CONTINUITY 90
Return normal decision rights without pretending that residual technical risk has disappeared.
System context
For eleven weeks the CEO has unilaterally reallocated budget, frozen releases and changed access rules. Core services are now largely restored.
Your role
You chair the governance recovery board after a major cyberattack.
Constraints
- 98.7% of customer operations work again.
- Two weak controls remain unfixed.
- The original emergency order has no sunset clause.
Evidence pack
Service state
Only one low-volume workflow remains degraded.
Residual controls
Root cause is confirmed; two preventive controls remain open.
Authority record
No expiry or independent revocation was defined.
Speed metric
Decision cycle time fell 42% under centralisation.
Interactive simulation
Three connected decisions
Return normal decision rights without pretending that residual technical risk has disappeared.
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