# Governance Framework A governance framework assigns decision rights, responsibilities, review processes, evidence requirements, escalation paths, and accountability for a technical or institutional system. ## Security role Controls become durable only when an owner, authority, measurement process, exception path, and correction mechanism are defined. Technical safeguards without governance may be inconsistently configured or silently bypassed. ## Relationships [[Standards Governance]] · [[Authority Matrix]] · [[System and Organization Controls]] · [[Query Governance]].