Related · tier-1 reading. For the evidence chain that supports the claim, see Claims Evidence.
Connect your systems to enable continuous verification. Takes ~2 minutes.
Select your organization’s identity provider to verify user access controls.
Link your endpoint detection & response platform for device coverage verification.
Verify your data resilience and recovery capabilities.
Aggregating signals across 3 integrations
Your system state is now continuously monitored and its evidence recorded on H33-74. Independent verification is a separate step.
Proof recorded on H33-74
Definition. Activation begins a HATS record: HATS records and monitors the operational evidence that your declared controls kept operating as stated, over time, and writes each observation into a defined, replayable record anchored on H33-74. That is a different thing from an independent verdict. Verification renders the independent verdict on an existing artifact; HICS assigns a maturity score; Agent-008 governs an AI agent's decision. HATS supplies the continuous operational record; it does not verify itself.
A point-in-time attestation is stale the moment it is signed — controls drift between audits and nothing records the gap. Activation exists to replace that snapshot with a live evidence record: once your identity, endpoint, and backup systems are connected, HATS observes their state continuously so “the controls were operating” becomes something you can reproduce, not something you assert. When not to use it: if you need an outside party to render a verdict on an artifact that already exists, that is Verification, not activation; if you need a maturity grade of your program, that is HICS.
Owner: HATS standard (records/monitors operational evidence) · Evidence anchored on H33-74 · Independent verdict via Verification · Maturity score via HICS · AI-decision governance via Agent-008.