CC-TR-003 — Unified Confidential Capability Proof

Technical Report | Registry Reference: CC-TR-003
Author: NovaFuse Technologies
Date: July 2026
Version: 1.0.0
Classification: Public Reference Standard / Operational Proof
Companion Publications:
  CC-PS-001 - Convergence and Publication Strategy
  CC-TR-002 - Governed Motion Live Run Summary
  NF-RA-001 - IDNA Reference Model
  NF-STD-001 - GRC & Security Standard Controls Mapping Matrix

1. Executive Summary

This report documents the completion of the next major milestone: the execution of the one-command unified proof runner on live Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure. This runner composes registry-driven capability governance, Executable Reference Invariant Language (ERIL) contracts, and hardware-attested AMD SEV-SNP confidential execution into a single, end-to-end governed capability flow.

The execution successfully bound a live call to GCP Secret Manager inside a verified confidential VM and generated a top-level unified evidence package, verifying that: 1. Registry configuration maps directly to a live cloud authorization gate. 2. Attestation-bound key release restricts decryption to verified AMD SEV-SNP hardware platforms. 3. Real-time governance decisions are executed before data access occurs, emitting a unified cryptographic receipt.

2. The Unified Proof Chain

The unified runner coordinates multiple independent verification components into a single execution transaction. The path from registry definition to live cloud enforcement is mapped below:

          [ registry.json ]
                  ↓
         [ ERIL Invariants ]
                  ↓
          [ CERI Descriptor ]
                  ↓
   [ AMD SEV-SNP Confidential VM ]
                  ↓
  [ VCEK Attestation Key Release ]
                  ↓
[ GCP Secret Manager Access (ALLOW) ]
                  ↓
    [ Unified Evidence Package ]

2.1 The Two Composed Proof Tracks

• Track 1: Strict Confidential Substrate Proof
  Verifies that the execution environment is a genuine AMD SEV-SNP confidential VM. It validates the hardware attestation report against the AMD VCEK certificate chain, ensuring that host-level inspection is blocked before releasing the decryption key for the payload.
• Track 2: Registry-Driven Capability Proof
  Executes the governance rules defined in the registry. It parses the ERIL constraints, validates the caller's capability tokens, and evaluates the request against active safety policies in real time, granting access to GCP Secret Manager only after all checks pass.

3. Live Run Verification Details

The unified proof runner (run-gcp-unified-confidential-capability-proof.ps1) executed on live GCP infrastructure, producing the following verified run details:

• Unified Run ID: UEG-UNIFIED-CONF-CAP-20260706T193728Z
• Overall Status: PASS
• GCP Target Project: project-7ecce121-36de-4df8-a93
• Validation Target: Live GCP Secret Manager (demo-uncompany-secret version read)

3.1 Strict Confidential Substrate Proof Summary

• Run ID: CLOUD-CAPABLE-NVX-AGLZ-LIVE-001-20260706T194036Z
• Attestation Type: AMD_SEV_SNP
• VCEK Verification: verified
• Decryption Key Release: RELEASE (attestation binding successfully verified)
• Substrate Receipt ID: 9852b7809762202135d000b0ea01b6813665b1a3952a9593764ab229d44b406d
• Substrate Receipt Status: VALID

3.2 Registry Capability Proof Summary

• Run ID: UNCO-GCP-LIVE-20260706T194125Z
• Target Live Capability: GCP Secret Manager accessSecretVersion
• Registry Config Hash: sha256:89465416a02322542f95c4dd94f7eabdf3f9737f6777589ae53ba8b4913b6424
• ERIL Contract Hash: sha256:b2e8c0dca31e778ab7f66eef6b7dd9aee075ce839bfe05440ce220cc4b435433
• CERI Descriptor Hash: sha256:7f94df8f08344aae13da86106f0027112acc983f7e349cc37eaaffb91f60c9c0
• Valid Request Gating Decision: ALLOW
• Live GCP Call Return Code: 0 (Success)
• Secret Value Redacted: True (Confirmed zero-leakage visualization)

4. Key Verification Invariants Checked

The top-level RUN-SUMMARY.json verified the following gate constraints:

{
  "pass_gates": {
    "strict_confidential_ueg_passed": true,
    "key_release_attestation_bound": true,
    "vcek_verified": true,
    "registry_capability_passed": true,
    "live_secret_access_allowed_after_governance": true,
    "negative_controls_passed": true
  }
}

• Positive Enforcement: The valid request was admitted under the correct policy hash, and the secret value was successfully read and returned securely.
• Negative Enforcement: Invalid requests (expired tokens, wrong secret prefixes, missing purpose fields) and integrity violations (tampered ERIL contracts) were successfully intercepted and blocked before reaching Secret Manager, proving active pre-execution gating.

5. Strategic Implications

The completion of the unified confidential capability proof changes the development horizon from a single integration to a scalable digital governance infrastructure:

1. Platform Verification: Demonstrates that the registry can act as a single logical control plane, translating legal compliance criteria into active runtime constraints enforced across distributed hosts.
2. Hardware-Anchored Trust: Combines hardware-level confidence (SEV-SNP/VCEK) with logical process safety (ERIL), ensuring that even if host administrators are compromised, the governance policies cannot be bypassed or tampered with.
3. Auditor Legibility: Produces a standardized, machine-readable unified proof package that external auditors can programmatically inspect to verify compliance epochs and execution trails.

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