Secure the Supply Chain Without Slowing It Down
Global logistics operations face mounting pressure to protect sensitive data across complex partner networks: cargo manifests, supplier pricing, route plans, and export-controlled goods data must not flow into unauthorized AI models. As supply chain teams adopt AI for optimization, forecasting, and compliance screening, new data paths carry operational intelligence into endpoints never designed to handle it. Arbitex puts a compliance-grade governance layer in front of every AI call — inspecting, enforcing, and logging before any data reaches a model.
Capabilities
AI governance built for logistics and supply chain environments.
Cargo Manifest & Shipment Data DLP
Logistics operations generate sensitive cargo data — shipment manifests, bill of lading details, container tracking numbers, route plans, load configurations, and delivery schedules — that must not flow into public AI models. As logistics teams adopt AI-assisted operations for route optimization, demand forecasting, and load planning, this data enters AI prompts in natural-language queries. Arbitex inspects every AI request for cargo manifest patterns, shipment identifiers, and route data before any model processes them. Violations are blocked or flagged before reaching any model endpoint.
Supplier & Partner Data Isolation
Supply chain organizations share sensitive data across complex partner networks — vendor pricing, contract terms, procurement strategies, supplier quality metrics, and joint development agreements. AI-assisted procurement creates new exposure vectors: analysts summarizing contracts, generating RFQ responses, or benchmarking supplier performance embed proprietary partner data in AI prompts. Arbitex enforces supplier data classification policies in-path, detecting vendor pricing data, contract terms, NDA-protected content, and third-party trade secrets before any AI model processes them.
Cross-Border Trade Compliance — EAR/ITAR for Dual-Use Goods
Global logistics operations handle dual-use commodities, export-controlled goods, and items subject to the Export Administration Regulations and Commerce Control List. AI tools used for trade compliance screening, customs documentation, and shipment classification create data paths that carry ECCN classifications, end-use certificates, denied party screening results, and export license details into AI prompts. Arbitex inspects and enforces at the gateway before any data reaches a model. Arbitex does not ship ECCN or USML detectors: trade compliance teams author org DLP rules for the classifications they screen against, and those rules are enforced in-path alongside the shipped credential and PII detectors.
Fleet Telematics & Tracking Data Protection
Fleet management systems generate high-volume telematics data — GPS coordinates, ELD (Electronic Logging Device) records, vehicle diagnostics, driver behavior metrics, and route history — that qualifies as sensitive operational data under FMCSA regulations and customer privacy agreements. AI-assisted fleet optimization, predictive maintenance, and driver coaching tools process this data in prompts that were never designed for DLP inspection. Arbitex applies multi-tier DLP to fleet data flows: structural detection for GPS coordinate patterns and ELD record formats at Tier 1, ML-based detection of location-linked operational data at Tier 2.
Air-Gap Outpost — Secure Logistics Hubs
High-security logistics environments — defense supply depots, bonded warehouses, cold chain pharmaceutical facilities, customs free trade zones — operate in network-restricted environments where direct cloud connectivity to AI providers is limited or prohibited by regulatory requirement. Arbitex Hybrid Outpost deploys the data plane inside your isolated logistics network: AI governance runs locally without a persistent connection to the Arbitex control plane. Policy bundles are delivered via signed configuration packages transferable through approved secure mechanisms. Warehouse management AI operates under full governance with zero cloud data exposure.
Chain of Custody Audit Trail
Supply chain compliance requires a verifiable record of every AI interaction involving logistics data — who queried what, which entities were detected, what policy evaluated the request, and what enforcement action was taken. Arbitex produces an tamper-proof audit record for every AI transaction: cargo data classifications, supplier data detections, export control pattern matches, and fleet telematics findings are all logged with cryptographic integrity. Signed audit exports provide the evidence trail required for C-TPAT validations, customs audits, and partner compliance reviews.
How it works
Deploy at the AI gateway boundary
The Arbitex data plane installs in your logistics network using Docker Compose or Kubernetes — inside your warehouse VPC, distribution center network, or logistics operations environment. All AI traffic from warehouse management systems, transportation management platforms, and supply chain analytics tools routes through the gateway before reaching any model endpoint. Cargo data detection, supplier data isolation, and audit logging run entirely inside your environment. No logistics data transits Arbitex-controlled infrastructure.
Define logistics data policies — cargo, supplier, route
Your configured compliance bundle activates the relevant control sets. Tier 1 performs structural matching on the identifiers your team has defined as org rules — shipment identifiers, bill of lading numbers, container IDs, and ECCN classifications. Tier 2 applies ML-based detection to identify supplier data, pricing information, and trade compliance references in free-text logistics queries. Contextual validation at Tier 3 resolves ambiguous detections involving standard logistics terminology versus sensitive operational data. Enforcement actions — block, redact, or route-to-review — execute before any data reaches the model.
Every AI interaction audited with entity detection
The tamper-proof audit log accumulates a complete evidence trail for every AI interaction involving supply chain data. Signed exports include compliance framework identifiers mapped to each enforcement action — ready for C-TPAT validations, customs audits, ISO 28000 assessments, and partner compliance reviews. SIEM integrations (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic) deliver enforcement metrics for continuous monitoring of data handling across logistics operations teams.
Six frameworks. One policy layer.
Each compliance obligation maps to a specific Arbitex capability. All bundles are active simultaneously — no separate configuration per framework or trade lane.
Supply chain security criteria for trusted trader programs. Cargo data handling controls, partner vetting documentation, and supply chain security procedures mapped to Arbitex enforcement actions and audit logging.
Federal information security controls applicable to logistics systems handling government freight, defense supply chain data, and critical infrastructure cargo. Access control, audit, and data protection families mapped to gateway enforcement.
Industrial cybersecurity standard for warehouse automation, IoT-enabled logistics infrastructure, and automated material handling systems. Zone and conduit security requirements enforced at the AI gateway boundary.
Dual-use goods controls under the Commerce Control List. Arbitex does not ship ECCN detectors; ECCN patterns are authored as org DLP rules and enforced across AI-assisted trade screening, customs documentation, and shipment classification workflows.
Personal data protection for EU supply chain operations. Driver PII, customer delivery addresses, and cross-border shipment data detected and governed at the AI boundary before reaching model endpoints.
Supply chain security management system requirements. Data classification, access controls, and incident response mapped to Arbitex enforcement capabilities for logistics operations and partner data handling.
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