The Architecture of Trust
Sovereign Root of Trust
The foundational element in a security architecture from which all trust derives and which itself trusts nothing external — owned entirely by the user.
Definition
The foundational element in a security architecture from which all other trust derives — and which itself trusts nothing external. In conventional computing, the root of trust is typically a manufacturer’s firmware or a cloud provider’s certificate authority. A sovereign root of trust is one owned and controlled entirely by the user. CLAVI’s thesis: the sovereign root of trust for the next century of digital existence is inevitable. We are building it.