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Identity, authorization and zero trust

Identity, authorization and zero trust: readiness pathways

The evidence that the readiness pathways of GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) read from identity, authorization and zero trust: the standards each pathway lists that this area also carries, each artifact identified by a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier). Readiness is decided by each institution under its own rules.

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01Overview

Summary

Pathwaysshared standards
  1. 01GCRI Canada pathway1 of 5 standards shared
  2. 02Recognition pathway2 of 5 standards shared
  3. 03Capital pathway2 of 4 standards shared

Nexus Standards · proposed

02Shared standards

Standards shared with the pathways

The standards this area lists against those each pathway lists; a shared standard is one listed by both in the registry.

Coverage matrix · standards across, programme areas downNexus Standards registry
ProgrammeNS-0NS-1NS-3NS-3bNS-9NS-10NS-11NS-13NS-14Listed
Identity, authorization and zero trustplanned2
GCRI Canada evidence pathwayplanned5
Recognition pathway, The Global Risks Forum (GRF)planned5
Capital pathway, The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)planned4
Listed, standard proposedListed, standard in developmentNot listed
16 of 36 programme and standard pairs are listed, across 4 programmes and 9 standards. Source: Nexus Standards programme register and standards index.

Coverage matrixA filled cell indicates that the area lists the standard in the registry. Status terms are those of the registry.

03Earth observation

Population, settlement and hazards in North America

The map frames North America as an example geography for identity, authorization and zero trust; the frame gives context and is not a statement of where the standards apply. Shown at first: population density, 2020 (Gridded Population of the World v4.11, NASA SEDAC, CIESIN, Columbia University) and night-time lights, daily (VIIRS Black Marble, VNP46A2, NASA LAADS DAAC). The layer drawer adds flood water, 3-day composite (VIIRS Global Flood Product); active fires and thermal anomalies, last day (VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m, FIRMS); and 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 FIDO Metadata Service (MDS3) and CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, are listed for reference.

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Layers 2

People and hazards

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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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People and hazards, framed on North America. 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.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONETSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
  • NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (3 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04GCRI Canada pathway

GCRI Canada evidence pathway

What a project, dataset or model must carry to be admissible evidence in the GCRI Canada research and intelligence pipelines.

Open GCRI Canada evidence pathway

05Canvas

The pathways.

Canvas · the pathwaysProcess diagram
Identity, authorization and zero trust: the readiness pathwaysThe standards of this area that each readiness pathway also lists. A pathway considers them as evidence; the institution responsible for the pathway decides under its own rules.

Fig.Standards shared between this area and each pathway; decisions remain with each institution.

06Recognition pathway

Recognition pathway, The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

What an institution, programme or deployment must evidence for GRF recognition records; records, not reputation.

Open Recognition pathway, The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

07Capital pathway

Capital pathway, The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

What a project or portfolio must evidence for capital-readiness assessment; never investment advice or endorsement.

Open Capital pathway, The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

08Boundaries

Scope of readiness

  • Readiness evidence informs, and does not constitute, an approval, endorsement or recognition decision.
  • It is neither investment advice nor, by itself, a capital-readiness assessment.
  • Each institution assesses the evidence and decides under its own rules.
09Questions

Questions and answers.

What does applying these standards mean for a identity, authorization and zero trust project?
Its artifacts become readable as evidence by a pathway. Each institution assesses and decides separately, under its own rules.
Is the capital readiness pathway investment advice?
No. It describes the evidence a project or portfolio would carry for an assessment; it is neither investment advice nor an endorsement.
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