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Government & Public Sector

Secure APIs for citizens and agencies with strict compliance and the option to run on-prem or air-gapped.

Practical use cases

Concrete ways teams use Zerq for this scenario.

  • Run entirely inside your boundary

    Deploy the full stack in your data center or air-gapped network. No outbound calls at runtime; config and audit data stay in your store. You meet boundary and data-sovereignty requirements without relying on external SaaS.

  • Give agencies and contractors scoped API access

    Each agency or contractor gets access only to the APIs and data they’re authorized for. You enforce limits and log every call. Compliance teams use the same audit trail to see who did what, when.

  • Align with federal or national security frameworks

    Use role-based access, separation of duties, and a dedicated audit role. Integrate with your identity provider and optional certificate-based access. Logs and metrics fit into your existing SIEM and monitoring inside the boundary.

Outcomes

  • Compliance and deployment flexibility; no single-cloud or vendor lock-in.
  • Full audit trail for regulators and internal accountability.
  • Same platform for gateway, workflows, and observability under your control.

How Zerq helps

  • Self-hosted only: run via Docker Compose or Kubernetes in your DC; air-gapped with no requirement for external control-plane or telemetry.
  • Full audit trail and dedicated audit role; configurable JSON logs and Prometheus metrics for in-boundary monitoring and SIEM.
  • SSO and enterprise authentication; token and client certificate validation; RBAC (view, edit, admin, audit) so compliance teams can audit without making changes.
  • Credential encryption and environment-referenced secrets; IP allowlists and per-partner access for defense in depth.
  • Workflow designer for agency-specific routing and response logic without shipping custom code into the gateway binary.
  • Multi-replica and zero-downtime updates so you can patch and scale within your own release process.
For architects & evaluators (technical context, requirements)

Technical context

Government and public-sector bodies expose APIs to other agencies, contractors, and sometimes citizens. Requirements often include running in government-controlled data centers or air-gapped environments, full audit trails for accountability, alignment with federal or national security frameworks (e.g. FedRAMP-style controls, boundary policy), and no dependency on external SaaS for runtime. Strong authentication, RBAC, and configurable logging are mandatory.

Technical requirements

  • On-prem and air-gapped deployment; no outbound runtime dependency for policy enforcement.
  • Full audit trail of configuration changes and API access; logs suitable for regulators and inspectors.
  • RBAC with separation of duties; integration with government IdPs and optional certificate-based access.
  • Structured logging and metrics export (e.g. SIEM, Prometheus) within the boundary.
  • Clear boundary: all components that handle or protect data inside your control.

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