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PrecisionDCMS GMS

Global management & governance

The governance surface for identity, authority, policy, retention and evidence across the whole PrecisionDCMS estate — where the operating contract is defined and audited.

GMS is where the operating contract is authored and enforced. It manages the identity graph, authority matrices, retention and export policy, and the evidence model that the rest of the platform enforces at the edge, the site and the fleet.

Role in the platform

Define the contract

Authors identity, authority matrices, retention, export and evidence policy that every plane enforces.

Govern access

Manages roles, scopes and command authority so visibility and control are always separately declared.

Prove operation

Maintains the evidence model that demonstrates controls and operating effectiveness from linked records.

Capabilities

Identity graph

Authoritative registry of organizations, sites, assets, points, services and their relationships.

Authority matrices

Declarative read and command authority by role, scope and domain, enforced across Field, NX and the cloud.

Policy management

Retention, residency, export and redaction policy applied consistently across the estate.

Evidence model

Links controls to operating records so assurance is continuous rather than reconstructed before an audit.

Change governance

Versioned changes to identity, authority and policy with review, approval and rollback.

Portability controls

Governed export of configuration, data and evidence so the customer is never locked out of their history.

Authority & policy

How this component upholds the shared operating contract.

Operating contract

GMS is where the operating contract is authored and enforced. It manages the identity graph, authority matrices, retention and export policy, and the evidence model that the rest of the platform enforces at the edge, the site and the fleet. Identity, time, quality, authority and evidence travel with every value this component handles, so the behavior stays predictable across the estate.

Define the contract

Authors identity, authority matrices, retention, export and evidence policy that every plane enforces.

Govern access

Manages roles, scopes and command authority so visibility and control are always separately declared.

Prove operation

Maintains the evidence model that demonstrates controls and operating effectiveness from linked records.

Runtime characteristics

Deployment
Hosted governance plane or customer-controlled region
Identity
Estate-wide organization / site / asset / service graph
Authority
Declarative read + command matrices by role and scope
Policy
Retention, residency, export and redaction
Evidence
Control-to-record linkage for continuous assurance
Change
Versioned, reviewed, reversible governance changes
Governance characteristics adapt to the customer’s regulatory and residency profile.

Scope & boundaries

What this component is — and deliberately is not — responsible for.

  • GMS defines the contract; enforcement happens at Field, NX, NX-Cloud and IO, not solely at GMS.
  • GMS governs authority but does not itself operate plant or issue routine field commands.
  • GMS policy respects statutory and contractual residency and retention constraints.

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