Privacy Local Ai

Keep sensitive video and sensor processing on site.

Use a local edge architecture to minimize data movement, upload only necessary events and maintain clearer separation between device and management networks.

Detailed application directions built around one configurable C5 BOX platform.

On-site by default

Processing

Events and metadata

Data output

Dual-LAN separation

Network

TPM/TCM option

Security

Why this application is difficult

Design for the real deployment, not only the demo.

Each page separates the hardware foundation from project-specific software, environmental, security and acceptance requirements.

01

Local processing is not automatically private

Purpose, inputs, outputs, retention, access and operator actions still need governance.

02

Security claims require implementation evidence

A TPM label alone does not prove secure boot, protected keys or an update process.

03

Minimization needs technical rules

The system must define what is discarded, retained, transformed and transmitted.

04

Support creates an access path

Remote diagnostics and maintenance need authentication, authorization and audit.

Reference architecture

A clear path from source to business outcome.

Interfaces and responsibilities are frozen during feasibility review and verified with the target equipment.

SENSITIVE INPUT

On-site video and sensors

Raw data remains within the defined local trust boundary.

LOCAL PROCESSING

C5 BOX

Inference, filtering, aggregation and event-rule execution.

MINIMIZED OUTPUT

Events and evidence

Structured metadata and only necessary snapshots or clips.

PRIVATE PLATFORM

Customer-controlled systems

Storage, review, workflow, retention and governance.

Detailed capabilities

What the solution must do.

C5 BOX supplies compute and I/O. The complete solution includes project software, configuration, documentation and evidence.

Edge minimization

Discard non-event frames and expose only the data fields required by the business workflow.

Network separation

Use dual Ethernet to separate sensitive source networks from management or application networks.

Device identity

Use project-defined unique credentials and, where implemented, a validated TPM/TCM path.

Signed maintenance

Define update signing, authorization, rollout, rollback and evidence retention.

Auditable operations

Log configuration, access, service actions, exports and software versions.

Deployment method

Move from requirements to a repeatable rollout.

Use gated engineering steps so that performance, responsibility and support boundaries are visible before production.

01

Data mapping

Identify every input, derived field, output, recipient and retention period.

02

Threat model

Define assets, trust boundaries, users, services, update authority and attack paths.

03

Platform hardening

Disable unused services and apply credential, firewall and logging policy.

04

Evidence test

Verify data minimization, access control, update, rollback and audit logs.

05

Support plan

Publish the support period, vulnerability intake and customer notification process.

PoC and acceptance

Evidence to collect before production.

Acceptance criteria should be written into the PoC plan and measured under representative load and failure conditions.

Data inventory

Document raw, derived, retained and exported data.

Secure boot

Show the implemented boot chain and failure behavior, not only a feature claim.

Identity and keys

Unique credentials, protected storage, rotation and recovery.

Update security

Signed package, authorization, rollback and interrupted-update recovery.

Exposure

Port, service, firewall, remote access and dependency review.

Lifecycle

SBOM, vulnerability channel, response process and support end date.

Solution boundary

Local processing can support privacy goals but does not by itself establish GDPR, UK GDPR, sectoral or customer-policy compliance. A project-specific legal and security assessment is still required.

Recommended starting configuration

C5-BOX

Finalize the SKU only after the interfaces, workload, environment, software scope and certification route are known.

Related applications

Explore adjacent C5 BOX solutions.

Security and operations

Turn selected camera streams into local events

OEM platform

Move AI software from demo hardware to a repeatable product

EHS and operations

Add a local AI warning layer to safety workflows

Start a project

Share the application, interfaces and acceptance targets.

Include the operating system, camera or device list, quantity, deployment region and target timeline.

For integration and OEM enquiries   
sales@example.com

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