Solutions / Data

Data access establishes reach.
Authority governs the result.

A valid identity or token may reach data without authority for every use, transfer, release, or deletion. Authority Control applies the organization’s established authority before consequential data results take effect.

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Neatly arranged data cables connected to a graphite patch panel.

One concrete example

A valid token can reach
a production database.

Access to the database does not, by itself, establish authority to delete its records.

Technical reach

The connection is permitted.

A recognized token can access the database. Technical permissions determine which operations it can request.

The authority question

May these records be deleted?

The proposed deletion must be considered against the authority the organization has established for that result.

Illustrative example. At an integrated enforcement point, Authority Control can apply Permit, Defer, or Block before the proposed deletion takes effect. Control depends on integration with the execution path.

Classification protects the data.
Authority governs the use.

Existing tools can identify, classify, protect, monitor, and restrict data. Authority Control addresses whether a proposed use is within the organization’s established authority.

Identity, access, and data-security controls retain their roles.

How existing controls fit ↗

Consequential data actions

Govern consequential uses of data.

Export

Moving data to another system, recipient, or destination.

Reclassification

Changing a data set’s sensitivity or access tier.

Deletion

Removing records under applicable retention and approval requirements.

Expanded use

Using accessible data for a broader purpose or scope.

Publication

Releasing information to an operational or external audience.

Model training

Using data for model training or fine-tuning under applicable authority.

Data and AI

More capability.
The same authority question.

AI increases how quickly accessible data can be used, combined, moved, or released. It does not automatically expand the authority governing those results.

Recent model-evaluation reports include individual cases in which models placed files on public services while pursuing assigned objectives. Access to the data did not itself establish authority to disclose it.

Explore AI Systems ↗ View the evidence ↗ Connected-vendor activity ↗

In the real world. The OpenAI / Hugging Face incident included internal information prepared for transfer. Separate model-evaluation reports describe files uploaded to public services. Each proposed disclosure carries its own authority question.

See both sides of the incident ↗Hugging Face incident →Separate evaluation reports →

Part of one architecture

Six applications.
One organizational question.

Your organization's authority

Authority Control applies your established limits to covered consequential results.

Connects with other solutions. AI Systems may propose a new use; Connected Vendors may be the recipient; compromised access can turn an export into a cyber consequence.

Begin with one workflow

Start with a consequential
data result.

Choose an export, deletion, or release. Map the authority that applies and assess where an integration can evaluate the result before it takes effect.

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Data access establishes reach. Authority governs the result.

A valid token can reach a production database.