{
  "artifact": "White Noise Public Security and Data-Handling Control Evidence Gate",
  "date": "2026-06-29",
  "public_route": "wn-security-data-handling-control-evidence-gate.html",
  "markdown_source": "white-noise-public-security-data-handling-control-evidence-gate.md",
  "prepared_from": "current public-site materials, security/data baseline, public source-record queue, privacy route, dependency controls, and local security/data evidence gaps only",
  "use_boundary": "This gate is a public board-readiness artifact only. It is not a security audit, not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence, not PCI evidence, not HIPAA evidence, not legal advice, not a privacy-law opinion, not an incident-response plan, not a data-processing agreement, and not proof that production access review, compliance certification, security-reviewed enterprise controls, or legal-reviewed privacy controls exist.",
  "board_rule": "Do not publish warmer security-reviewed enterprise controls, compliance certification, legal-reviewed privacy packet, production access review, incident-response maturity, data-retention/deletion maturity, sensitive-data handling, vendor-security review, or enterprise data-governance language until security and data-handling control records pass this gate and the public claim boundary is reviewed.",
  "current_status": "pending_source_evidence",
  "source_record_priority": 8,
  "companion_tools": [
    {
      "path": "tools/check_security_data_handling_control_evidence_gate.js",
      "purpose": "Validate that the public gate, source files, image provenance, security baseline links, priority queue links, manifest references, and materials index references preserve the security/data-handling evidence boundary."
    }
  ],
  "blocked_public_claims": [
    "security-reviewed enterprise controls",
    "compliance certification",
    "legal-reviewed privacy packet",
    "production access review",
    "incident-response maturity",
    "data-retention or deletion workflow maturity",
    "sensitive-data handling readiness",
    "enterprise data-governance maturity",
    "completed vendor security review"
  ],
  "required_source_inputs": [
    {
      "field": "data_flow_record",
      "minimum": "Public route or product surface, data entry point, storage/processing location class, local/server/vendor state, transmission path, and date window for the same reviewed flow.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish endpoint details, private architecture, secrets, customer identifiers, sensitive payload examples, or data-flow details that increase risk."
    },
    {
      "field": "data_classification",
      "minimum": "Data class, sensitivity level, prohibited submission classes, customer/confidential/regulated-data treatment, and public visitor warning state.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not imply authority to receive sensitive, regulated, or confidential data unless a reviewed production route and controls exist."
    },
    {
      "field": "access_route",
      "minimum": "Owner role, access holder class, admin route class, credential-storage rule, access-review state, emergency access/escalation route, and unresolved access gaps.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish named admins, credentials, private admin surfaces, security architecture, or access paths."
    },
    {
      "field": "retention_and_deletion",
      "minimum": "Retention state, local/browser/server/vendor storage state, deletion/export route, backup/log treatment where known, and untested or unavailable states.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not claim production deletion workflows, retention enforcement, backups coverage, or data-subject rights fulfillment without tested records."
    },
    {
      "field": "production_collection_state",
      "minimum": "Whether the flow is static, demo, browser-local, CMS-layer, form fallback, provider-backed, production, or disabled; includes test/demo exclusions and review date.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not convert demo, local, fallback, or static-site behavior into production collection, CRM, monitored workflow, or staffed support claims."
    },
    {
      "field": "vendor_and_dependency_relevance",
      "minimum": "Hosting, payment, analytics, AI, publishing, account, intake, storage, email, or Exchange-adjacent service classes relevant to the flow and companion dependency records required.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish vendor names, terms, DPA details, security ratings, SOC reports, or vendor-risk conclusions unless separately cleared and source-backed."
    },
    {
      "field": "privacy_policy_review",
      "minimum": "Privacy Policy section reviewed, mismatch/gap list, public visitor instruction, review date, reviewer role, and trigger for policy update.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not imply legal advice, counsel review, jurisdiction-specific compliance, DPA completion, or privacy-law opinion without formal evidence."
    },
    {
      "field": "control_evidence",
      "minimum": "Evidence of actual control state such as owner review, access review, configuration receipt, redacted test output, retention/deletion test, policy diff, source record, or explicit gap.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not use assertions, intentions, screenshots without source context, generated visuals, or policy copy as substitutes for control evidence."
    },
    {
      "field": "claim_boundary_and_review_trigger",
      "minimum": "Allowed public summary, blocked claim family, unresolved gaps, companion source records, stronger-use trigger, reviewer role, review date, and next review trigger.",
      "public_boundary": "Every public security or data-handling statement must map to source window, owner review, evidence level, unresolved gaps, and a next trigger."
    }
  ],
  "acceptance_gates": [
    {
      "gate": "source_presence",
      "pass_condition": "Data flow, data class, access route, retention/deletion, production collection state, vendor relevance, privacy-policy review, control evidence, and claim boundary exist for the same dated review window.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_missing_source"
    },
    {
      "gate": "data_flow_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Public summary explains flow class without exposing sensitive architecture, private endpoints, secrets, customer identifiers, or risky implementation detail.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_data_flow_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "data_classification_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Sensitive, regulated, confidential, customer, payment, account, generated-output, and demo/local classes are separated and visitor-submission limits are explicit.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_data_classification_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "access_route_review",
      "pass_condition": "Owner role, access holder class, credential-storage rule, admin-review state, and escalation route are reviewed without publishing access paths or secrets.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_access_route_review_missing"
    },
    {
      "gate": "retention_deletion_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Retention, deletion, export, backup, log, local/browser, server, and vendor states separate planned, untested, tested, unavailable, and unknown states.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_retention_deletion_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "production_state_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Demo, static, browser-local, CMS-layer, fallback, provider-backed, production, and disabled states remain separate and test/demo exclusions are recorded.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_production_state_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "vendor_privacy_alignment",
      "pass_condition": "Dependency/service relevance and Privacy Policy review are aligned without implying legal review, DPA completion, vendor-security acceptance, or compliance certification.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_vendor_privacy_alignment"
    },
    {
      "gate": "control_evidence_quality",
      "pass_condition": "Actual source evidence supports the control state; generated visuals, policy copy, intentions, and unsourced screenshots are not treated as control proof.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_control_evidence_quality"
    },
    {
      "gate": "claim_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Public summary maps each supported claim to flow class, evidence level, owner review, source window, unresolved gaps, companion records, and stronger-use trigger.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_claim_boundary"
    }
  ],
  "status_labels": [
    "pending_source_evidence",
    "ready_for_private_review",
    "rejected_needs_rework",
    "accepted_for_bounded_public_summary"
  ],
  "public_summary_allowed_when_accepted": [
    "dated review window",
    "public route or product-surface class",
    "data-flow class summary",
    "data classification and prohibited-submission summary",
    "owner role and review date",
    "access route class and access-review state",
    "retention/deletion state",
    "production collection state",
    "vendor/dependency class relevance",
    "Privacy Policy review state",
    "control evidence level",
    "unresolved gap summary",
    "next review trigger",
    "bounded claim boundary"
  ],
  "public_summary_disallowed": [
    "security architecture details that increase risk",
    "credentials, account IDs, endpoint URLs, private admin paths, or named access holders",
    "customer records, payment records, personal data examples, confidential data, or regulated data payloads",
    "SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, audit, or compliance certification claims unless formal evidence exists",
    "legal-reviewed privacy packet, legal advice, or privacy-law opinion implications unless formal review exists",
    "production access review, deletion workflow, retention enforcement, incident-response maturity, or staffed security operations unless tested records exist",
    "completed vendor security review, DPA completion, vendor-risk rating, or procurement acceptance unless companion records pass",
    "production CRM, monitored enterprise workflow, support SLA, or account-grade data custody unless companion source records pass",
    "formal financing process implication",
    "claims about speculative White Noise technologies being commercially deployed"
  ],
  "companion_controls": [
    "wn-security-data-baseline.html",
    "wn-privacy.html",
    "white-noise-public-data-handling-review-register.md",
    "wn-dependency-register.html",
    "wn-service-level-dependency-source-record-gate.html",
    "wn-source-record-priority-queue.html",
    "wn-source-record-acceptance-standard.html",
    "wn-risk-register.html",
    "wn-review-calendar.html"
  ],
  "image_asset": {
    "path": "assets/governance/white-noise-security-data-handling-control-evidence-gate-20260629.png",
    "provenance": "assets/governance/white-noise-security-data-handling-control-evidence-gate-20260629.provenance.json",
    "alt_text": "AI-generated White Noise security and data-handling control evidence gate with abstract data-flow lanes, access-review markers, retention gates, vendor-risk checkpoints, privacy review panels, and owner signoff lanes",
    "usage_boundary": "GPT-generated conceptual/editorial security and data-handling control evidence gate image only; not proof of audited security controls, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence, compliance certification, legal review, completed privacy-law review, production access review, production CRM, staffed security operations, vendor security review, incident-response maturity, formal financing process, live dataroom, operational speculative technology, trained W.N. image model, or web-scale source ingestion."
  }
}