Beacon Authority Ledger – B.A.L.

Decision Authority. Preserved. Defensible.

Beacon Authority Ledger (BAL) is a governance-grade system of record that captures who had the authority to decide, what decision was made, and why it was defensible at the time. BAL preserves decision context across personnel turnover, audits, and time — without replacing human judgment.

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What Beacon Authority Ledger Does

AL transforms authoritative sources, decisions, and approvals into structured, traceable records. It ensures decisions remain defensible long after the people who made them have moved on.

Authority Mapping

  • Ingests authoritative sources (policy, directives, contracts)
  • Maps decision rights and approval thresholds
  • Preserves delegation and scope of authority

Decision Traceability

  • Captures rationale and context at decision time
  • Records supporting evidence and constraints
  • Produces audit-ready decision artifacts

Core Platform Capabilities

  • Authoritative source ingestion
  • Decision rationale capture
  • Role-aware access controls
  • Versioned decision records
  • Immutable audit trails
  • Evidence-linked approvals
  • Human-in-the-loop enforcement
  • Time-bound defensibility snapshots

How BAL Fits the Phantom Ecosystem

Supporting SAM-D

  • Preserves decision authority across support agreements
  • Records Big-5 review rationale and approvals
  • Survives audits, IGs, and personnel churn

Supporting Phantom Stack

  • Acts as the authoritative governance layer
  • Feeds Sentinel / monitoring logic
  • Anchors automation to human authority

Who Uses the Beacon Authority Ledger?

Beacon Authority Ledger is used by organizations and leaders who must preserve decision authority, rationale, and accountability in regulated, high-stakes environments.

Operational & Governance Roles

  • Senior decision authorities and executives
  • Program and portfolio managers
  • Functional leads responsible for approvals and oversight
  • Governance, risk, and compliance teams

Regulated & Mission-Critical Organizations

  • Defense and national security organizations
  • Federal and public sector agencies
  • Regulated enterprises with audit obligations
  • Teams operating in zero-trust or high-turnover environments

Beacon Authority Ledger Test Program

The Beacon Authority Ledger Test Program provides approved participants with guided walkthroughs and controlled evaluation materials focused exclusively on decision authority, rationale capture, and audit-ready traceability.

This orientation provides an overview of the Beacon Authority Ledger’s purpose, core concepts, and operating model, including how decision authority, context, and defensibility are preserved over time.

Approved Tester Resources

Walkthrough from Mapping Functions to Exporting Evidentiary Documentation
Outro with our CEO

Preserve Decision Authority Before It’s Challenged.

Beacon Authority Ledger ensures decisions remain defensible long after the moment they’re made.

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Security and Compliance by Design

BAL is built to preserve authority and defensibility in regulated, zero-trust environments.

  • Zero-trust architecture
  • Audit-ready event logging
  • Versioned artifacts
  • Role-based access controls
  • IL4/IL5 deployment path
  • Fed-aligned data handling