A system including: network interface circuitry configured to establish a sanitized uplink between a privacy-secure-edge-zone provisioned agent and a central-zone-provisioned security controller, the sanitized uplink configured to prevent upstream transport of un-sanitized data; and security control circuitry configured to execute controller-blind secure-operation, hereinafter SO, control of an edge-zone device by: providing a SO confidence assignment matrix from the security controller to the provisioned agent, the SO confidence assignment matrix including multiple condition-descriptors configured to support a SO confidence analysis based on un-sanitized data, the security controller being blind to the un-sanitized data; responsive to: the provisioned agent accessing the un-sanitized data while localized in the privacy-secure edge-zone; and the provisioned agent determining, via the SO confidence analysis, based on the SO confidence assignment matrix and the un-sanitized data, a SO confidence coefficient for the edge-zone device: receiving the SO confidence coefficient from the provisioned agent while remaining blind to the un-sanitized data; based on the SO confidence coefficient, determining whether the edge-zone device is SO compliant; at a time when the edge-zone device is SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to provide a SO interface option for executing a selected secure-operation; at a time when the edge-zone device is not SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to suppress the SO interface option for executing the selected secure-operation; and responsive to selection of the SO interface option via an input interface of the edge-zone device, causing execution of the selected secure-operation. network interface circuitry configured to establish a sanitized uplink between a privacy-secure-edge-zone provisioned agent and a central-zone-provisioned security controller, the sanitized uplink configured to prevent upstream transport of un-sanitized data; and security control circuitry configured to execute controller-blind secure-operation, hereinafter SO, control of an edge-zone device by: providing a SO confidence assignment matrix from the security controller to the provisioned agent, the SO confidence assignment matrix including multiple condition-descriptors configured to support a SO confidence analysis based on un-sanitized data, the security controller being blind to the un-sanitized data; responsive to: the provisioned agent accessing the un-sanitized data while localized in the privacy-secure edge-zone; and the provisioned agent determining, via the SO confidence analysis, based on the SO confidence assignment matrix and the un-sanitized data, a SO confidence coefficient for the edge-zone device: receiving the SO confidence coefficient from the provisioned agent while remaining blind to the un-sanitized data; based on the SO confidence coefficient, determining whether the edge-zone device is SO compliant; at a time when the edge-zone device is SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to provide a SO interface option for executing a selected secure-operation; at a time when the edge-zone device is not SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to suppress the SO interface option for executing the selected secure-operation; and responsive to selection of the SO interface option via an input interface of the edge-zone device, causing execution of the selected secure-operation. providing a SO confidence assignment matrix from the security controller to the provisioned agent, the SO confidence assignment matrix including multiple condition-descriptors configured to support a SO confidence analysis based on un-sanitized data, the security controller being blind to the un-sanitized data; responsive to: the provisioned agent accessing the un-sanitized data while localized in the privacy-secure edge-zone; and the provisioned agent determining, via the SO confidence analysis, based on the SO confidence assignment matrix and the un-sanitized data, a SO confidence coefficient for the edge-zone device: receiving the SO confidence coefficient from the provisioned agent while remaining blind to the un-sanitized data; the provisioned agent accessing the un-sanitized data while localized in the privacy-secure edge-zone; and the provisioned agent determining, via the SO confidence analysis, based on the SO confidence assignment matrix and the un-sanitized data, a SO confidence coefficient for the edge-zone device: receiving the SO confidence coefficient from the provisioned agent while remaining blind to the un-sanitized data; based on the SO confidence coefficient, determining whether the edge-zone device is SO compliant; at a time when the edge-zone device is SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to provide a SO interface option for executing a selected secure-operation; at a time when the edge-zone device is not SO compliant, causing the edge-zone device to suppress the SO interface option for executing the selected secure-operation; and responsive to selection of the SO interface option via an input interface of the edge-zone device, causing execution of the selected secure-operation.