Authority
Registry
Deterministic System
Audit Posture
SHA-256 Chained
Immutable Forensics
Data posture
No operational data
Zero PII Storage
Runtime
Registry Reachable
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Structural Governance
Authority Model
Separated roles to prevent drift, false ownership, and policy ambiguity.
ROLE / AUTHORITY
Registry
The system-of-record. Defines the governance state (checks, waivers, deprecations)
enforced structurally at the database level to ensure logic remains immutable.
ROLE / ENFORCEMENT
Runtime gate
Downstream systems that consult the registry before execution.
They enforce the "Permit or Deny" decision but have no power to alter the governance state.
(Protocol: RGIS v1.0 within GRC-P.)
ROLE / OPERATION
Operator
The hosting and maintenance entity. Operators manage infrastructure but cannot
bypass the structural triggers that protect the audit trail.
Our Conviction
Deterministic Registry
We believe governance belongs in the data layer, not a manual. GovenAI calculates
outcomes through immutable database constraints because probabilistic safety
is an oxymoron.
Authority Control Plane
GovenAI exists because as AI scales, human intent must remain the primary authority.
Our control plane dictates action-readiness based on live requirements,
not static checklists.
Immutable Forensic Foundation
We aren't here to check boxes; we are here to build the foundation of trust.
By using SHA-256 event chaining, we ensure governance is proven by math,
not asserted by claims.
What GovenAI is not
Not a data warehouse
We do not store PII, domain datasets, or operational snapshots.
We store the metadata of the rules and the evidence of their satisfaction.
Not an execution engine
GovenAI does not perform the work; it serves as the authority plane that runtime systems
consult before execution, per the Open Standard (GRC-P).
Not a manual compliance checklist
Governance is "Live." If a waiver expires, readiness is revoked instantly
by the database, not by a manual review process.