Engineered Embargos

Secure • Coordinated • Global • Resilient • Time-Synchronized

From provider to postbox to gated release — our UTC(NIST)-traceable platform delivers embargoed content worldwide, at the exact same instant, and not a moment before.

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What is an embargo—and why it matters

An embargo is an agreed‑upon time when sensitive information becomes public. Our job is to make that moment exact, fair, and verifiable: no early access, no selective disclosure—just a simultaneous release to every connected customer.

Isolated & verified

Dedicated SFTP postbox, checksum & signature verification, transient processing only.

UTC(NIST) traceability

GNSS‑disciplined clocks and PTP backbone, engineered for nanosecond‑class sync; operational targets in the microsecond range.

Global, equal fan‑out

Gated Embargo Distribution Infrastructure™ (GEDI) multicasts simultaneously to cross‑connected customers worldwide.

How the engineered embargo works

  1. Step 1

    Provider → Secure Postbox

    The provider sends embargoed data to our dedicated SFTP postbox or to our encrypted mailbox inside the isolated Embargo Network. Only provider IPs are allowed. Only one-way data transfer is allowed. Write-only. Files are checksum & signature verified. No permanent copies exist outside the zone.

  2. Step 2

    Isolated process → read embargo time → re‑encrypt & rename

    A one‑way isolated process opens the file, reads the official embargo lift‑time, and re‑encrypts it assource‑YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ. The bundle is pushed downward to our Gated Embargo Distribution Infrastructure (GEDI).

  3. Timing Authority

    UTC(NIST) synchronization via GNSS

    Dual grand‑master clocks, traceable to UTC(NIST) via a sophsticated time-transfer technique, discipline our network via White Rabbit/PTP/NTP. Engineered for nanosecond‑class precision; operational release gates target microsecond accuracy.

  4. Idle Gate
    Waiting...
    Lifted
    Hold-gate status
    Step 3

    Release signal at the exact lift‑time

    At the embargo moment, the hold‑gate flips—from red to green. No one gets it early; everyone gets it at once.

  5. Step 4

    GEDI → normalize → UDP multicast fan‑out

    GEDI decrypts, shapes content into our normalized format, and multicasts to directly cross‑connected customers (T‑10 s heartbeat, T = 0 release). Simultaneously, it is fed to our publicly accessible news feed.

Key specifications & guardrails

Embargo Zone

Isolated network segment; Encryption at rest and in transit. Least‑privilege ACLs; multi-factor authentication and audit trails for console/API.

Time authority

Redundant everything - no single points of failure & NTP/PTP/WhiteRabbit fabric; drift sentinel blocks release if > 250 µs from UTC(NIST). Full traceability.

GEDI pipeline

Pre‑positioned encrypted bundles; T‑10 s heartbeat; T = 0 atomic release; immediate public accessibility.

Global reach

Edge PoPs multicast to directly cross‑connected customers for equal access delivery.

* Messaging reflects engineering intent and operational targets. Actual timing precision depends on client connectivity and route conditions.

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