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The Diamond Fulcrum of PCI DSS

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Your artifacts can all look reasonable and still describe different environments

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Formation drift is a relationship failure

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Position 1: Scope establishes the reference

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Position 2: Applicability couples obligations to tested facts

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Position 3: Implementation and Responsibility name the operating verbs

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Position 4: Evidence supports a bounded claim

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The fact fulcrum keeps every position on the same reference plane

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A significant change must move the whole formation

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The assessor tests the formation. The entity owns the aircraft

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Find the changed fact. Map the affected claims. Explain ownership. Reduce unsupported assertions. Prove what remains

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Run the Formation Alignment Record at TheClusterOfWack.com

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The Diamond Fulcrum is Scott Norton's independent practitioner model. It is not PCI SSC terminology or U.S. Navy doctrine and does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by PCI SSC, the U.S. Navy, or the Blue Angels.