qualifies for GDPR Article 28 DPA Exemption (Zero-Subprocessor Chain)
[PERFORMANCE]  0.00 Bytes Sensitive WAN Egress | Pure In-Memory Execution

Next Steps for Builders & Maintainers:
1. Include this audit hash in your pull request: https://ztds.ai/apply/
2. Embed your Verified Trust Badge in README.md to claim your registry backlink:
   [![ZTDS Verified](https://ztds.ai/badge/your-app.svg)](https://ztds.ai/registry/)

3. GitHub Actions CI/CD Integration

Enforce zero-trust data sanitization on every pull request by creating .github/workflows/ztds-audit.yml:

name: ZTDS Zero-Trust Compliance Audit

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main, master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main, master ]

jobs:
  audit:
    name: Verify ZTDS RFC v1.0 Invariants
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Codebase
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Node.js Runtime
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'

      - name: Execute ZTDS Invariant Audit
        uses: moxno/ztds.ai@main
        with:
          dir: './src'
          strict: true

Or run via npx:

npx ztds-audit --dir ./src --strict

4. Empirical AI Safety Benchmark (Frontier LLMs)

Verify cleartext leakage prevention, bijective fidelity, and microsecond latency across OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google Gemini 2.0 Pro, and DeepSeek-V3:

# Execute 25 multi-domain enterprise scenarios across 4 frontier LLM families
npx ztds-bench

# Generate formal Markdown evaluation report & Ed25519 cryptographic certificate
npx ztds-bench --out-report benchmark-report.md --cert

Full report: ZTDS AI Safety Benchmark Report (2026)

5. Remediation & Certified Implementation Engines

If ztds-audit detects sensitive credentials, unmasked PII, or third-party telemetry in your AI pipeline, install a certified ZTDS execution engine to achieve instant conformance:

6. Ecosystem Demarcation & Neutrality

• ZTDS.ai (ztds.ai): Independent, vendor-neutral open standard, certification authority, and technical consortium. Governs RFC v1.0 specifications under Apache 2.0 / CC BY 4.0.
• PrivacyScrubber (privacyscrubber.com): Commercial reference implementation and pioneer engine provider.

7. Intellectual Property & Statutory Governance

• Patent Application: U.S. & International Patents Pending (System and Method for Client-Side Zero-Trust Data Sanitization and Cryptographic Multi-Party Pipeline Handoff). Paris Convention & 35 U.S.C. § 119 Priority (locked through 14/09/2027).
• Registered Trademark: ZTDS™ (ILPO Order #182655957, Classes 9 & 42).
• Academic DOIs:
  • Zenodo: 10.5281/zenodo.22058770
  • Open Science Framework (OSF): 10.17605/OSF.IO/5BYJF
  • SSRN: 7335581
• Author & Founder: Ilya Sibiryakov (BrandMeWeb)

8. License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Copyright 2024–2026 Ilya Sibiryakov (ZTDS AI Consortium / BrandMeWeb).