Privacy Gate Architecture (Zero-Trust in CI/CD)
The Privacy Gate is the security contract that prevents documentation pipelines from publishing sensitive material. It is intentionally designed as a fail-closed system.
In practical terms: when a security-class condition is detected, Zenzic stops the pipeline immediately instead of producing a "best effort" report.
Why the Gate Exists
Traditional documentation QA focuses on correctness (broken links, missing anchors, structural drift). Privacy risk is different:
- A leaked credential can become an active incident within minutes.
- A traversal or forbidden-term disclosure can expose internal topology, policies, or regulated information.
- "Warning-only" behavior is incompatible with Zero-Trust governance.
The Privacy Gate therefore treats security findings as operational blockers, not style issues.
Zero-Trust Enforcement Model
The architecture follows four invariants:
- No trust in author intent. Security checks run on every scan path.
- No suppression for security class. Security findings are factual assertions, not advisory lint.
- Deterministic failure semantics. Exit behavior is stable and auditable.
- CI-first containment. The merge/deploy path is interrupted before publication.
This makes the Privacy Gate compatible with regulated pipelines where evidence and reproducibility are mandatory.
Architectural Scope
The Privacy Gate is not a single rule: it is a family-level control spanning the Z2xx security domain in the Z-Code Gallery.
For technical signatures, examples, and remediation playbooks, use the Z2xx Security family in the Finding Codes Gallery.
Operational Philosophy
The Privacy Gate enforces a strict distinction:
- Quality findings can be triaged and scheduled.
- Security findings must be removed or explicitly remediated before release.
This is the core Zero-Trust posture of Zenzic in CI/CD: documentation is treated as production attack surface.