EVIDENCE + CLAIM READINESS
Turn security work into evidence a buyer, reviewer, or owner can actually inspect.
Connect system context, findings, controls, decisions, remediation, retest state, and supporting artifacts into a traceable evidence package. The objective is not to make a stronger claim—it is to make the supported claim easier to review.
Evidence lifecycle
Finding → control decision → remediation → retest → claim mapping → approved package
SYSTEM BOUNDARY
Define the system, deployment, data flows, identities, authority, integrations, and assessment boundary.
Output
System Boundary Record
SECURITY OBSERVATIONS
Preserve findings, reproduced behavior, code observations, runtime observations, and relevant supporting context.
Output
Finding and Observation Set
CONTROL DECISIONS
Connect accepted findings to remediation, control ownership, exceptions, release decisions, and retest conditions.
Output
Control and Decision Record
RETEST
Record what changed, what was retested, the result, and any residual path or risk.
Output
Retest Record
CLAIM MAPPING
Determine which buyer-facing statements are supported, qualified, unsupported, or require additional evidence.
Output
Claim-Readiness Matrix
EVIDENCE PACKAGE
Assemble only the approved artifacts appropriate for the intended reviewer.
Output
Buyer / Review Evidence Package
Evidence System vs. evidence package
The lifecycle is not the bundle.
Evidence System
The Workbench capability that preserves evidence relationships and lifecycle state across findings, decisions, remediation, exceptions, retest, and approved claims.
Evidence package / evidence pack
An assembled set of approved artifacts for a defined reviewer or decision. A package does not strengthen the evidence it contains.
Buyer-ready boundary
Designed for procurement and buyer review.
Engagement artifacts can be packaged for security, procurement, legal, leadership, or customer review according to the applicable scope, agreement, evidence boundary, and disclosure approval.
Buyer-ready means selected evidence has been reviewed for relevance, disclosure boundary, claim support, and intended audience. It does not mean an external buyer, auditor, regulator, or certification body has accepted the evidence.
Supporting Workbench capabilities
Selected according to scope.
Trust Scanner
Directional review of public AI security claims and observable evidence surfaces.
Runtime Trace
Structured runtime observations within the configured instrumentation boundary.
Program Blueprint
Owned controls, backlog, dependencies, evidence requirements, and retest conditions.
Evidence System
Preserve findings, decisions, remediation, retest state, and approved evidence relationships.
AI Security Program Scorecard
Directional baseline of ownership, control coverage, evidence gaps, and priority work.
Framework cross-references
Cross-reference supported controls and evidence where maintained mappings exist.
Framework and obligation mappings are cross-references that help organize control and evidence work. They do not by themselves establish certification, compliance, conformity, audit acceptance, or satisfaction of a legal obligation.
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
maintainedVersion: 2025
AI application risk and control cross-references
MITRE ATLAS
maintainedVersion: Maintained knowledge base
Adversary behavior and technique cross-references
NIST AI RMF
maintainedVersion: 1.0
AI risk-management function and control cross-references
ISO/IEC 42001
maintainedVersion: 2023
AI management-system evidence cross-references
SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria
reference onlyVersion: Current maintained reference
Relevant control and evidence cross-references
EU AI Act
reference onlyVersion: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Selected obligation and evidence-work cross-references; legal interpretation remains outside the mapping
Example deliverables
Selected according to engagement scope.
Claim discipline
Evidence supports a bounded claim.
- Packaging does not strengthen the evidence.
- Mapping does not establish compliance.
- A retest result applies to the tested condition and boundary.
- A buyer-ready package does not imply buyer acceptance.
Evidence example status
Sanitized engagement pattern
Finding, control decision, remediation, retest, and approved evidence relationships can be demonstrated without presenting a reference pattern as a named customer endorsement.
Make the supported claim easier to review.
Scope the reviewer, decision, disclosure boundary, available evidence, and gaps before deciding what belongs in the package.