Thesis
Trade compliance runs on the cargo clock. If risk is identified after clearance, the decision has already been made — just not by you.
Signals exist across routing, ownership, origin, and prior outcomes. But without a unified system, they remain fragmented and delayed.
Counterpass resolves that gap. One decision surface from ingest to scoring to case record to audit — built so every call is reviewable, every action is logged, every record holds.
Capabilities
Shipment risk screening
Inputs
Manifest, vessel and port call history, route history, prior case outcomes.
Outputs
Origin-mismatch flags, route-anomaly signals, transshipment-pattern matches.
Operational value
Surfaces high-risk shipments pre-arrival, scoped to your trade lanes and counterparties.
Explainable risk scoring
Inputs
Weighted factors across origin, route, entity, duty exposure, and pricing.
Outputs
Confidence-banded score with factor attribution and source provenance.
Operational value
Every score is reviewable, review-ready, and override-tracked.
Entity and routing analysis
Inputs
Counterparty records, ownership signals, sanctions lists, historical routing.
Outputs
Entity graphs, exposure links, and routing patterns tied to each shipment.
Operational value
See who you are actually transacting with, and how their cargo is actually moving.
Case record and audit workflow
Inputs
Analyst actions, overrides, evidence additions, case state transitions.
Outputs
Audit-ready case records with full lifecycle history, scoped per tenant.
Operational value
Compliance decisions stay review-ready across the lifecycle, not only at filing.
Operational surface
Risk queue
Live shipment queue with scored risk, document state, and the active decision rail.
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Shipment decision workspace
Pipeline state, extracted documents, severity-banded findings, and the decision record on one screen.
Synthetic dataset · Illustrative cases only
Tamper-evident audit log
Hash-chained event log across actions, entities, and users — immutable and exportable.
Synthetic dataset · Illustrative cases only
Workflow
Ingest
Manifest, vessel, sanctions, and entity signals fused into one tenant-scoped surface.
Score
Per-shipment risk score with confidence bands and per-factor weighting.
Explain
Risk drivers, provenance, and comparable patterns surfaced for compliance review.
Record
Audit-ready case record assembled with evidence chain, entity map, and methodology.
Audit
Actions, overrides, and evidence additions retained in a tenant-scoped log.
Segments
Import compliance teams
Pre-arrival screening, duty exposure review, and review-ready case records for in-house trade compliance functions at importers of record.
Customs brokers
Shipment risk screening and audit trails that protect broker license exposure across high-volume client books.
Freight forwarders and 3PLs
Routing and entity risk visibility across client cargo, with case records that hold up to client and regulator review.
Carrier and maritime risk
Vessel, route, and cargo signals scored against sanctions and ownership exposure for ocean carrier and maritime compliance teams.
Trust posture
Enterprise-grade. Honestly scoped.
We list what is built today and what is on roadmap. We do not advertise controls or certifications we have not completed.
Vetted provisioning
No public signup. Access is granted by admin invite with domain-match vetting; admin and super-admin roles require dual approval and single-use 24h invite links.
Phishing-resistant MFA
WebAuthn passkeys (FIDO2 / AAL2) required for supervisor, admin, and super-admin roles. TOTP supported as backup where policy allows. MFA policy enforced per role.
Account lockout & hardened recovery
Auto-lockout after repeated failed attempts with native Auth-level ban. Account recovery requires a super-admin-reviewed ticket and revokes all MFA factors and passkeys before re-enrollment.
Tamper-evident audit log
Every privileged action is appended to a hash-chained audit log (SHA-256 prev-hash linkage). Chain integrity is verifiable from the admin console.
Signed audit export
CSV exports of the audit log are signed with HMAC-SHA256 and verifiable offline with openssl — chain-of-custody evidence for auditors and procurement.
Critical event notifications
Invite issued, account activated, and MFA factor changes generate transactional notifications to the user and to security@orvenx.com, aligned with NIST SP 800-63B guidance.
Role-based access control
Granular roles for analysts, supervisors, reviewers, admins, and auditors, mapped to your compliance org structure and enforced via row-level security.
Tenant isolation
Tenant-scoped data access with row-level security policies. Admins see only their tenant; super-admin scope is segregated and audit-logged.
Explainable decisions
Every score carries factor attribution and provenance so compliance leads can stand behind the call.
Who we are
Trade compliance and shipment intelligence, built for operational teams.
Counterpass is a trade compliance and shipment intelligence platform built by Orvenx Technologies, a Los Angeles software company. Orvenx develops decision software for operational trade environments, with Counterpass focused on the importers, brokers, forwarders, and carriers that move global trade.
Entity
Orvenx Technologies
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Product
Counterpass
Category
Trade compliance
Focus
Shipment risk intelligence
Founder
Alan Vásquez
Why it matters
Missed signals lead to penalties, holds, and license exposure on every clearance cycle.
Compliance teams hold the signals but lack a unified surface that turns them into a reviewable decision before cargo clears.
Counterpass owns the chain from ingest to scoring to case record to audit on one surface — not a point tool bolted onto someone else's workflow.
Every score carries factor attribution and provenance. Every action is logged. Every case record is built to a consistent review standard.
One avoided incident offsets months of system cost. Evaluation happens through real data — not slideware.
Engagement paths
Three ways to engage Counterpass.
Each path is scoped to a different level of buyer intent, from product evaluation through contracted enterprise deployment.
Product demo
See shipment screening, risk scoring, and case records in operational context. For compliance, brokerage, and logistics leads evaluating fit.
Book demoPilot program
Scoped pilot against your shipment volume: inputs, deployment posture, milestone gates, and the criteria that move it into production.
Request pilotEnterprise deployment
Tenant isolation, dedicated environments, SSO, and integration posture across TMS, broker systems, and customer-cloud deployments.
Talk to salesEngage
Pre-arrival screening. Review-ready before cargo clears.
Synthetic data throughout · Illustrative cases only