Shadow Mode Pilot

Before you change anything, let us show you what your current stack is missing.

A 30-day, read-only diagnostic audit of your assessment integrity logs. No PII. No operational disruption. No obligation. Just evidence of where your integrity chain-of-custody breaks — and what it costs you.

Section 1 · Objective

A 30-day read-only audit of your assessment integrity chain-of-custody.

MeritVault will conduct a Shadow Mode audit of your institution's assessment integrity logs to identify gaps in the current integrity chain-of-custody. No operational changes will be made to your current assessment delivery.

Duration

30 Days

Mode

Shadow (Read-Only)

Operational Change

None

No Obligation · Section 5

"This pilot does not constitute a commitment to purchase any subsequent services."

The pilot is a diagnostic engagement. Its only output is evidence — of gaps found, risk quantified, and a path forward. Whether you act on it is entirely your decision.

Section 2 · Scope

A read-only audit. Zero operational disruption.

Three guardrails define what MeritVault touches during the 30-day pilot — and what it deliberately does not.

Read-Only Access

MeritVault receives read-only API access to your LMS / proctoring log exports for the pilot period. No operational changes are made to your assessment delivery.

No Student PII

We do not ingest student names, emails, or government IDs. All data is anonymized and tokenized upon export. We audit the integrity chain — not the students.

Data Minimization

We analyze only integrity-relevant metadata: timestamps, system status signals, and event logs. Nothing more.

Section 3 · Deliverables

What you receive within 14 days of completion.

Three artifacts that translate raw log analysis into institutional decisions.

The Integrity Diagnostic Report

A document detailing the number and type of integrity gaps found during the pilot — missing evidence, broken chains, unverified sessions.

The Cost of Inaction Analysis

An estimate of the institutional risk exposure based on the gaps found — translated into reputational and operational terms leadership can act on.

Prioritized Recommendations

A prioritized list of infrastructure improvements, sequenced by integrity impact and implementation effort.

Section 4 · Data Handling & Privacy

Proofs retained. Raw logs returned.

Privacy by architecture — the institution keeps the evidence; MeritVault keeps the hashes.

Your Data Stays Yours

All raw log data accessed during the pilot remains the property of your institution. MeritVault does not retain raw logs after the pilot concludes.

Proofs, Not PII

We retain only the aggregate "Integrity Manifest" proofs — cryptographic hashes and status signals, never raw evidence.

Regulatory Alignment

MeritVault complies with FERPA, GDPR, and regional privacy laws by architectural design, not by policy exception.

The engagement sequence

Pillar C · The Shadow Mode Pitch Sequence

The exact conversational flow to earn the pilot.

Four steps — from diagnostic hook to philosophical close — that reframe MeritVault from a vendor into an aligned partner.

Step 1 of 4

The Diagnosis Hook

"We aren't here to replace your systems. We are here to audit them. Give us 30 days of read-only access to your existing logs, and we will tell you exactly how many integrity incidents your current stack is missing."

Why it works

It removes the vendor risk. You are a diagnostician, not a replacement.

Begin the diagnostic

Give us 30 days of read-only access.

We will tell you exactly how many integrity incidents your current stack is missing — and what they're costing your institution.

Request a Shadow Mode Pilot