Security

Prerequisites for production use

This page lists the technical and organisational prerequisites for using knowmind safely. Required by ISO/IEC/IEEE 82079-1:2019 before the first step.

Browser and device

  • Current browser version (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge — the two most recent major releases).
  • TLS 1.2 or higher (standard in current browsers).
  • JavaScript enabled (dashboard and API playground).
  • Cookies allowed for the knowmind.de domain (session cookie for sign-in).

Network

  • Outbound HTTPS to knowmind.de (port 443).
  • With OAuth integrations, additionally to Anthropic (anthropic.com) or OpenAI (openai.com) depending on the AI tool.
  • For magic-link sign-in: reachability of Brevo (sendinblue.com) for outbound mail.

Account

  • Valid email address. Use a business address when you store business content — moving content to a different account later requires manual work.
  • For Business and higher: payment details in Stripe or a purchase order for the data processing agreement.
  • For API tokens: a safe storage solution (password manager or vault). See Token handling.

Privacy

  • Only push personal data to knowmind if you have a legal basis (consent, contract performance, legitimate interest).
  • For processing in a business context: a Data Processing Agreement per GDPR Art. 28 is available from Business upwards. Sign it before uploading personal content.
  • If you store a BYOK key and choose a US-based model, AI calls go directly to that provider — verify this is acceptable under your DPIA. Alternatives: Mistral (EU), Aleph Alpha (DE), Ollama / LM Studio / vLLM (local).

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