Resolve security issues with clear ownership
Know who is responsible for each finding, what action is needed and what remains unresolved.
Keep accepted risks under control
Make risk exceptions, approval decisions and expiry dates visible so risks are reviewed when required.
Ensure remediation actually works
Verify fixes against agreed criteria before treating a security finding as resolved.
Give leadership a clear view of security status
Bring findings, supporting evidence and risk decisions together so leaders can understand outstanding issues and the reasons behind them.
Define the engagement together.
A named use case and accountable owner
Approved data sources and access boundaries
The working environment and integration scope
Acceptance evidence and the review process
A baseline for evaluating the outcome
Security findings → reviewed remediation
Bring a finding source, control evidence and the relevant owners. Agree on exception review, remediation and revalidation in a scoped workshop. A standalone Guard implementation case is not included in the current 36-use-case catalog.



