Module M5

M5 • Compliance & Evidence

Produce audit-friendly, buyer-safe evidence: logging, retention, access controls, and export integrity.

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Track

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Progress

1) Outcomes & timebox 2) Core concepts 3) Trust boundaries & controls 4) Evidence & proof artifacts 5) Mini case study 6) Worksheet (download)

Outcomes & timebox

Enterprise grade = clear outputs

By the end you can

Explain the enterprise operating model for compliance & evidence
Identify control points, owners, and escalation paths
Define evidence outputs that satisfy enterprise review
Produce a reusable artifact template for your Proof Pack

How to use this module

Read the tables, then complete the scenario + worksheet. Download the artifact to your delivery repo.

Enterprise test If a bank asked “show me,” you can hand them controls + evidence + runbook steps within 10 minutes.

Core concepts

Vocabulary + enterprise expectations

Operating model

What “good” looks like

Evidence type	What it proves	How collected	Retention	Red flags
RBAC export	Least privilege enforced	Scheduled export	Weekly/Monthly	PII leakage
Change approvals	Controlled releases	Ticket + approvals	12–24 months	No rollback plan
Recon reports	State correctness	Daily job	90–365 days	Unexplained diffs
Incident logs	Response maturity	Runbook + timeline	12–24 months	No postmortems
Export integrity	No tampering	Hashes/signatures	As required	Missing checksums

Turn each row into: owners → controls → monitoring → evidence.

Roles

Who owns what

Compliance owner

Defines retention policy and evidence requirements.

Security owner

Validates logging, access controls, and tamper resistance.

Ops owner

Ensures evidence is exported on schedule and reviewable.

Clarity closes deals Ambiguous ownership = buyer assumes risk = approval stalls.

Trust boundaries & controls

Where enterprise risk actually lives

Boundaries

Boundaries you must control

Boundary A: Sensitive data → Evidence

Evidence must avoid PII and secrets.

Evidence: Redaction rules + data classification

Boundary B: Evidence → Buyer review

Evidence must be understandable.

Evidence: Templates + mapping controls → evidence

Boundary C: Evidence → Retention

Retention must be provable.

Evidence: Retention policy + storage audit logs

Minimum control set

Controls you must be able to prove

Data classification (what can appear in evidence)
Retention policy with ownership
Export schedule + integrity checks (hash/signature)
Access review cadence
Audit trail for change + incidents
Redaction rules for buyer-safe sharing

Buyer question “If this breaks at 2am, who sees it, what do they do, and where’s the evidence?”

Evidence & proof artifacts

What makes enterprise buyers trust you

Proof artifacts

Add these to your Proof Pack

Evidence Packet Checklist
Retention Policy
Control-to-Evidence Matrix
Export Integrity Procedure
Redaction Guidelines

Evidence rule

Evidence must be time-bound, attributable, and reviewable — without leaking private keys or customer PII.

Template

Downloadable artifact

Complete the worksheet below and download a Markdown file to your repo.

Mini case study

Enterprise thinking in 10 minutes

Scenario

Buyer requests evidence for last quarter

A bank asks for last quarter’s evidence packet. Buyer asks: “How do you export it safely and prove integrity?”

Your response must include

Evidence packet checklist scope
Redaction / buyer-safe packaging
Integrity hashes + signatures
Retention retrieval proof
Approval chain for release

Write your ops response

Write 6–12 lines you could hand to an enterprise buyer.

Download as .md

Optional, but it turns training into a deliverable.

Worksheet

This becomes your capstone foundation

Fill & download

Fill the fields and download the artifact for your Proof Pack.

Data classification rules Control-to-evidence matrix Retention schedule

Download Artifact →

What “enterprise grade” means

Not statements — outputs

Every module produces an artifact: checklist, runbook section, control matrix, or proof pack component.

Measurable gates

Quizzes + capstone + exam. Completion is earned by passing gates.

Repeatable delivery

Templates, owners, SLAs, and evidence. That’s what closes enterprise deals.

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