# Evidence Pillar Figures
What Evidence Makes Defensible
Evidence preserves provenance, validation state, and retest history so technical findings can support real decisions.
Three-part figure showing observations and test outputs becoming governed evidence and decision-ready artifacts.
Evidence Lifecycle
Evidence moves from observation through validation, remediation, retest, and controlled reuse without losing claim state.
Governed evidence lifecycle from observation and reproduction through validation, remediation, retest, closure, residual risk, and reuse.
- 1ObserveCapture source behavior, configuration, trace, or artifact.
- 2ReproduceConfirm the behavior under controlled and documented conditions.
- 3ValidateChallenge evidence, ordering, alternatives, and consequence.
- 4RemediateRecord the selected control, owner, and expected evidence.
- 5RetestReplay the supported path and verify the control outcome.
- 6Reuse deliberatelyCarry forward only the evidence and claim state appropriate to the new context.
- Grounded
- Inferred
- Rejected
- Residual
Claim State Boundary
Observed, reproduced, grounded, inferred, rejected, and analyst-reviewed claims must remain visibly distinct.
Diagram showing observations and reproductions, grounded claims, review boundary, explicit inference, rejected claims, and analyst-reviewed publication state.
Evidence-to-Decision Stack
Executive conclusions remain trustworthy only when they stay traceable to technical evidence and replayable proof.
Layered artifact stack from observed evidence and structured findings through remediation and retest records to technical and executive reporting.