High assurance distributed guard

A high assurance distributed guard system comprising:

• a plurality of network-attached components connected to a network, each network-attached component in communication with one another and each further comprising a volatile memory unit;
• a watchdog administration module configured to detect a compromise of the plurality of network-attached components, the watchdog administration module in two-way communication with each one of the plurality of network-attached components, the watchdog administration module further comprised of a non-volatile memory unit,
• wherein the watchdog administration module independently controls a power source of each one of the network-attached components,
• and wherein the plurality of network-attached components and the watchdog administration module are configured to operate using an immutably sourced transient operating system.

A system for generating a filtered document from an original document using a high assurance filter, the system comprising:

• a file intake and triage module to receive the original document and triage the original document based on a document format;
• a character inference manager module to receive the original document from the file intake and triage module, the character inference manager module to extract information and remove suspicious and hidden content from the original document;
• and,
• a document reassembly module configured to receive the extracted information and create the filtered document that preserved a structure of the original document.