Identity
Establish who or what is acting and under whose authority.
EXPERTISE · SECURITY GOVERNANCE
Digital trust depends on identity, authority, control and evidence.
Security governance translates business risk into decision rights, architecture principles, control requirements, ownership and assurance. In AI-enabled enterprises, the governance model must extend from human users and applications to models, workloads, agents and other machine identities.
DEFINITION
What does this mean in an enterprise context?
Security governance translates business risk into decision rights, architecture principles, control requirements, ownership and assurance. In AI-enabled enterprises, the governance model must extend from human users and applications to models, workloads, agents and other machine identities.
CONTROL DIMENSIONS
Four lenses for executive review.
Access
Apply least privilege, contextual access and separation of duties.
Engineering
Embed security controls into cloud and software delivery workflows.
Assurance
Measure control effectiveness and retain evidence for challenge and audit.
QUESTIONS TO ASK
Useful questions for leadership, risk and technology teams.
Are machine identities governed with the same rigor as human identities?
The answer should identify an accountable owner, a defined control expectation and evidence that the control operates.
Where should Zero Trust controls sit across cloud, applications and agents?
The answer should identify an accountable owner, a defined control expectation and evidence that the control operates.
Can secure-engineering controls be evidenced from delivery pipelines?
The answer should identify an accountable owner, a defined control expectation and evidence that the control operates.
Which governance forums own exceptions and residual risk?
The answer should identify an accountable owner, a defined control expectation and evidence that the control operates.
RESEARCH
Independent analysis on security governance, identity & digital trust.
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INDEPENDENT ADVISORY
Complex technology. Clearer risk decisions.
For AI strategy, governance, Agentic AI, security, assurance or cyber-risk requirements, describe the decision you are facing and the context around it.