SkyeConnex Glossary.
Every platform-specific term, every cryptographic primitive, every regulatory framework — defined in one place. 38 entries. Skim or search.
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Algorithmic (Pillar 05)
What’s learning from it? Inference inside your boundary, not someone else’s model.
Adaptive erasure coding
Coding chosen per upload after geo-policy resolves the provider pool; durability only ever widens.
AES-256-GCM
FIPS 197 + SP 800-38D authenticated encryption used for frame encryption.
AES Key Wrap (KW)
NIST SP 800-38F key-wrapping algorithm for wrapping symmetric keys.
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CLOUD Act
2018 US law extending US legal reach to data held by US-controlled cloud providers anywhere.
CloudRAID
Multi-cloud erasure-coded storage substrate.
Compelled disclosure
Government-compelled data surrender — defeated by topology in SkyeConnex.
Compliance preset pack
Pre-configured policy bundle that maps a regulatory framework to encryption, geo, retention, and audit settings.
Confidence-graded endpoint resolution
SkyeMap pin treatment that distinguishes verified vs. asserted vs. inferred location data.
Connexion
SkyeConnex's term for a connected storage-provider integration.
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Harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL)
Strategy of capturing today's encrypted data for future decryption by quantum computers.
HIPAA-BAA
Business Associate Agreement under US HIPAA; required for vendors handling PHI.
HMAC-SHA-256
FIPS 198-1 keyed message authentication; legacy verify path for signed reports.
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Residency (Pillar 03)
Where does it really live? The one question most vendors answer — and only one of five.
Ransomware
Attack class encrypting victim data and demanding payment; backup targets are the new attack surface.
Reed-Solomon RS(5,2)
Erasure code with 5 data + 2 parity shards per frame; tolerates loss of any 2 of 7.
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Security (Pillar 01)
Who can see it? Fragmented rather than merely protected.
Schrems II
2020 CJEU ruling invalidating EU-US Privacy Shield over US surveillance concerns.
scrypt
RFC 7914 memory-hard password-based key derivation function.
SHA-256
FIPS 180-4 cryptographic hash function; integrity backbone of SkyeConnex.
SkyeBucket
S3-compatible drop-in gateway.
SkyeGXU
Sovereign on-prem inference subsystem (CPU or GPU).
SkyeMap
Real-time sovereignty visualization across account, folder, and file.
SOC 2 Type II
AICPA audit of service-organization controls; the standard cloud-services attestation.
Split-Authority Decryption
M-of-N custodian quorum decryption via Shamir Secret Sharing.