Treat the asset as a governed object with a durable identifier, sourced evidence, provenance, lifecycle events and explicit relationships. The identity should survive system changes without silently rewriting prior state.
Hood product path
Hood Passport patterns, Mission Asset Digital Thread and Orbital Product Passport apply this model to different classes of assets. HIOP can then govern what authorized actors may cause to or through those assets.
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Describe the asset, lifecycle and consequence that must be governed.
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Public educational material.
Evidence baseline
Hood's analysis distinguishes identity from current authorization. A governed action should establish the actor, the exact requested effect, the affected resource, the policy in force, and the evidence retained after execution.
These sources establish surrounding security context; Hood's effect-authority model is Hood's analysis. No endorsement or partnership is implied. Reviewed September 2, 2026.