internal-enterprise.manifest.json

{
  "manifestVersion": "0.2",
  "subject": {
    "layer": "service",
    "name": "employee-onboarding-portal",
    "version": "5.12.0",
    "sbomRef": "https://artifacts.corp.example/employee-onboarding-portal/5.12.0/sbom.cdx.json",
    "components": [
      {
        "layer": "artifact",
        "name": "onboarding-portal-api",
        "version": "5.12.0",
        "digest": {
          "sha256": "9f3e8d7c6b5a49382716e0a5b4c3d2e1f0987654321fedcba0987654321fedcb"
        },
        "manifestUri": "https://artifacts.corp.example/onboarding-portal-api/5.12.0/sam.json"
      },
      {
        "layer": "artifact",
        "name": "onboarding-portal-worker",
        "version": "5.12.0",
        "digest": {
          "sha256": "1a2b3c4d5e6f708192a3b4c5d6e7f8091a2b3c4d5e6f708192a3b4c5d6e7f809"
        },
        "manifestUri": "https://artifacts.corp.example/onboarding-portal-worker/5.12.0/sam.json"
      }
    ]
  },
  "intent": {
    "purpose": "Internal portal that orchestrates employee onboarding across HRIS (Workday), identity (Okta), IT provisioning (ServiceNow), and benefits enrollment. Used by HR, IT, and new hires within the corporate network. Not internet-exposed.",
    "audience": "multi_user_single_org",
    "tenancy": {
      "model": "none",
      "dataResidency": [
        "EU",
        "DE"
      ]
    },
    "outOfScope": [
      "Public internet exposure",
      "Multi-tenant deployment",
      "Use outside the corporate identity domain",
      "Self-service deployment by business units (centrally operated only)"
    ]
  },
  "envelope": {
    "throughput": {
      "targetRps": 25,
      "maxRps": 100,
      "latency": {
        "p50Ms": 150,
        "p95Ms": 500,
        "p99Ms": 1500
      },
      "concurrency": {
        "maxConcurrentRequests": 200,
        "maxConcurrentUsers": 800
      }
    },
    "scaling": {
      "axis": "horizontal",
      "stateful": false,
      "maxInstances": 4
    },
    "instantiation": {
      "mode": "leader_elected",
      "coordinationDependency": "postgres advisory locks (for nightly Workday sync)"
    },
    "privilege": {
      "runtime": "unprivileged",
      "filesystemAccess": "read_only"
    },
    "network": {
      "posture": "bidirectional",
      "exposedPorts": [
        {
          "port": 8443,
          "protocol": "https",
          "purpose": "Portal UI + API, behind corporate load balancer"
        }
      ],
      "requiredEgress": [
        {
          "host": "workday.corp.example",
          "port": 443,
          "protocol": "https",
          "purpose": "HRIS read/write \u2014 employee records"
        },
        {
          "host": "corp.okta.com",
          "port": 443,
          "protocol": "https",
          "purpose": "SCIM provisioning, SAML AuthN"
        },
        {
          "host": "servicenow.corp.example",
          "port": 443,
          "protocol": "https",
          "purpose": "IT asset request workflows"
        },
        {
          "host": "smtp.corp.example",
          "port": 587,
          "protocol": "tcp",
          "purpose": "Notification email"
        }
      ]
    },
    "persistence": {
      "required": true,
      "stores": [
        "sql"
      ]
    },
    "dependencies": [
      {
        "name": "Workday",
        "type": "saas",
        "criticality": "critical",
        "failureMode": "fail_closed",
        "dataFlow": "bidirectional",
        "dataClassifications": [
          "pii",
          "confidential"
        ],
        "jurisdiction": [
          "US"
        ],
        "alternative": "not_substitutable",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "EU DORA",
            "version": "2022/2554",
            "conformance": "Article 28 critical ICT third-party provider"
          },
          {
            "standard": "ISO/IEC 27036",
            "version": "2014"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Okta",
        "type": "identity_provider",
        "criticality": "critical",
        "failureMode": "fail_closed",
        "dataFlow": "bidirectional",
        "dataClassifications": [
          "pii"
        ],
        "jurisdiction": [
          "US"
        ],
        "alternative": "partially_substitutable",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "EU DORA",
            "version": "2022/2554",
            "conformance": "Article 28"
          },
          {
            "standard": "NIST SP 800-161",
            "version": "Rev. 1"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "ServiceNow",
        "type": "saas",
        "criticality": "important",
        "failureMode": "queued",
        "dataFlow": "egress_only",
        "dataClassifications": [
          "internal"
        ],
        "jurisdiction": [
          "US"
        ],
        "alternative": "partially_substitutable"
      },
      {
        "name": "Corporate SMTP",
        "type": "infrastructure",
        "criticality": "supportive",
        "failureMode": "queued",
        "dataFlow": "egress_only",
        "dataClassifications": [
          "internal",
          "pii"
        ],
        "jurisdiction": [
          "US"
        ],
        "alternative": "substitutable"
      }
    ],
    "serviceLevels": {
      "availability": "99.5% during business hours; best-effort overnight",
      "rpoMinutes": 60,
      "rtoMinutes": 240,
      "supportWindow": "business-hours-EU",
      "incidentResponse": {
        "criticalHours": 1,
        "highHours": 4,
        "mediumHours": 24,
        "lowHours": 72
      },
      "vulnerabilityPatch": {
        "criticalDays": 7,
        "highDays": 30,
        "mediumDays": 90,
        "lowDays": 180
      },
      "industryRefs": [
        {
          "standard": "SOC 2",
          "conformance": "Type 2 \u2014 availability + security trust criteria",
          "auditor": "PwC",
          "auditPeriod": "2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "qualityAttributes": {
    "functionalSuitability": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "verified",
        "summary": "All onboarding workflows tested against Workday and Okta sandboxes weekly. Functional spec maintained in /docs/spec.",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "ISO/IEC 25010",
            "version": "2023"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "performanceEfficiency": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "declared",
        "summary": "Sized for ~800 concurrent users (peak onboarding cohorts). No load test on production-equivalent data."
      }
    },
    "compatibility": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "verified",
        "summary": "Integrates via standard enterprise identity and provisioning protocols. No proprietary connectors.",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "SAML",
            "version": "2.0",
            "referenceUri": "https://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/"
          },
          {
            "standard": "SCIM",
            "version": "2.0",
            "referenceUri": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7644"
          },
          {
            "standard": "OpenAPI",
            "version": "3.0.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "coExistence": {
          "status": "declared",
          "summary": "Runs alongside other internal portals on the same Kubernetes namespace; no shared state."
        }
      }
    },
    "interactionCapability": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "verified",
        "summary": "Audited annually. AA conformance required for internal HR systems by corporate policy.",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "WCAG",
            "version": "2.2",
            "conformance": "AA",
            "referenceUri": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/"
          }
        ],
        "evidence": [
          {
            "type": "accessibility_audit",
            "uri": "https://corp-audit.example/onboarding-portal/2026-Q1/wcag22-aa-report.pdf"
          }
        ]
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "inclusivity": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "Keyboard-only navigation, screen reader tested with NVDA and JAWS, color contrast 4.5:1 minimum."
        },
        "userAssistance": {
          "status": "declared",
          "summary": "Inline help, runbooks for HR ops in /docs/runbooks/onboarding."
        }
      }
    },
    "reliability": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "declared",
        "summary": "Designed for 99.5% during business hours (corporate standard for tier-2 internal apps). Best-effort outside business hours."
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "recoverability": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "Hourly Postgres backups, RPO 1h / RTO 4h verified quarterly via DR drill."
        }
      }
    },
    "security": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "verified",
        "summary": "Tier-2 internal app under corporate ISMS. Annual pentest. Quarterly access review.",
        "industryRefs": [
          {
            "standard": "ISO/IEC 27001",
            "version": "2022",
            "conformance": "certified scope: corp ISMS",
            "auditor": "BSI",
            "auditPeriod": "2024-09-01 to 2027-08-31",
            "dateAttested": "2024-09-15T00:00:00Z"
          },
          {
            "standard": "NIST SP 800-53",
            "version": "Rev. 5",
            "conformance": "Moderate baseline"
          },
          {
            "standard": "SOC 2",
            "conformance": "Type 2",
            "auditor": "PwC",
            "auditPeriod": "2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31",
            "dateAttested": "2026-04-20T00:00:00Z"
          },
          {
            "standard": "OWASP ASVS",
            "version": "5.0",
            "conformance": "L2"
          },
          {
            "standard": "CIS Benchmarks",
            "version": "Kubernetes",
            "conformance": "Corporate baseline applied"
          },
          {
            "standard": "NIST SP 800-190",
            "version": "1.0"
          }
        ],
        "evidence": [
          {
            "type": "security_scan",
            "uri": "https://corp-sec.example/onboarding-portal/2026-Q1/pentest-report.pdf"
          }
        ]
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "confidentiality": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "PII and SSN encrypted at rest with KMS, TLS 1.3 in transit. Field-level encryption for compensation data."
        },
        "authenticity": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "SAML 2.0 SSO via Okta. mTLS to Workday. No local password store."
        },
        "accountability": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "All write operations logged with actor, timestamp, before/after to immutable audit store."
        },
        "nonRepudiation": {
          "status": "declared",
          "summary": "Audit log signed daily, exported to corporate SIEM."
        }
      }
    },
    "maintainability": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "declared",
        "summary": "Owned by HR Tech team. ADRs in repo. ~80% behavioral test coverage."
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "testability": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "Contract tests against Workday and Okta sandboxes run in CI."
        },
        "modifiability": {
          "status": "declared",
          "summary": "Workflow steps are configuration-driven, not hardcoded."
        }
      }
    },
    "flexibility": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "declared",
        "summary": "Deployable to corporate Kubernetes (primary) or VM (legacy datacenter fallback). Not designed for cloud-public deployment."
      },
      "subCharacteristics": {
        "installability": {
          "status": "verified",
          "summary": "Helm chart maintained for corporate K8s. Documented prerequisite: corp PKI cert, Okta SAML registration, Workday API credentials."
        },
        "scalability": {
          "status": "declared",
          "summary": "Horizontal to 4 instances; beyond that, the Workday API rate limit is the bottleneck."
        },
        "replaceability": {
          "status": "not_applicable",
          "summary": "No replacement contract; integrators bind to internal API directly."
        }
      }
    },
    "safety": {
      "overall": {
        "status": "not_applicable",
        "summary": "Administrative system; no physical or safety-critical surface."
      }
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "observability": {
      "status": "verified",
      "summary": "Structured JSON logs (PII redacted), Prometheus metrics scraped by corp Observability platform, OTLP traces.",
      "industryRefs": [
        {
          "standard": "OpenTelemetry",
          "version": "1.40.0"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dataLifecycle": {
      "status": "verified",
      "summary": "I-9 forms retained 3 years from hire OR 1 year from termination, whichever is later (8 CFR 274a.2). Payroll and tax records retained 7 years (IRS / SOX \u00a7802 / Reg S-X 2-06). Other employee PII purged on termination + cooldown unless under legal hold. Audit logs retained 10 years per corporate retention policy.",
      "industryRefs": [
        {
          "standard": "SOX",
          "conformance": "Section 802 (record retention)"
        },
        {
          "standard": "8 CFR 274a.2",
          "conformance": "I-9 retention rule"
        },
        {
          "standard": "GDPR",
          "conformance": "Article 17 (right to erasure, with legal-claims exception under Article 17(3)(e))"
        },
        {
          "standard": "ISO/IEC 25012",
          "version": "2008"
        },
        {
          "standard": "NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1",
          "conformance": "Media sanitization for terminated employee data and decommissioned hardware"
        }
      ]
    },
    "internationalization": {
      "status": "declared",
      "summary": "EN, ES, FR, DE, JA. CLDR-based formatting. Workday locale propagated to portal session.",
      "industryRefs": [
        {
          "standard": "Unicode CLDR",
          "version": "46"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "tensionsDeclared": [
    {
      "tension": "cap_pacelc",
      "posture": "CP within session, AP across regions",
      "rationale": "Onboarding workflow correctness requires read-after-write within a session; cross-region replication is async (DR only)."
    },
    {
      "tension": "observability_pii",
      "posture": "Field-level redaction at logger; SSN, compensation, address never logged",
      "rationale": "Audit log lives in a hardened store; application logs go to corporate ELK with broader access. The two retention regimes diverge intentionally."
    }
  ],
  "producer": {
    "name": "HR Technology, Acme Corp",
    "contact": "hr-tech@corp.example",
    "issuedAt": "2026-04-26T15:00:00Z",
    "validFor": "P180D",
    "x-corp-cost-center": "HRTECH-OPS"
  }
}