Understand
Identify the information, its sources, intended use, dependencies and consequences.
THE FRAMEWORK
Trust and confidence,
made explicit.
HCIIF helps organisations understand what confidence in information is justified for a defined purpose—and how that confidence should be governed over time.
The central question.
Is this information sufficiently trusted for its intended purpose, risk and consequence?
HCIIF brings data quality, provenance, context, authority, sensitivity, assurance and human judgement into one enterprise approach.
It does not treat trust as a permanent label. Confidence depends on the information, the evidence, the intended use and the consequences of being wrong.
Designed to work across the enterprise
Sector-neutral. Applicable wherever important information supports decisions or action.
Technology-neutral. Not dependent on a particular platform, architecture, product or supplier.
Standards-complementary. Designed to work alongside relevant standards, regulation and established governance—not replace them or imply compliance.
HOW IT WORKS
Three connected disciplines.
Assess
Evaluate the evidence, limitations and conditions that support confidence.
Govern
Record accountability, communicate the confidence basis and reassess when circumstances change.
THE HCIIF ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
Evidence flows forward.
Assurance flows throughout.
The management system connects information, assessment, communication and lifecycle governance. Accountable human judgement remains present at the Point of Consequence.
Point of Consequence
Intended reliance, risk and consequence
Enterprise Information
Sources, provenance, context and relationships
ECAM
Required and Current Confidence, evidence and Gaps
Information Integrity Passport
Confidence Basis, Rights, Caveats and triggers
Human-Assured Decision
Accountable judgement for the defined purpose
CONFIDENCE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
Events · review · drift · recall · recovery · continual assurance
HCIIF makes the basis for confidence visible. It does not certify information, manufacture confidence or replace accountable authority.
The management system.
HCIIF operates as an Enterprise Information Integrity Management System.
Leadership, governance, planning, operation, assurance and improvement work together. Application is proportionate to the value, sensitivity and consequence of the information being relied upon.
Core HCIIF mechanisms
- ECAM assesses what confidence the evidence supports.
- The Information Integrity Passport communicates purpose, confidence, limitations, rights and review triggers.
- Confidence Lifecycle Management keeps reliance under review as information and circumstances change.