The standard for decision-readiness: one verdict, one methodology, one Evidence Pack.
TrustGate defines and implements the standard for assessing whether data is fit for high-stakes decisions. Organizations adopt it in policy, tenders, and contracts; auditors and legal verify assessments against the TrustGate Decision Methodology.
Every assessment produces a single governance outcome:
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Approve | Data is suitable for use for this decision within the stated context. |
| Conditional | Use is acceptable subject to documented conditions or remediation. |
| Block | Data is not suitable in its current form; remediation is required before use. |
No other outcome set is equivalent for governance. This is the TrustGate standard.
Three dimensions, every time: Privacy (PII and sensitivity), Data quality (completeness, duplicates, outliers, consistency), and Bias and fairness. Context (decision type, impact level) is part of the standard.
Evidence Pack (PDF), board one-pager, and proof-of-assessment link state the methodology version and attestation. Auditors can verify the standard used. See TrustGate Decision Methodology v1.0.
When the verdict is Block or Conditional, TrustGate provides a path to Approve: concrete steps so every issue is fixable and you can reach Approve without breaking the dataset.
Standard run: pip install -r requirements.txt then uvicorn aegis_app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000. For production, set ENVIRONMENT=production, JWT_SECRET, and ALLOWED_ORIGINS. Full conformance and API contract: see the repository TRUSTGATE_STANDARD.md.
Use in policy: “We do not approve [hiring / lending / deployment] without a TrustGate verdict and, where required, an attested Evidence Pack.” In tenders: “Assessments are performed in accordance with the TrustGate Decision Methodology (current version at [URL]).”