ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL TRUST

Digital Trust Evidence Modeler.

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Turns a system trust claim into evidence, controls, owners, audit trail and monitoring requirements.

Version 1.2 Prototype Protected engine Digital trust evidence model
PURPOSE

Decision supported.

Turns a system trust claim into evidence, controls, owners, audit trail and monitoring requirements.

Intended user

research, assurance and technical review teams

Output status

Preliminary outputHuman review requiredNot certification
USE CASES

Where this instrument fits.

  • Model digital trust claims
  • Find unsupported assurance statements
  • Prepare audit and monitoring evidence
  • Connect trust to operational controls
INPUTS

Required input fields.

  • System (required)
  • Trust claim (required)
  • Evidence state (required): Absent, Draft, Reviewed, Reviewed and monitored
  • Control state (required): Absent, Draft, Reviewed, Reviewed and monitored
  • Control owner (required)
  • Audit trail (required): Weak or unknown, Partial, Strong and evidenced
  • Monitoring (required): Weak or unknown, Partial, Strong and evidenced
  • Failure-mode review (required): Weak or unknown, Partial, Strong and evidenced

Data handling: this interface uses the L2ET protected same-origin instrument engine. Do not enter confidential, regulated, privileged, incident, medical or sensitive operational data.

METHOD

Evidence Matrix logic.

Maps claim, evidence, control, owner, audit trail, monitoring and failure modes into a trust-evidence structure.

Source families

digital trust governancecontrol evidenceaudit trail design

Assumptions

  • Trust claims must be scoped.
  • Evidence must be reviewed.
  • Control owners must accept accountability.
INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENT

Digital trust evidence model.

Use the controls below to generate a preliminary artifact. The output is intentionally bounded and requires human review.

OUTPUT ARTIFACT

Digital trust evidence model.

The generated artifact includes findings, assumptions, limitations, recommended next actions and exportable structured output.

Export options

Copy outputMarkdownJSON
EXAMPLE

Example input and output.

Example input

Identity platform claim with reviewed control, draft evidence and partial audit trail.

Example output

Outputs unsupported evidence gaps, owner map and monitoring needs.

LIMITATIONS

What this tool does not do.

  • Does not verify controls.
  • Does not provide audit certification.
  • Does not replace risk acceptance.

This instrument does not provide legal, medical, cryptographic, engineering, regulatory or compliance certification.

RELATED METHOD

Method and workflow links.

Read the family method note for assumptions, output artifacts, update policy and review boundaries.

Open methodology Open family

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Suggested workflow sequence.

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CHANGELOG

Version history.

  • v1.2 - Research-grade instrument template, method notes, assumptions, limitations, example and export actions added.
  • Last updated: 2026-05-27.
  • Maturity state: Prototype.