Security Architecture Built for Criminal Justice
Your data lives in compliant datacenters with controls designed to satisfy the most demanding federal and state requirements. Because every deployment is provisioned in your environment under your control, you maintain the authority to pursue and achieve certification on your terms.
The Reality of Law Enforcement Data Security
Every day, you're entrusted with information that could determine someone's freedom, safety, or life. Criminal justice information, confidential informant identities, ongoing investigation details, evidence chains, this data demands protections that go far beyond typical enterprise security.
BlueLeaks breach size
Agencies affected in single breach
Single ransomware recovery cost
The stakes became painfully clear in June 2020 when a single compromised vendor account exposed 269 gigabytes of sensitive law enforcement data from more than 200 agencies. The breach revealed everything from undercover officer information to nuclear facility security staff details. The lesson was unambiguous: in criminal justice technology, security architecture isn't a feature, it's the foundation.
We built Argus with that reality as our starting point, not an afterthought to address later.
Your Deployment, Your Certification Authority
Here's what makes Argus different from typical SaaS platforms: every customer deployment is provisioned as an isolated environment in compliant datacenter infrastructure.
Your Deployment
Isolated Environment
Your Certification Authority
Your Path to Certification
Complete Data Isolation
Your data never mingles with other agencies' information. Row-level security and cryptographic tenant isolation ensure that even in a shared infrastructure environment, your criminal justice information remains mathematically separated from everyone else's.
Your Certification Authority
You maintain the authority to pursue certification independently. We've implemented the technical controls required by CJIS, FedRAMP, SOC 2, and other frameworks. The security architecture is ready. But because each deployment operates under your control in your provisioned environment, the actual certification decision and process remains yours.
Why This Matters
Certification requirements vary. Your state CJIS Systems Agency may have requirements beyond the federal baseline. Your county may have specific data residency mandates. Your agency may need to demonstrate compliance to oversight bodies on your own timeline. With Argus, you're not waiting for a vendor to complete their certification journey, you have the technical foundation to pursue yours.
Compliance Framework Readiness
We've designed Argus to implement the technical controls required by major criminal justice security frameworks. Here's what that means in practice for each standard your agency may need to satisfy.
Security Controls in Production
Beyond compliance frameworks, here's what actually protects your data every day.
Federal-Grade Encryption
Data at rest is protected with AES-256 encryption using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules. Data in transit uses TLS 1.3 with perfect forward secrecy.
Zero-Trust Architecture
Every request is authenticated and authorized regardless of network location. There's no implicit trust based on being "inside the network." Aligns with Executive Order 14028's Zero Trust mandates.
Cryptographic Tenant Isolation
Your deployment is cryptographically isolated from other agencies' deployments. Row-level security policies enforce tenant boundaries at the database level, not in application code that could have bugs, but in the database engine itself.
Tamper-Proof Audit Logging
Every security-relevant event is logged to append-only storage with cryptographic signatures that prove logs haven't been tampered with. Your evidence if you ever need to prove exactly what happened.
Behavioral Threat Detection
Behavioral analytics monitor for anomalies: unusual access patterns, queries outside normal parameters, bulk data access attempts. Automatic alerts and access suspension pending investigation.
Supply Chain Protection
Continuous monitoring of all dependencies for known vulnerabilities, package integrity verification, Content Security Policy and Trusted Types to prevent code injection.
Compliant Datacenter Infrastructure
Your Argus deployment runs in datacenter infrastructure designed for government workloads.
Geographic Control
Data residency is configurable to meet your jurisdictional requirements. If your state mandates that criminal justice information remain within state boundaries, or within the United States, your deployment configuration enforces that requirement.
Physical Security
Datacenter facilities implement physical access controls, environmental protections, and operational procedures that meet federal security standards.
Network Security
DDoS protection, web application firewalls, and network segmentation protect against external threats while maintaining the performance your investigators need.
Disaster Recovery
Geographically distributed backup and recovery capabilities ensure your data survives even regional disasters, without compromising the security controls protecting that data.
Available Regions
Custom regions available for specific requirements
How Certification Actually Works
Let's be direct about something the industry often obscures: security compliance is a shared responsibility, and certification authority varies by framework.
What We Provide
- Technical controls and architectural decisions
- Operational procedures implementing security requirements
- Documentation mapping capabilities to framework controls
- Technical support for your certification activities
- Infrastructure that has achieved its own authorizations
Your Responsibility
- Pursuing formal certification through appropriate authority
- Implementing organizational policies beyond technical controls
- Personnel procedures and governance structures
- Maintaining operational disciplines over time
Why This Matters
When a vendor claims their product is "CJIS certified" or "FedRAMP certified," ask exactly what that means. CJIS compliance is validated by state CJIS Systems Agencies for specific implementations. FedRAMP authorization is granted to specific systems for specific agencies. A vendor's certification doesn't automatically extend to your deployment.
We've built Argus so that your path to certification is as straightforward as possible, but we won't pretend that our work substitutes for yours. What we can promise is that when you pursue certification, you won't find technical gaps that require architectural rework. The foundation is ready.
Security That Doesn't Slow You Down
We built these protections to work with how law enforcement actually operates, not to create obstacles that drive workarounds.
Single Sign-On
One login. Your agency credentials. No extra passwords.
Mobile Security
Same protection in the field. No VPN headaches.
Speed That Doesn't Compromise
Security processing in milliseconds. No workflow delays.
Smart Session Management
Timeouts that make sense for real operations.
Security only works if it fits with how you actually operate. We designed these controls to be invisible in normal operations while remaining absolutely effective.
Your Union's Stake in Data Security
When agency systems get breached, it's often officers who bear the consequences. Personal information exposed. Home addresses leaked. Families at risk.
The DC Metropolitan Police breach didn't just expose case files, it exposed officer personnel files, Social Security numbers, and polygraph results.
How Strong Security Protects Officers
Immutable audit logs prove when access was appropriate, defending officers against false accusations of database misuse.
Granular access controls prevent unauthorized queries that can end careers and invite criminal charges.
Behavioral monitoring catches suspicious patterns before they escalate into disciplinary situations.
We built Argus with the understanding that the people using the system deserve protection too.
Documentation and Support
Resources to support your compliance journey.
Security Documentation Package
Architecture diagrams, data flows, encryption specs
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