Build a Governance Twin
For every sensitive activity, maintain a Governance Twin that defines how it is governed alongside how it is implemented.
For every sensitive activity, maintain a Governance Twin that defines how it is governed alongside how it is implemented.
Governance decisions are explicit functions over context that returns a deterministic, inspectable decision result.
Develop, test, promote and verify governance continuously alongside the systems it governs.
Every sensitive activity should emit evidence as a normal consequence of work—not as a special exercise for auditors.
Follow dependency relationships so governance decisions reflect the full supply chain of trust—not only the local activity.
Attach governance to the activities that create risk.
Govern how software is built separately from how the running product behaves—they are related but different sensitive activities.
Every governed activity needs accountability.
Compose governance from reusable, versioned artefacts rather than rewriting it for every product, project or organisation.
Treat governance like code: versioned, reviewed, tested and promoted through environments.