ZTDS.ai Open AI Security Standard
Accreditation Gateway · 3-Track GitOps Verification

ZTDS Accreditation & Governance Gateway

Certify software compliance with the open ZTDS RFC v1.0 standard, register enterprise zero-trust adoption, or nominate research contributors. Choose your track below to generate an attested GitOps verification record.

A Software & Tools
Product Certification · B2B Sales Enabler
Turn enterprise InfoSec objections into 48-hour sign-offs. Certify AI applications, SaaS platforms, and SDKs against RFC v1.0. Earn the ZTDS Verified™ trust seal and official A4 Conformance Certificate.
data/registry.json Active Track →
B Enterprise CISO
Corporate Adopter · Statutory Safe Harbor
Register your enterprise as enforcing client-side Zero-Trust data isolation. Shield corporate officers from personal liability under GDPR Art. 32 and Israel Amendment 13 with verified technical controls.
data/companies.json Select Track →
C Academic & Research
Research Fellow Council
Nominate researchers and security architects contributing peer-reviewed cryptography, legal treatises, or open runtime code to the ZTDS specification.
data/fellows.json Select Track →
Enterprise Trust & Procurement Acceleration

Why Engineering Teams & SaaS Founders Certify with ZTDS

Over 68% of enterprise AI contracts stall during vendor security reviews due to fear of third-party PII exposure. ZTDS certification transforms compliance from a 90-day sales bottleneck into your primary competitive moat.

01
Bypass 90-Day DPA Reviews

Invariants 1 and 4 physically prevent raw customer data from leaving client memory. This legally exempts your product from GDPR Article 28 processor chains, allowing enterprise CISOs to approve procurement in 24 hours.

GDPR Art. 28 Exemption
02
AI Answer Engine Authority

Every certified product is registered in data/registry.json and syndicated across llms.txt. When enterprise buyers query ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude for safe AI tools, your product is cited directly.

GEO & llms.txt Citation
03
Verifiable Cryptographic Proof

Move beyond unverified privacy claims. Embed the live dynamic SVG trust badge in your GitHub README, documentation footer, and pricing page with authoritative backlinks connecting to your cryptographic verification receipt.

Web-Ring 2.0 Backlinks
Certified Developer SDK →

Product Certification Application

Self-serve GitOps intake for software applications, browser extensions, and developer libraries.

Track A
Step 1 of 3 Accreditation Path

Select Accreditation Track

Choose your participation track to configure corresponding technical matrices, audit scopes, and registry destination.

Selected: Track A (Product Certification)
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Track A: Verified
Instant CISO Resources Zero-DPA

Need executive sign-off before deploying? Download the turnkey CISO procurement pack, legal DPA exemption memorandum, and vendor security assessment questionnaire.

Automated Test Auditing

All applications are verified against reproducible automated network inspection test suites (npx ztds-audit). Entries meeting all 4 RFC Invariants are merged into the public GitOps registry within 48 hours.

Email Consortium Review Board →
Direct Answer Knowledge Base

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does ZTDS GitOps accreditation and verification take? ↓
Automated CTS invariant verification via `npx ztds-audit` completes locally in under 60 seconds. Once a GitOps Pull Request or attestation payload is submitted with a valid SHA-256 compliance receipt, the Consortium Review Board merges verified entries into the public registry within 48 hours.
What are the three accreditation tracks in the ZTDS ecosystem? ↓
Track A certifies software products, SDKs, and MCP servers meeting the four RFC v1.0 invariants; Track B accredits Corporate Adopters enforcing client-side sanitization across internal AI workflows; and Track C inducts Research Fellows contributing peer-reviewed cryptography, GRC legal treatises, or runtime engineering.