Industry Challenge
- Classified and national-security environments operate under strict isolation, often inside air-gapped or partially connected networks where cloud-dependent security models and certificate renewal workflows simply cannot function.
- Internal PKI is expensive to operate, difficult to maintain inside a classified boundary, and forces fully manual certificate lifecycle management.
- Cross-domain workloads rely on fragile trust chains between internal certificate authorities, and classified data-at-rest is frequently governed through manual binders, spreadsheets, or auditor-driven key ceremonies.
- Agencies must meet CMMC and ATO requirements — and operate within FIPS-governed environments — with provable, automated identity and key governance that manual processes cannot reliably deliver.
Amera® Solution
Certificate-Free Machine Identity and Programmatic Key Governance for Classified Environments
- Deterministic, hardware-rooted identity for systems and workloads inside classified or air-gapped networks — eliminating internal PKI and removing certificate renewal from secure enclaves.
- All authentication and encryption operations run locally, with no dependency on cloud services, external trust chains, or online certificate authorities.
- Systems authenticate each other using deterministic keys, removing fragile cross-CA trust chains and simplifying secure workload-to-workload communication.
- AmeraKey® governs encryption keys for classified databases, file stores, and mission systems with deterministic derivation, rotation policies, and audit-ready logs that support CMMC and ATO workflows, and can bolt up to FIPS-certified AES modules where FIPS-validated encryption is mandated.
- All identity and key lifecycle operations run entirely inside the classified boundary — no external connectivity, no cloud dependency, no exposure of sensitive systems.
Use Cases
Eliminating Internal PKI for System-to-System Authentication
Classified networks often run internal PKI to issue certificates for system-to-system authentication — expensive to operate and fragile to maintain. AmeraKey® replaces certificate-based identity with deterministic, hardware-rooted identity that never expires and requires no CA infrastructure.
Air-Gap-Native Identity and Encryption
Air-gapped networks force fully manual certificate lifecycle management. AmeraKey® operates entirely offline, providing authentication and encryption without any reliance on external trust chains or online services.
Key Governance for Classified Data Stores
Classified data-at-rest is often governed through manual key binders and auditor-driven ceremonies. AmeraKey® provides deterministic derivation, rotation, and audit logging for encryption keys — enabling programmatic governance inside the enclave.
Secure Intra-Agency Workload Identity
Workloads communicating across agency-internal networks often rely on internal CA-issued certificates that cross organizational boundaries poorly. AmeraKey® enables direct key-based mutual authentication between internal workloads, removing fragile cross-CA trust chains.
ATO-Ready Key and Identity Evidence
AmeraKey® logs every key lifecycle event, providing exportable evidence that supports ATO packages and CMMC control mappings, while integrating with FIPS-certified AES modules where FIPS-validated encryption is required.
Key Benefits
No internal CA or certificate lifecycle
Eliminates PKI from classified and air-gapped networks, reducing operational burden and attack surface.
Offline-capable security
All identity and encryption operations run locally, with no reliance on cloud or external trust chains.
Deterministic, hardware-rooted identity
Identity cannot be cloned or extracted, even with physical access.
Programmatic key governance
AmeraKey® manages the full lifecycle of data-at-rest keys for classified systems with deterministic derivation and audit-ready logs.
Supports CMMC and ATO workflows
Identity and key events are logged and exportable as evidence for accreditation processes, and integrate with FIPS-certified AES modules where FIPS-validated encryption is required.
Positioning Statement
Amera® delivers certificate-free machine identity and programmatic key governance for classified and air-gapped environments — eliminating internal PKI while enabling secure, offline-capable authentication and encryption aligned with CMMC requirements and deployable within FIPS-governed environments via FIPS-certified AES modules.