Evidence Validation
Each supporting source is tested for existence, relevance, currency and whether it says what the assertion claims it says.
- Source citation
- Currency checks
- Claim-to-source match
Capabilities
Six capabilities that decide whether you can act.
Deliberately narrow. The same discipline applies to a production release, a capital investment or a supplier renewal — any decision where being unable to explain it is a material problem.
Governance Assessment
The policy and control requirements that apply to this decision are identified and tested in the decision path.
- Applicable policy set
- Control tests
- Unmet requirements
Authority Verification
Whether the required approval has actually been established — by a mandated party, separately from the evidence itself.
- Mandate check
- Separation of duties
- Approval provenance
Dependency & Exception Control
Open dependencies, waivers and accepted exceptions are held on the record and carried into the assurance state.
- Dependency register
- Waivers & expiry
- Exception impact
Human Assurance
GateKeeper identifies when human judgement is required and can generate an appropriate interactive review document. The human remains responsible for the consequential decision.
- Judgement triggers
- Interactive review document
- Named owner
Decision Traceability
The route from question to assurance state is recorded so it can be re-examined long after the inputs have changed.
- Decision record
- Version lineage
- Re-examination
Where it applies
High-impact decisions, not a single market.
GateKeeper is broader than AI governance. Wherever a decision carries consequence — commercial, operational, safety or regulatory — the route to it has to survive scrutiny.
Change & release
Whether a release, migration or cutover can proceed on the evidence available today.
Investment & mobilisation
Whether a programme can move stage on established approval rather than momentum.
Third party & obligation
Whether supplier, contractual and regulatory obligations are actually evidenced.
See governed decision intelligence in operation.
We will walk your governance, risk and transformation leads through the gate, the evidence ledger and the validation record.