CognitiveVault v0.2.0 - Cognitive Guardian Prototype

Release Notes: v0.2.0 Cognitive Guardian Prototype

Highlights

• Complete rebuild of CognitiveVault as a local cognitive cyber defense password-manager prototype.
• Encrypted vault using Argon2id and AES-256-GCM.
• Transparent site-risk scoring with exact feature contributions.
• Aggregate cognitive-state estimator with local baseline storage.
• Decision matrix for allow, confirm, cooldown, and block outcomes.
• Dashboard UI served from a local Python API.
• Manifest V3 browser extension prototype.
• LaTeX report, defense briefing, demo script, and presentation deck.

Verification

• Automated tests: 7 passed.
• Report compiled locally with LaTeX.
• Presentation deck generated as editable PowerPoint.

Caveats

This is not production password-manager software. It is a course research prototype and should only be used with demo credentials.