diff --git a/docs/AGI_ASI_GOVERNANCE_MASTER_REFERENCE_2026_2030.md b/docs/AGI_ASI_GOVERNANCE_MASTER_REFERENCE_2026_2030.md index 42c15a4..5397ae0 100644 --- a/docs/AGI_ASI_GOVERNANCE_MASTER_REFERENCE_2026_2030.md +++ b/docs/AGI_ASI_GOVERNANCE_MASTER_REFERENCE_2026_2030.md @@ -3011,3 +3011,474 @@ Define consistent internal-audit re-performance depth to improve assurance relia - Mean cycle time for re-performance closure. - Repeat deficiencies discovered by third-line challenge. + + +--- + +## 97) Model and Control Rollback Governance and Readiness SLAs + +Define rollback governance to ensure safe and rapid reversion after material control or model failures. + +## 97.1 Rollback Readiness Minimums + +- Documented rollback target for every high-impact production release. +- Verified rollback runbook with clear owner and escalation path. +- Pre-validated rollback dependencies (data schema, feature compatibility, access policies). +- Evidence capture plan for rollback execution and post-rollback validation. + +## 97.2 Rollback SLA Targets + +| Scenario | Rollback initiation SLA | Full rollback validation SLA | +|---|---|---| +| Critical production failure | <= 15 minutes | <= 4 hours | +| High-risk control regression | <= 60 minutes | <= 1 business day | +| Non-critical degradation | <= 4 hours | <= 2 business days | + +## 97.3 Post-Rollback Governance Steps + +1. Confirm service stabilization and risk reduction. +2. Re-run mandatory control tests and key model performance checks. +3. Capture root cause and prevention actions. +4. Record governance decision for re-release criteria. + +## 97.4 Rollback Readiness KPIs + +- Percentage of high-impact releases with tested rollback path. +- Mean time from incident declaration to rollback initiation. +- Percentage of rollbacks completed within SLA by scenario. +- Number of rollback attempts with incomplete evidence capture. + + + +--- + +## 98) Enterprise Control Taxonomy Versioning and Namespace Governance + +Define how control IDs, families, and taxonomy versions are managed so control references remain stable across years, audits, and jurisdictions. + +## 98.1 Taxonomy Governance Principles + +- Control IDs must be persistent and never silently repurposed. +- Deprecated controls must remain historically resolvable in traceability records. +- New control families require formal namespace allocation and ownership assignment. +- Cross-regime mapping updates must preserve backward-reference capability. + +## 98.2 Namespace Standard + +Recommended control namespace pattern: + +`--` + +Examples: +- `AI-GOV-014` +- `AI-SEC-052` +- `AI-FRT-074` +- `AI-AUD-061` + +### Minimum namespace rules + +- Domain prefix is immutable once published. +- Numeric IDs are unique within family and never reused. +- Family retirement requires deprecation marker and successor reference. +- Aliases/synonyms are prohibited in formal evidence records. + +## 98.3 Taxonomy Change Workflow + +1. Propose new or changed taxonomy element. +2. Check for collision with existing namespaces and historical records. +3. Approve via governance owner for taxonomy administration. +4. Update control library, traceability matrix, and evidence references. +5. Publish version increment with effective date and migration note. + +## 98.4 Taxonomy Governance KPIs + +- Number of namespace collisions detected pre-publication. +- Percentage of control records using current approved taxonomy version. +- Number of broken traceability references caused by taxonomy changes. +- Mean time to publish approved taxonomy updates. + + + +--- + +## 99) Control Library Lifecycle States and Promotion Criteria + +Define standard lifecycle states for enterprise controls so control rollout, approval, deprecation, and retirement are managed consistently. + +## 99.1 Control Lifecycle States + +| State | Meaning | Allowed use | +|---|---|---| +| Draft | Control definition under development or review | Design/testing only; not relied on for regulator-ready claims | +| Pilot | Control approved for limited-scope use | Limited entity/use-case deployment with enhanced monitoring | +| Approved | Control accepted for enterprise use | Full production reliance permitted | +| Conditional | Control approved with explicit limitations or remediation dependency | Use only within approved scope and time bounds | +| Deprecated | Control retained for backward reference but not for new rollout | Historical traceability only, pending replacement/sunset | +| Retired | Control no longer active | Historical evidence and archive access only | + +## 99.2 Promotion Criteria + +A control may move from Draft/Pilot to Approved only when all are true: + +1. Control owner and backup owner are assigned. +2. Test coverage is implemented and passing. +3. Evidence outputs are defined, signed where required, and archivable. +4. Risk/compliance review is complete. +5. Dependencies and rollback implications are documented. + +## 99.3 Lifecycle Governance KPIs + +- Percentage of active production controls in Approved or Conditional state. +- Mean time for Draft-to-Approved promotion. +- Number of controls left in Pilot beyond approved window. +- Number of deprecated controls still referenced in new implementations. + + + +--- + +## 100) Regulator-Ready Implementation Milestone Tracker and Status Schema + +Use a standardized milestone tracker so program offices, control owners, and regulators can assess implementation progress consistently across entities and time periods. + +## 100.1 Minimum Milestone Tracker Fields + +| Field | Description | +|---|---| +| milestone_id | Unique milestone identifier | +| objective | Short implementation objective | +| linked_controls | Associated control IDs | +| linked_regimes | Related laws/frameworks/guidance | +| owner | Accountable delivery owner | +| start_date | Approved start date | +| target_date | Approved target completion date | +| current_status | Not started / In progress / Blocked / Complete | +| percent_complete | Numeric progress estimate | +| blockers | Current blockers or dependencies | +| evidence_ids | Evidence proving completion | +| next_governance_review | Next review forum/date | + +## 100.2 Status Reporting Rules + +- Blocked milestones must include blocker owner and unblock date estimate. +- Completion claims require at least one objective evidence reference. +- Any target-date change requires rationale and governance approval. +- Milestones linked to Tier H/F controls require monthly status review. + +## 100.3 Milestone Reporting KPIs + +- Percentage of milestones delivered on or before target date. +- Percentage of completed milestones with valid evidence references. +- Number of blocked milestones older than 30 days. +- Mean slippage duration for overdue milestones. + + + +--- + +## 101) Regulator Inquiry Management and Response Trace Logging + +Define a formal intake-and-response process for regulator questions, clarifications, and follow-up requests so supervisory interactions remain traceable and complete. + +## 101.1 Inquiry Record Minimum Fields + +| Field | Description | +|---|---| +| inquiry_id | Unique inquiry identifier | +| regulator | Supervisory body or authority name | +| jurisdiction | Applicable legal/supervisory jurisdiction | +| received_timestamp | Time inquiry was received | +| topic_area | Subject area (e.g., model risk, incident, privacy, evidence) | +| priority | P0 / P1 / P2 / P3 | +| owner | Accountable response coordinator | +| supporting_owners | Control, legal, audit, or engineering contributors | +| due_timestamp | Required response due date/time | +| response_status | Open / Drafting / Under review / Submitted / Closed | +| linked_evidence_ids | Referenced evidence artifacts | +| linked_decision_records | Related escalation or notification decisions | + +## 101.2 Response Trace Rules + +- Every substantive response must reference source evidence IDs. +- Clarifications and revisions must preserve prior response history. +- Oral responses in meetings must be summarized in writing within one business day. +- Closed inquiries must capture disposition and any follow-up actions. + +## 101.3 Inquiry Management KPIs + +- Percentage of inquiries answered within due date. +- Percentage of responses requiring regulator follow-up due to incompleteness. +- Mean time from receipt to initial ownership assignment. +- Number of open inquiries older than SLA by priority class. + + + +--- + +## 102) Embedded Example Governance and Illustrative Artifact Validation + +Define quality standards for embedded examples so policy snippets, schemas, manifests, and templates remain consistent, understandable, and reusable. + +## 102.1 Example Classification + +| Example type | Purpose | Minimum standard | +|---|---|---| +| Policy-as-code snippet | Illustrate enforceable policy logic | Syntactically coherent and clearly labeled illustrative | +| Terraform/IaC example | Demonstrate infrastructure control pattern | Variables, module names, and metadata fields internally consistent | +| Schema/manifest example | Demonstrate evidence structure | Fields match described governance model and naming conventions | +| Template/checklist | Support operational adoption | Includes accountable roles and completion criteria | + +## 102.2 Validation Rules for Embedded Examples + +- Example identifiers must not conflict with other examples in the document. +- Example fields and control IDs must align with taxonomy and namespace guidance. +- Illustrative examples must be clearly marked as non-production defaults unless stated otherwise. +- When examples reference evidence, they must use plausible artifact names and consistent metadata structure. + +## 102.3 Example Governance KPIs + +- Number of example inconsistencies detected during document QA. +- Percentage of examples aligned to current taxonomy version. +- Mean time to correct broken or outdated examples. +- Number of reviewer comments attributable to inconsistent illustrative artifacts. + + + +--- + +## 103) Control Evidence Reconciliation and Mismatch Resolution + +Define how organizations detect, investigate, and resolve differences between expected and observed evidence outputs. + +## 103.1 Reconciliation Scope + +- Control execution logs versus expected scheduled runs. +- Evidence index entries versus archive objects. +- Signed manifests versus recomputed hashes. +- Approval records versus actual release or deployment events. + +## 103.2 Mismatch Resolution Workflow + +1. Detect mismatch through automated or manual reconciliation. +2. Classify mismatch type (missing, incomplete, inconsistent, integrity failure). +3. Contain impact where supervisory reliance may be affected. +4. Reconstruct or regenerate evidence when permissible. +5. Record root cause, corrective action, and residual risk. + +## 103.3 Reconciliation KPIs + +- Percentage of evidence records reconciled successfully per cycle. +- Number of integrity mismatches detected. +- Mean time to resolve evidence mismatches. +- Number of mismatches requiring supervisory disclosure assessment. + + + +--- + +## 104) Control Testing Waiver Governance and Compensating Verification + +Define how temporary waivers of control testing are approved, bounded, and compensated so assurance quality does not degrade silently. + +## 104.1 Waiver Minimum Conditions + +- Waiver applies only for a defined period and scope. +- Reason for waiver is documented and approved. +- Compensating verification activity is specified. +- Residual risk impact is assessed and recorded. + +## 104.2 Compensating Verification Options + +- Increased manual review frequency. +- Independent spot-check sampling. +- Enhanced runtime monitoring and alerting. +- Additional management attestation and evidence review. + +## 104.3 Waiver Governance KPIs + +- Number of active testing waivers by risk tier. +- Percentage of waivers with documented compensating verification. +- Number of waivers extended beyond original expiry. +- Number of incidents associated with waived test coverage. + + + +--- + +## 105) Control Evidence Retention Exceptions and Emergency Override Logging + +Define how temporary departures from standard evidence retention or collection requirements are approved and recorded. + +## 105.1 Retention/Collection Exception Minimums + +- Exception scope, affected evidence class, and duration are explicitly defined. +- Legal/compliance review confirms permissibility of deviation. +- Compensating preservation or reconstruction steps are documented where feasible. +- Approval authority and expiration timestamp are recorded. + +## 105.2 Emergency Override Log Requirements + +Every override record must capture: +- override identifier, +- initiating actor and approver, +- trigger event, +- start/end timestamps, +- affected controls/evidence classes, +- post-event review outcome. + +## 105.3 Retention Exception KPIs + +- Number of active evidence-retention exceptions. +- Percentage of overrides with complete logs and approvals. +- Number of expired exceptions without closure evidence. +- Number of supervisory inquiries linked to retention exceptions. + + + +--- + +## 106) Control-to-Policy Traceability Maintenance and Attestation Refresh Rules + +Define how enterprise policy statements remain linked to executable controls and are refreshed when policies change. + +## 106.1 Traceability Maintenance Rules + +- Every mandatory policy statement must map to at least one control ID. +- Every active control must reference at least one governing policy source. +- Policy revisions must trigger traceability review before effective date. +- Broken traceability links must be treated as governance defects until resolved. + +## 106.2 Attestation Refresh Triggers + +Refresh policy-to-control attestation when any of the following occur: +- material policy wording change, +- control logic or evidence design change, +- regulatory interpretation update affecting mapped obligations, +- recurring control failure suggesting policy ambiguity. + +## 106.3 Traceability Governance KPIs + +- Percentage of active controls with current policy mappings. +- Number of broken policy-to-control links detected per cycle. +- Mean time to refresh mappings after policy change approval. +- Number of audit findings attributable to outdated traceability mappings. + + + +--- + +## 107) Control Evidence Ownership Handoff and Archive Custody Rules + +Define how evidence stewardship transfers between teams, platforms, or legal entities without losing integrity or retrieval continuity. + +## 107.1 Handoff Minimum Requirements + +- Source and destination custodians are identified and approved. +- Evidence inventory and custody scope are enumerated before transfer. +- Integrity verification is performed before and after handoff. +- Retention, legal-hold, and access-control settings are preserved or formally re-applied. + +## 107.2 Archive Custody Controls + +- Custody transfers must be logged with timestamp and approvers. +- Historical evidence identifiers must remain stable after transfer. +- Any re-encryption or storage migration must preserve hash-verification traceability. +- Post-transfer retrieval tests must be completed before closure. + +## 107.3 Evidence Custody KPIs + +- Percentage of custody transfers completed with full inventory reconciliation. +- Number of post-transfer retrieval failures. +- Mean time to complete evidence custody transfer. +- Number of custody transfers requiring remediation due to integrity issues. + + + +--- + +## 108) Governance Model Change Management and Controlled Rollout Controls + +Define how changes to governance logic, control policies, and assurance workflows are introduced safely across entities. + +## 108.1 Change Types and Approval Levels + +| Change type | Example | Minimum approval level | +|---|---|---| +| Minor clarification | Non-material wording update in guidance | Control owner + 2LOD reviewer | +| Operational control update | Threshold tuning or test-frequency adjustment | Governance forum approval | +| Material governance change | New mandatory control or escalation doctrine change | Executive committee + legal/compliance concurrence | +| Frontier-impacting change | Change affecting Tier F safety or containment constraints | ASRB + executive approval | + +## 108.2 Controlled Rollout Stages + +1. Design and impact analysis. +2. Limited pilot in non-production or constrained scope. +3. Monitored phased rollout with rollback criteria. +4. Full adoption after evidence-backed validation. + +## 108.3 Change-Management KPIs + +- Percentage of governance changes deployed via phased rollout. +- Number of rollback events triggered by governance changes. +- Mean time from approved change to stable adoption. +- Number of post-change defects identified by audit or monitoring. + + + +--- + +## 109) Governance Evidence Access Review and Least-Privilege Recertification + +Define periodic access reviews for governance and audit evidence repositories to maintain least-privilege posture. + +## 109.1 Access Review Requirements + +- Review frequency is risk-tiered (monthly for high-sensitivity evidence, quarterly for standard evidence). +- Access entitlements must map to explicit job responsibilities. +- Dormant or excessive permissions are revoked within defined SLA. +- Emergency access grants are reviewed and closed after use. + +## 109.2 Recertification Workflow + +1. Export current access matrix for evidence systems. +2. Validate entitlement-to-role mapping with control owners. +3. Remove stale or non-compliant entitlements. +4. Record approvals and exception rationale. +5. Verify post-change access state and archive review evidence. + +## 109.3 Evidence Access KPIs + +- Percentage of evidence repositories reviewed within cadence. +- Number of stale entitlements removed per review cycle. +- Mean time to revoke non-compliant access. +- Number of repeat access-control findings in evidence systems. + + + +--- + +## 110) Control Evidence Schema Evolution and Backward-Compatibility Governance + +Define how evidence schema changes are introduced while preserving historical comparability and retrieval usability. + +## 110.1 Schema Evolution Rules + +- Schema changes must use explicit versioning. +- Breaking changes require migration plan and governance approval. +- Historical evidence must remain queryable with prior schema versions. +- Schema-change rationale and impacted controls must be documented. + +## 110.2 Compatibility Validation Steps + +1. Validate new schema against sample historical and current payloads. +2. Confirm evidence indexing and retrieval tools can interpret both versions. +3. Execute integrity and traceability checks post-migration. +4. Publish version-compatibility notice and effective date. + +## 110.3 Schema Evolution KPIs + +- Number of schema changes with completed compatibility validation. +- Number of retrieval failures attributable to schema-version mismatches. +- Mean time to remediate schema compatibility defects. +- Percentage of schema changes published with migration documentation. +