2026-07-12 · updated 2026-08-21 · Walid Abdulhameed
How we scrub PII in under 50ms
LAWDE Shield runs built-in secret and PII scrubbing on the ingest path in under 50ms — then diagnosis runs later, never on raw payloads.
<50ms is our design target for the built-in privacy scrub on the hot path. Full persistence and AI clustering happen asynchronously to guarantee zero data loss.
What is ingest scrubbing?
Before LAWDE Shield keeps a crash, common secrets and personal data are stripped from the payload. <50ms is our design target for the built-in privacy scrub on the hot path so your app thread never waits on AI.
Full persistence and AI clustering happen asynchronously to guarantee zero data loss — on already-cleaned data.
What do we mask by default?
Built-in masking covers the identifiers teams leak most often. Domain-specific IDs (patient numbers, internal account codes) belong in your pre-scrub hook or Business custom scrubbers.
The point is not a public catalog. It is a promise: what we keep should already be safe to look at.
Why does speed matter for trust?
If scrubbing waited until later, raw secrets could sit where they should not. Holding the first pass on the ingest path is how we keep zero source retention while built-in scrubbing stays under 50ms.