A hardware-anchored Systemic Contagion Detection and
Exposure Containment Engine executes real-time cross-institution
exposure graph modeling,
cascade propagation detection, and deterministic settlement path interruption entirely within trusted execution environments (TEEs) comprising Intel SGX enclaves, AMD SEV-SNP protected VMs, or ARM TrustZone secure worlds, materially altering processor states to isolate all contagion risk computation. Contagion Risk Tensors are computed using the
cascade propagation function c(epsilon, phi, psi, tau) from hardware-attested
exposure inputs anchored to TEE-resident hardware mechanisms comprising enclave-sealed monitoring registers, memory
encryption engine integrity states, or attestation-based recalibration triggers. A
Cascade Interruption Gate enforces a non-bypassable hardware execution barrier requiring CRT computation,
Exposure Drift Monitor validation, and ZKP proof generation to complete within a single attested TEE execution instance before settlement path
authorization is released. A ZKP Contagion
Verification Engine generates Groth16 arithmetic-circuit proofs of approximately 192 bytes verifiable in under 10 milliseconds, enabling External Supervisory Authority
verification of systemic containment compliance without disclosure of institution-proprietary
exposure data. An Attestation-Bound
Provenance Ledger binds all
cascade detection and interruption events to specific TEE attestation report identifiers, enabling independent
verification of both cascade containment outcomes and the hardware environments that authorized them.