Separate intelligence
from authority.

External policy

Keep approved rules outside prompts so they can be versioned and reviewed independently.

Enforcement point

The application or gateway must prevent unauthorised execution. A logging-only connection cannot enforce a decision.

Human review

Bind approval to the specific action, policy context and candidate being reviewed. Changes can require a new decision.

Failure behaviour

Define explicit stop or escalation behaviour for missing policy, unresolved conflicts and unavailable controls.

Evidence handling

Minimise sensitive content, apply access and retention rules, and distinguish decision records from execution confirmation.

The Policy Cascade Engine brings corporate, regional, business-unit and use-case policies together around a specific AI action.

Resolve the context

Identify the applicable rules using the actor, purpose, location, resource and current operating conditions.

Apply the hierarchy

Combine inherited controls with authorised local rules and time-limited exceptions, preserving each rule’s source, scope and version.

Handle conflicts

Use explicit precedence and exception authority. Unresolved conflicts stop the action or reach a person with the authority to decide.

Explain the decision

Return the relevant rules and reasons behind an allow, constrain, escalate or block decision, ready to connect to its execution record.