USE CASES
When conditions change, governance responds.
A person changes roles. A qualification expires. A mission begins. A device becomes compromised. An organization crosses a trust boundary. The underlying pattern remains consistent.
THE PATTERN
Change → Governance → Result
CRU becomes especially useful when something changes. Identity can persist while governance determines what changing state, evidence, and context mean now.
CHANGE
GOVERNANCE
RESULT
IDENTITY & WORKFORCE
Alice Is Promoted
Alice remains Alice. Her governed state changes. Her identity does not need to be recreated simply because her responsibilities changed.
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Evaluate new role state
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Updated Capabilities
Identity persists. Governed state evolves.
IDENTITY & WORKFORCE
A Qualification Expires
A change in one governed condition can affect the capability dependent upon it while unrelated capabilities remain intact.
Qualification Expires
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Reevaluate affected state
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Dependent Capability Suspended
A change in one governed condition does not require an account-wide loss of authority.
MISSION & OPERATIONS
Temporary Mission Assignment
A temporary mission can receive bounded authority by purpose, scope, conditions and time without permanently changing identity.
Mission Begins
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Evaluate identity, role and conditions
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Capability Lease
Just enough. Just in time.
MISSION & OPERATIONS
Disconnected Operations
Where required governed state, evidence, policy and capabilities are locally available, governance can continue without continuous central connectivity.
Central Connectivity Lost
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Verify + Evaluate Locally
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Enforce Locally + Reconcile
Disconnected does not mean ungoverned.
SECURITY & RISK
A Device Becomes Compromised
Alice’s identity can remain valid while the authority available through a compromised device changes.
Compromise Evidence
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Reevaluate device context
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Sensitive Capabilities Restricted
Identity can remain valid while authority changes.
SECURITY & RISK
Threat Conditions Change
Capabilities can narrow, suspend, or adapt according to governing policy as operational conditions change.
Threat Condition Changes
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Reevaluate affected relationships
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Capabilities Adapt
FEDERATION
Coalition Operations
Domain A can assert Alice is qualified for X. Domain B determines what X permits locally. Neither domain surrenders its authority.
Cross Governance Boundary
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Verify → Authority Context → Local Admissibility
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Local Capability
CRU makes governance portable without making authority universal.
BEYOND HUMAN IDENTITY
Governed AI Memory
Finding a memory does not necessarily mean it should become trusted active context.
Memory Retrieved
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Evaluate provenance, integrity and lifecycle
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Accept / Restrict Active Context
Retrieval does not have to imply acceptance.
BEYOND HUMAN IDENTITY
Governed Devices
A computational or edge device can maintain persistent identity while its operational condition and available capabilities evolve.
Device State Changes
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Evaluate identity, provenance and context
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Device Capabilities Change
ONE PATTERN
Different objects. Same architecture.
The object changes. The governance domain changes. The conditions change. But the architectural pattern remains recognizable.
Persistent Identity
Changing State / Evidence / Context
Governance Evaluation
Governed Result
Bounded Effect
CRU is a model for making the computational object itself a persistent unit of identity, state, verification, capability, and governance.
Research
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