Nexus Standards · Trust, Verification and Assurance · Cross-cutting capabilities
Area · listed in the registry (planned)
Specifies how an artifact states and evidences its relation (adopt, profile, crosswalk, cite, extend, gap) to ISO, NIST, IEC, OGC, W3C, UN and sector standards, with field-level crosswalk entries linked to the issuing body, external validator reports as evidence, and no reproduction of closed text. Each artifact of the area carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier).
Area profile proposed for the Nexus Standards registry.
NXS-STD-DC-000003Nexus Standards (2026). Conformance and crosswalk to external standards: area brief, Trust, Verification and Assurance programme. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/assurance/conformance-and-crosswalk-standards/ · UNI NXS-STD-DC-000003. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.
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An area of the Trust, Verification and Assurance programme (cross-cutting capabilities). The area profile sets out 4 matters in scope and 2 matters addressed by other areas.
In scope 4
Out of scope 2
Jurisdictions Application in each jurisdiction is a national decision, taken by the National Standards Council (NSC) with the competent national authorities.
The map frames East Asia as an example geography for conformance and crosswalk to external; the frame gives context and is not a statement of where the standards apply. Shown at first: night-time lights, daily (VIIRS Black Marble, VNP46A2, NASA LAADS DAAC) and population density, 2020 (Gridded Population of the World v4.11, NASA SEDAC, CIESIN, Columbia University). The layer drawer adds true colour (VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance). NASA products are served through NASA GIBS under NASA's open data policy, with acknowledgement; population density is GPW v4.11 by CIESIN, Columbia University, under CC BY 4.0; coastlines, boundaries and place names come from NASA GIBS reference layers (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and Natural Earth (public domain). Each layer shows its own observation date; full credits are given under the map. Other sources of the profile, such as NIST OSCAL content (SP 800-53 catalogue in OSCAL) and NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool (CPRT), are listed for reference.
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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
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Connected activity, framed on East Asia. Layers as NASA publishes them, each with its own date.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place.
Layers and dates
A request reaches the service with an explicit context; inputs are identified (NS-1) and validated against NIST OSCAL; the service processes them and writes records with provenance; results are published, resolved and monitored, and a correction flows back through the same path. Nexus Standards applied: NS-14, NS-11, NS-10. 8 operations in 5 phases, built from the area profile: the cards carry its own data sources, indicators, open standards, couplings and, where listed, hazards, and each operation names the Nexus rules it implements (11). Records and artifacts are cited by UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) and version.
Request start · Request
The service covers: Relation vocabulary and crosswalk entry schema (NS-14), External validator reports as evidence and Edition tracking of external standards.
Identify inputs step · Request
Every input is resolved before it is used; an unresolved input is a typed refusal.
Validate NIST gate · Validation
Open standards of this area: NIST OSCAL, SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and OGC API - Features (executable test suite pattern).
Process model · Processing
Processing is reproducible from the inputs, the method version and the configuration.
Write records record · Processing
Results are written append-only; a correction adds a version.
Publish and resolve step · Publication
Results are discoverable and citable by UNI.
Monitor exercise · Monitoring
Data sources the service reads: NIST OSCAL content (SP 800-53 catalogue in OSCAL), NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool (CPRT) and OGC Definitions Server. Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.
Correction end · Monitoring
Products that used a corrected record are listed and recomputed.
Fig.Phases read left to right; each card names the operation, its actor and the record it leaves, and each edge label names the hand-over. Play, step or scrub; the detail panel gives the full text of the selected operation. Sources: NIST OSCAL · SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference · NS-14: Conformance and crosswalk to external standards · NS-11: Verification and monitoring.
The standards architecture of this context, from the foundation standards to the open standards referenced (grouped by type of relation) and the services and data sources that build on them.
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Declaration start · Adopter
The adopter names the standard version and the conformance classes it claims for a subject (a context or an artifact, NS-9).
Clause selection model · Nexus records
The standard's machine-readable clauses are selected by the classes claimed.
Evidence record · Adopter
Evidence is referenced by record identifier and digest; the evidence itself remains with the adopter.
Mandate check gate · Evaluator
The mandate states who may evaluate what; without a mandate the evaluation is REFUSED.
Evaluator run exercise · Evaluator
The run reads the evidence and applies the clause set; the result per clause is recorded.
Attestation record · Nexus records
An attestation names the evaluator, the instant and the evidence it read.
Implementation conformance statement record · Nexus records
The public register lists statements as submitted, with their evidence links and expiry dates.
Expiry gate · Over time
An expired statement remains listed and is shown as expired; restoration requires a new evaluation.
Restoration step · Adopter
After expiry the adopter requests a new evaluation; the history is retained.
Authority decision end · Over time
Where a competent body operates its own scheme, its decision is cited by reference; conformance to the Nexus Standards is distinct from that decision.
Fig.An adopter declares the conformance classes it claims; clauses are selected from the standard's NS-10 clause set; evidence is referenced; an evaluator acting under a mandate runs the evaluation; each result is recorded as an attestation; the implementation conformance statement is listed as submitted and expires on a stated date; restoration requires a new evaluation. Sources: NS-10: policies and clauses · NS-11: verification and attestations · Conformance programme.
Test suites, conformance statements and attestations for each standard, as recorded in the registry.
Available · runs in the browserSelect a sector, hazard family, capability and artifact type; the registry identifies the applicable standards and states the reasons.
Each console computes from the registry and states its reasoning; decisions remain with the competent bodies.
A system model of this area built from the registry: 4 systems, 4 sectors, 9 controls, 3 feeds, 2 indicators. Select the components to include, choose an initiating hazard and run the scenario. Stress propagates through the hazard relations of the Nexus Hazard Standard (NHS-1), the exposure of each system, the recorded couplings and the sectors that carry the loss; adopted standards dampen transmission and live data sources support detection. All parameters are stated assumptions that the reader can adjust; results are illustrative scenario outputs for exercises and training, not forecasts or risk assessments.
Systems and couplings
Controls
NS-14 Conformance and crosswalk to external standardsNS-11 Verification and monitoring (evidence, attestations, zero-trust conformance observation)NS-10 Policies and clauses (machine-readable obligations: definition, binding, evaluation and enforcement)NRS-E2 Reports: editions, country, regional and technology profilesNRS-H23 Hazard family: Impacts and orbital hazards (NHS-1 space.orbital)NRS-H114 Hazard family: Macroeconomic and fiscal shocks (NHS-1 soc.macro-fiscal)NRS-S1 System profile: NXS-CMD (Integrated posture and executive synthesis)NRS-S2 System profile: NXS-NST (Civilian common operating picture)NRS-S3 System profile: NXS-DSS (Decision cases and deliberation)Observation
4 open standards, each with its relation as recorded in the register under NS-14. Hover over or focus a relation for its definition.
The area profile lists 3 Nexus Standards; the registry lists NS-14 for this area. Each is a proposed standard under development.
Status: proposed · 5 requirements stated. Read NS-14 · Requirements for this area
Status: proposed · 6 requirements stated. Read NS-11 · Requirements for this area
Status: proposed · 7 requirements stated. Read NS-10 · Requirements for this area
3 couplings link this area to other areas and programmes, each with the mechanism of the link. Select a card on the diagram to trace a coupling.
Fig.The area at the left; coupled areas in the same programme, coupled areas in other programmes and the programmes reached to the right.
3 data sources named in the area profile, each with provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path.
Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.
NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool (CPRT)for reference
NIST · per release
U.S. Government work (public domain)
build-time snapshotproposed for the data register
NIST OSCAL content (SP 800-53 catalogue in OSCAL)for reference
NIST · per release
U.S. Government work (public domain)
build-time snapshotproposed for the data register
OGC Definitions Serverfor reference
OGC Naming Authority · continuous
OGC terms (definitions published openly)
build-time snapshotproposed for the data register
The area profile names 2 indicators, each with its framework and code.
Indicator names and codes are given as published by their stewards.
2 standards whose text is not openly available, named and linked only. Any compatibility profile is kept on protected pages until an arrangement with the issuing body is in place.
A proposed charter for this area, open to institutions and experts.
Maintain the relation vocabulary, crosswalk method and restricted profiles.
Institutions and experts are invited to charter this working group under NS-13 by filing a public change record. National Working Groups (NWGs) contribute national inputs and field exercises through their National Nexus Consortium (NNC).
What each institution of the ecosystem draws from this area: GCRI Canada, as Secretariat, for evidence; The Global Risks Forum (GRF) for recognition; and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) for capital.
GCRI Canada cites a relation to an external standard only with its crosswalk entry and, for profiles, the external validator report.
GRF recognition text names relations precisely (profile, crosswalk, cite) and does not claim equivalence.
GRA uses crosswalks to map evidence to the investor's frameworks while stating that no conformity with closed standards is implied.
Each institution determines under its own rules what it accepts as evidence; a pathway reading is neither an approval nor investment advice.
2 questions identified as priorities for the working group.
The area profile identifies 4 user communities.
Hazards and threats 0
This area draws on the hazards of the areas it is coupled with.
Sectors 0
This area serves all sectors through the areas it is coupled with.
This area is listed in the registry (status: planned; scope STD; 3 crosswalk domains). It has five depth pages and a register crosswalk of its domains.
The rules of each listed standard, read through the specification reader.
Depth · CrosswalkEvery register entry in the area's domains, by relation, with the crosswalk graph.
Depth · Records and schemasScope, record, schema explorer and how a UNI resolves.
Depth · ConformanceClauses, evidence and attestations for conformance assessment.
Depth · ReadinessThe area alongside the three pathways, as a matrix.
1 Nexus Standards · 3 domains · 26 external standards · 19 issuing bodies · 0 implementing repositories. Relations (adopt, profile, crosswalk, cite) are as recorded in the register; names and standards remain with their stewards.
Crosswalk graph49 nodes and 55 links from the registry of external standards, programme areas and implementations (registry/external-standards.yaml, registry/consumers.yaml. Relations (adopt, profile, crosswalk, cite) are shown as recorded in the register.
Areas carry no geography of their own; the map shows where the bodies that issue the area's external standards are based.
| Body | Seat | Register entries |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/TC 262 | Geneva, Switzerland | 4 |
| ISO/TC 309 | Geneva, Switzerland | 3 |
| European Parliament and Council | Brussels, Belgium | 2 |
| ISO/CASCO | Geneva, Switzerland | 2 |
| European Commission on EFRAG technical advice | Brussels, Belgium | 1 |
| FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (disbanded October 2023) | Basel, Switzerland | 1 |
| IAB, IEEE-SA, IETF, Internet Society, W3C | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| IEC TC 56 with ISO/TC 262 (double logo) | Geneva, Switzerland | 1 |
| IETF | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | 1 |
| International Sustainability Standards Board (IFRS Foundation) | Frankfurt, Germany | 1 |
| ISO and IEC | Geneva, Switzerland | 1 |
| ISO/PC 283 | Geneva, Switzerland | 1 |
| OASIS Open | Woburn, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| Open Geospatial Consortium | Arlington, Virginia, United States | 1 |
| UK Cabinet Office | London, United Kingdom | 1 |
| W3C | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| World Wide Web Consortium | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
Issuing bodies are shown at the city of their public seat. The 1 programmes, 0 implementing repositories and 19 Nexus Standards have no location and are not mapped · 2 issuing bodies have no single public seat and are listed without a location: Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO); World Trade Organization
Standards globe17 issuing bodies with a public seat and 26 register entries, shown on H3 cells at resolutions 1 to 4. Seats are placed at city coordinates; programme areas, implementations and standards have no location and are not drawn. A static plate carrée map is shown where scripts are unavailable.
3 references from peer-reviewed and official publications cited in the area profile, linked at the publishers' own sites.
Recent peer-reviewed articles, preprints, datasets and reports on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex, Crossref, DataCite, Zenodo, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAIRE Graph) with search terms composed from the registry. Each work is listed with its authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence, and links to its DOI or landing page. Sources not yet enabled for live display on this site are listed for reference and are not queried.
Search termsstandards crosswalk; standards mapping; conformance testing; framework mapping; NIST OSCAL; NIST SP 800-53 Rev.Derived from the title and scope of the area, the NHS-1 hazards it names and the open standards it lists.
No source is enabled for live display on this site yet: the sources are listed for reference and none is queried. Once the publisher of record enables a source after its terms are reviewed, recent works are listed here. Metadata and links only: title, authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence as each source records them; works are listed for orientation, not reviewed or endorsed.
2 courses and 2 disciplines of Risk Academy (risksacademy.com) that teach the knowledge and methods of this area. Each course lists its level, stream and learning hours.
The correspondence between courses, disciplines and the Nexus Standards is maintained with Risk Academy and is subject to its academic review.
GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF), The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and Risk Academy work on the subject of this area in distinct roles (research and evidence; governance, policy and convening; capital, finance and markets; education and training). Each entry states why it corresponds and the step it offers; each institution sets its own terms of participation.
Research and evidence
GCRI Canada
Research programmes that produce the observations, models and assessments these records describe.
Systemic Risk ManagementDevelops risk identification and taxonomy across frameworks.Apply to this programme therisk.globalAll programmes of GCRI CanadaGovernance, policy and convening
The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Tracks that convene public authorities, researchers and institutions on the governance of shared risks.
Governance NexusCompares governance arrangements across institutions.Join this track globalriskforum.comAll tracks of The Global Risks ForumCapital, finance and markets
The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
Industry programmes in which financial institutions build a shared understanding of systemic risk.
Financial Regulation NexusCompares regulatory standards and supervisory frameworks.Join this programme globalriskalliance.comAll programmes of The Global Risks AllianceEducation and training
Risk Academy
Courses and disciplines that teach the knowledge and methods practitioners need to apply these standards.
Clausecraft and LicensingRAT-202 · Intermediate · 20 learning hoursLicences, attribution, data-sharing agreements and risk-transfer clauses for risk tools, at a methods levelTake this course Policy and GovernanceRAN-307 · Intermediate · 21.5 learning hoursHow institutions, laws and people decide about risk, and how to tell whether policy worksTake this course All courses and disciplinesListed in the education and training section of this pagePeer-reviewed articles, preprints, reports and datasets on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex and Crossref) and listed with authors, venue, year, type and access status, with a link to each work. Curated references and related standards are listed first; recent works matched by subject follow and are listed for orientation.
Search terms, derived from the title and scope of the area: standards crosswalk; standards mapping; conformance testing; framework mapping. With JavaScript enabled, recent works matching these terms are listed from OpenAlex and Crossref.
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