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ATLAS— The Canonical Asset Register
Every governance methodology fails at the same point: the asset register. Three departments maintain three spreadsheets with three naming conventions and none of them match the evidence vault. ATLAS solves that.
One canonical register. Every AI system, every applicable standard, every regulatory obligation — reconciled, classified, validated, and locked. CODEX scores against it. ANCHOR deploys it. COMPASS optimizes it.
Methodology
Five phases. One source of truth.
Every ATLAS engagement follows the same five-phase methodology — vertical-agnostic at the process level, vertical-specific at the classification level. The output is a single canonical register that every downstream system trusts.
01
Inventory
Pull from every source system with full provenance. No assumptions. No inherited spreadsheets. Raw discovery with chain of custody.
02
Reconciliation
The core phase. Integrates fragments from disparate source systems into a single unified record. Resolves naming conflicts, duplicate entries, orphaned references, and version drift.
03
Classification
Vertical-specific rulesets applied. BES cyber system tiering for power. PSM coverage for pipeline. HCA classification for midstream. ISO 55000 alignment for enterprise.
04
Validation
Four sign-offs: Operations, CISO, Legal, Finance. Each validates from their domain perspective. No single authority can lock the register alone.
05
Lock & Maintain
The register becomes the canonical source. Change control applied. Every modification auditable. Every downstream system reads from this single point of truth.
Phase 2 Deep Dive
Reconciliation is where every other approach fails.
Most asset registers are inventories — lists of things. The hard problem is not listing what you have. The hard problem is resolving the fact that your OT team, your IT team, your compliance team, and your finance team all describe the same asset differently.
What reconciliation resolves
Naming conflicts across source systems
Duplicate entries with different identifiers
Orphaned references to decommissioned assets
Version drift between compliance and operations
Classification disagreements between domains
Provenance gaps in inherited registers
What reconciliation produces
One record per asset, globally unique
Full provenance chain to source systems
Cross-domain attribute mapping
Conflict resolution documentation
Audit trail of every merge decision
Baseline for CODEX scoring
Adaptability
One process. Any industry.
The five-phase methodology is the same everywhere. The classification rulesets change per vertical. That is the only difference.
Power
BES cyber system tiering. Medium/High impact classification. NERC CIP evidence mapping.
Enterprise
ISO 55000 alignment. Model inventory per SR 11-7. AI system catalog per EU AI Act Annex IV.
Operations
Operational technology registers. SCADA/EMS/DCS asset mapping. CIP-regulated environment overlay.
IBR
Inverter-based resource classification. PRC-028/029/030 mapping. Interconnection-level asset tracking.
ATLAS is one layer in a five-part system.
See how the full methodology connects →Every AI system. Every obligation. One truth.
If your asset register lives in three spreadsheets maintained by three teams with three naming conventions — that is exactly the problem ATLAS was built to solve.
Begin with Discovery →