Written authorization
The business purpose, approved systems, permitted actions, responsible owner, and review boundary are recorded before access is used.
Access standard
Authorized access. Named responsibility. Clean closeout.
Authorized access.Clean closeout.
PointState works under written authorization, with named access and the minimum permissions required for the agreed task. The client retains control of access, revocation, and business content throughout the engagement.
Operating rules
Access is defined before work begins.
The access path should be understandable to leadership and manageable by the client. PointState does not rely on vague permission, borrowed identities, or standing access that outlives the work.
Named access
Access is assigned to an identified person or controlled service identity so responsibility and activity are traceable.
Minimum necessary access
Permissions are limited to what the agreed task requires. Broader access is not treated as convenience.
No shared passwords
PointState does not ask the client to pass around common credentials. Named access, delegated roles, or supervised access are preferred.
Client-controlled revocation
The client retains the ability to disable accounts, remove permissions, end sessions, rotate credentials, and stop access.
No content collection by default
Business files, production data, backups, email, and private work product are not copied into PointState systems by default.
Evidence-first work
The review records observed state, ownership, access paths, settings relevant to scope, and evidence references needed to support findings.
Defined exceptions
Any task requiring content inspection, export, or temporary handling must be separately authorized and bounded.
Clean closeout
Access is removed or returned, temporary material is handled as agreed, and the final record states what remains open.
Evidence, not content
Understand the operating state without collecting the business.
PointState is designed to establish control, ownership, dependencies, and proof. Where a finding can be supported through system state, records of configuration, access metadata, or client-supplied evidence, bulk content collection is unnecessary.
What the work may record
- Authorized systems and review boundaries
- Named owners, custodians, and access paths
- Configuration or control state relevant to scope
- Evidence references, confidence, gaps, and exceptions
- Actions taken, acceptance results, and open items
What remains client-controlled by default
- Business files and intellectual property
- Production records, customer data, and email
- Backup contents and private source material
- Credentials, keys, tokens, and recovery secrets
- Any content not required by the written task
AuthorizePurpose, boundary, owner, and permitted action
ProvisionNamed access with minimum required permissions
ObserveEvidence, state, ownership, and exceptions
ReturnOutputs, custody record, and unresolved items
RevokeRemove access and document closeout
Closeout standard
Access ends. The operating record remains useful.
The engagement closes with access disposition, evidence custody, completed actions, unresolved exceptions, and the next authorized step recorded in plain language. PointState does not require a permanent access path or an open-ended service relationship for the work product to remain valuable.