Zero-Touch Continuous Audit with Hybrid Symbolic-Neural Reasoning
Keywords:
zero-touch audit, symbolic reasoning, neural embeddings, DevSecOps, audit trail, control failure detectionAbstract
In real time, Zero-Touch Continuous Audit architecture checks cloud-native DevSecOps pipeline compliance using hybrid symbolic-neural reasoning. Telemetry, configuration states, and CI/CD artifacts are considered as using symbolic policy logic and neural event embeddings which automatically signals and corrects control breaches. A cryptographically anchored audit trail is automatically created from screen captures, configuration diffs, and governance approvals.
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