Control Module - FIRE

FV-Execute. Actions that happen when they should.

Execute initiates control actions in response to policy, approval, schedule, incident state or supervisory override. The decision to act is recorded with the action, so there is no ambiguity about why the environment changed.

Triggered

Actions follow defined conditions, not informal practice

Approved

Sensitive actions require the right approval pattern

Recorded

Every action is paired with its reason and approver

Reversible

Where appropriate, actions have a defined undo path

"Execute is the discipline of treating an action as a decision, not as a habit."

Condition-led initiation

Actions begin because a defined condition was met, not because somebody remembered.

Approval where it matters

Sensitive actions require the right approval before execution rather than after the fact.

Incident-aware

Execute responds to incident state so containment, isolation and lockdown actions can be carried out at machine speed within agreed bounds.

Supervisory override

An explicit supervisory layer can pause, redirect or stop an action when human judgement needs to take over.

Scoped authority

Each action is constrained to the systems and operations the policy permits.

Decision and execution paired

The reason for the action and the action itself are recorded together through Archive.

Step 1

Catalogue the actions

List the control actions that matter, including their owners, scopes and current triggers.

Step 2

Define conditions and approvals

For each action, agree the policy, schedule, incident state and approval pattern that should govern it.

Step 3

Pilot with one workflow

Move one action onto Execute end-to-end, including the supervisory override and the evidential record.

Step 4

Operate and review

Run Execute as the initiation layer for control actions and review patterns through Archive on a regular cadence.