Customer-controlled access
Plan local identity, roles, key ownership and separately authorized support connections.
Signed releases
Release bundles would include compatibility information, manifests, notes and approved recovery instructions.
Online and offline maintenance
Support approved repositories, gateways or manual transfer with destination verification and customer activation approval.
- Acquire Get the release bundle through an approved channel.
- Authenticate Check the signature and manifest. A checksum alone does not prove where a file came from.
- Approve The customer approves, with two approvers where required.
- Transfer Through an approved repository, maintenance gateway or controlled removable media.
- Verify on arrival Check the signature and integrity again at the destination.
- Stage Prepare the release without switching it on.
- Activate Only with customer approval.
- Validate Confirm the system works as expected.
- Record Log versions, approvals and results.
Recovery: if validation fails or an installation is interrupted, return to a tested known-good version through an approved recovery path. Model updates must never silently change safety limits or shutdown authority.
Govern model changes
Version evaluation evidence and artifacts. Do not silently change safety limits or shutdown authority through a model update.
Honest assurance
Guidance informs design. No certification, military interoperability or government approval is claimed.