Approach
Operating Infrastructure
Knox is the environment we use to coordinate sensitive work—investigations, protective planning, and decision support— with a zero-trust posture, discovery-aware documentation, and controlled transparency for clients when appropriate.
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Purpose
Knox exists to protect the work itself. Sensitive engagements fail when information is scattered, access is uncontrolled, and decisions cannot be reconstructed under scrutiny.
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The Problem with “Tools + Folders + Threads”
- Permissions drift across shared drives and chat workspaces.
- “Final_v7” documents become the record.
- Critical context lives in side channels.
- Teams cannot agree what is current, approved, or attributable.
- When litigation or incident review hits, reconstruction becomes guesswork.
- One governed environment instead of a stitched stack.
- Case-scoped collaboration (not general-purpose file sharing).
- Controlled access tied to role and assignment.
- Threading anchored to the matter and artifacts.
- Clear, reviewable record of actions and decisions.
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Client Transparency (Controlled)
Knox is also where clients log in to track their matters. This is not “always-on access to everything.” It is deliberate transparency—structured so leadership can see progress, review deliverables, and retrieve documents without chasing threads, forwarding attachments, or wondering which version is authoritative.
- Single source of truth for the engagement.
- Clean document access without link sprawl.
- Status and task visibility aligned to the case.
- Reduced internal friction between security, legal, and IT stakeholders.
- Role-based visibility and compartmented access.
- Client-facing views that protect sensitive sources and methods.
- Explicit approvals before release of material outputs.
- Auditability of who accessed what and when.
The result: fewer “where is the latest?” conversations—more confident decision-making with a reviewable trail.
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Design Principles
- Governed collaboration: work is tied to the case, not a general workspace.
- Provenance-first: meaningful actions and changes are attributable and reviewable.
- Least necessary: minimize exposure by default; explicit grants for access.
- Decision continuity: preserve context so leadership is not reconstructing under pressure.
- Disclosure-aware: outputs and records are structured to withstand scrutiny.
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Identity & Access Control
- Role-based permissions scoped to the case.
- Explicit assignment (no ambient access).
- Segregation between cases, clients, and teams.
- Administrative actions restricted and logged.
- Principle of least privilege across users and workflows.
- Minimization of shared artifacts and uncontrolled exports.
- Permission review points for sensitive matters.
- Session discipline aligned to real-world risk.
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Auditability & Attribution
Accountability is not a report you write later. Knox preserves accountability as work happens: access events, changes, approvals, and major decision points.
- Attribution: who did what, when, and under what authority.
- Continuity: why a decision was made and what it relied on.
- Review readiness: the ability to answer hard questions without improvisation.
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Documents, Evidence & Handling
- Case-bound storage with controlled visibility.
- Elimination of uncontrolled “share link” sprawl.
- Structured labeling for clarity (what it is, why it matters).
- Support for disciplined redaction workflows.
- Preserve provenance (origin, handling, and context).
- Keep the record coherent across time and stakeholders.
- Reduce accidental disclosure risk through minimization.
- Enable counsel-first workflows when required.
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Zero Trust & Assume Breach
Knox is designed under the assumption that perimeter defenses may fail. The objective is to limit blast radius, preserve forensic clarity, and maintain operational continuity.
- Segmentation by case and role.
- Continuous validation of access and sessions.
- Constrained export paths for sensitive artifacts.
- Auditability built in, not bolted on.
- Unbounded access via shared folders.
- Opaque third-party permissions and retention.
- Unknown copies of sensitive documents.
- Inability to reconstruct events after an incident.
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Operational Continuity
Knox reduces the coordination tax that accumulates in multi-stakeholder environments: legal, physical security, technical security, HR, investigators, and executive leadership. A single governed record keeps the engagement coherent as complexity increases.
- Fewer handoff failures between teams and time zones.
- Clear ownership for tasks, decisions, and approvals.
- Lower friction for leadership visibility without uncontrolled access.
10/10
What Knox Is — and Is Not
- Our internal operating environment for sensitive work.
- Case-bound collaboration with accountability preserved.
- Designed for review: defensibility, traceability, continuity.
- A general-purpose file sharing tool.
- A chat platform with a case bolted on.
- A convenience-first workspace that drifts over time.