Research and methodology
Original research, working methods, and how we test what we build.
The working papers behind the framework: research notes, methodology documents and test-bench write-ups, published as they mature. Everything here is a living document unless marked otherwise.
The substance curve: why governance looks complete before it works
Documented governance is cheap and rises fast. Demonstrated governance is expensive and lags behind it. A trajectory model of the gap between the two, and of the fork where most organisations take the wrong branch.
Read →How we test governance: the CDF test bench
Enforcement is only real if it survives an adversary. The test bench treats governance tooling the way security teams treat controls, by attacking them.
Read →New material lands week by week
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