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§5.3 · DECIDING · 4 MIN READ · EDITION 1.0

Approval evidence proportional to consequence

The depth of sign-off, testing and documentation should scale with the classified risk level, not with how interesting the technology is.

A Level A drafting aid needs a short intended-use note and a named owner. A Level C capability needs a qualification file, independent approval, and a monitoring plan before go-live.

Applying Level C rigor to every use case exhausts reviewer capacity and teaches teams to treat approval as a formality; applying Level A rigor to a Level C use case is a governance failure waiting to surface.

PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE

  1. 01Match documentation depth to the classified level, not habit.
  2. 02Reserve independent approval capacity for genuine Level C work.
  3. 03Revisit the level, not just the paperwork, when scope changes.

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