Evidence & accountability plane

Cortex Ledger supports evidence and accountability.

It helps organisations frame how AI-enabled activity can be made traceable, reviewable and accountable in operational context.

Why Ledger matters

Governance needs evidence stakeholders can understand.

As AI becomes embedded in live processes, organisations need more than policy intent. They need a structured way to review what happened, what context applied and what accountability was retained. Cortex Ledger supports that evidence and accountability layer.

Cortex Ledger is an evidence concept. It does not replace an organisation’s legal, audit or compliance obligations, and does not claim to produce legally sufficient audit records.

Context used Activity occurred Evidence retained Review possible
Operational context, AI-enabled activity and retained evidence support review and accountability.

What Ledger helps organisations consider

Evidence framed as questions, not mechanisms.

What operational context surrounded the activity?

What authority, review or accountability applied?

What model, provider, tool or system was involved?

What output or action was produced?

What consequence or follow-up may need to be understood?

In relation to the platform

Ledger retains evidence from activity across the platform planes.

The Cortex platform

Boundary & abstraction edge

Interoperability boundariesCortex Gate
Provider & runtime abstractionCortex Bridge

Governance & evidence core

Runtime governanceCortex Conduit
Observability & traceabilityCortex Lens
Evidence & accountabilityCortex Ledger

Context foundation

Operational contextCortex AtlasEverything else rests on operational context.

Ground assurance in operational reality.

Cortex Ledger supports the evidence needed to review, assure and improve governed AI operations.