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METHODOLOGY

A composable methodology, engineered for hostile diligence.

KRYOS-DARPA, EARM, KRDS, GAER, and the Scenario Lab compose into a single defensible position on every recognized data asset. Each layer is built to be challenged.

Operating loop

Eight steps. Always running.

STEP 01

Discover

What happens

Forensic sweep of warehouses, lakes, SaaS, exhaust, logs, and shadow stores.

Data reviewed

Catalogs, schemas, query logs, exhaust streams, vendor feeds.

Evidence produced

Asset inventory with origin and steward.

Decision output

In-scope, deferred, or out-of-scope per asset.

Client value

A single registry of what actually exists.

Frameworks

Five frameworks, one operating system.

FRAMEWORK 01
KRYOS-DARPA

Discovery, Asset Registry, Provenance & Authorization

The forensic discovery and control stack. Crawls the data estate, classifies every candidate asset, reconstructs provenance, and enforces authorized use.

FRAMEWORK 02
EARM

Extended Asset Recognition Model

Decides what can be recognized as a data asset, on what measurement basis, with what impairment triggers, and what should be excluded.

FRAMEWORK 03
KRDS

KRYOS Reference Data-asset Valuation Standard

Composite valuation across cost, market, income, utility, AI contribution, obsolescence, risk, and option layers, expressed as a P10 / P50 / P90 band.

FRAMEWORK 04
GAER

Governance, Assurance & External Review

Independent red-team challenge of valuations, rights posture, and recognition decisions before they leave the firm.

FRAMEWORK 05
SIM

Scenario Simulation & Stress Lab

Stochastic and quantum-inspired simulation that produces explicit bands, sensitivity ranks, and trigger schedules - not single-point estimates.

Lifecycle

The gated pipeline every asset traverses.

VISUALIZATION 01

Data Asset Lifecycle Flow

From unmanaged exhaust to capital-ready asset. Blocked routes show what KRYOS withholds or excludes when evidence fails.

FlowBlockedCapital-ready
Raw / UnmanagedLOGS · EXHAUST · STREAMSAsset RegistryCLASSIFIED · PASSPORTEDEvidence TaggingOBS · DER · BMKRights & ConsentLAWFUL BASIS GATEQuality & LineagePROVENANCE PROOFValuation LedgerP10 · P50 · P90ProductizationAPI · INDEX · FEEDCapital ReadinessBOARD-GRADE PACKWithheldREPAIR REQUIREDExcludedCANNOT RECOGNIZE
Hover any node to see what happens at that stage.
ILLUSTRATIVE · SAMPLE DATA FOR DEMONSTRATION
Evidence

Evidence states are tagged, not assumed.

VISUALIZATION 02

Evidence Tag Matrix

Distribution of evidence states across asset categories. KRYOS refuses to value assumed or unverified measurements - they must be repaired or withheld.

OBSERVEDDERIVEDBENCHMARKEDASSUMEDUNVERIFIEDWITHHELDEXCLUDED
CATEGORYOBSERVEDDERIVEDBENCHMARKEDASSUMEDUNVERIFIEDWITHHELDEXCLUDED
Customer Transactions
68%
18%
6%
4%
2%
1%
1%
Device Telemetry
74%
12%
4%
3%
5%
1%
1%
Workflow Exhaust
22%
28%
6%
12%
18%
9%
5%
AI Training Corpus
14%
32%
26%
8%
6%
10%
4%
RAG Vector Store
8%
44%
14%
10%
12%
8%
4%
External Enrichment
12%
22%
36%
8%
10%
8%
4%
Support Logs
52%
18%
4%
8%
10%
5%
3%
Contracts & Consent
78%
6%
4%
4%
2%
4%
2%
Hover any cell for the evidence definition.
ILLUSTRATIVE · SAMPLE DATA FOR DEMONSTRATION
Rights & compliance

Eight gates between an asset and recognition.

VISUALIZATION 05

Rights & Compliance Gate

Each gate is a binary control. A failed gate routes the asset to repair, withhold, or exclude - never to a silent pass.

PassRepairWithholdExclude
G3 · Consent · REPAIR

Lawful basis, purpose-binding, and data subject consent must be evidenced.

ILLUSTRATIVE · SAMPLE DATA FOR DEMONSTRATION
Assurance

Every position is red-teamed before it leaves the firm.

VISUALIZATION 08

Red-Team Risk Ledger

A live ledger of adversarial challenges run against every recognized asset before it leaves the firm.

REPAIRDOWNGRADEWITHHOLDEXCLUDE
ID
CATEGORY
FINDING
OUTCOME
RT-1045
Privacy defect
Re-identification risk above policy threshold for cohort N=14.
EXCLUDE
RT-1046
Stale benchmark
External comparable older than evidence-window policy.
DOWNGRADE
RT-1047
Model fragility
Lift collapses outside in-distribution evaluation slice.
DOWNGRADE
RT-1048
Double counting
Composite asset overlaps with constituent asset valuation.
REPAIR
RT-1049
Buyer-demand gap
No identifiable buyer pool at modeled willingness-to-pay.
DOWNGRADE
RT-1050
Litigation exposure
Pending claim materially affects transferability posture.
WITHHOLD
GAER · GOVERNANCE, ASSURANCE & EXTERNAL REVIEW9 OPEN · 2 IN REPAIR
ILLUSTRATIVE · SAMPLE DATA FOR DEMONSTRATION
84
READINESS
Evidence92
Rights85
Valuation78
Assurance74
Marketability68
Principles

What the methodology refuses to do.

No single-point valuations

Every value is expressed as a band with documented assumptions and dominant sensitivities.

No assumed rights

Lawful use, transferability, and monetization rights are evidenced, not asserted.

No unsupported claims

We do not claim quantum speedup. Simulation is labeled stochastic or quantum-inspired where credible.

No conflation of value

Current value, option value, and utility-in-use are reported separately.

The KRYOS standard

Eight obligations every recognized asset clears.

  1. Discover the asset

    Forensic scan across systems, exhaust, telemetry, AI pipelines, and external feeds.

  2. Prove the asset

    Provenance, lineage, and evidence tags. No claim without an evidentiary basis.

  3. Control the asset

    Rights clearance, consent, lawful basis, and access enforcement at the asset level.

  4. Value the asset

    KRDS composite valuation expressed as P10·P50·P90 bands with documented sensitivities.

  5. Create new assets

    Fusion matrix builds composite assets from internal joins and external enrichments.

  6. Productize the asset

    Priced pathways, buyer mapping, and gross-margin envelopes for monetizable lines.

  7. Stress-test the asset

    Scenario fan, dominant-driver attribution, and impairment trigger schedules.

  8. Capitalize the asset

    Investor, M&A, lender, insurer, and board pack - assurance ledger included.

Trust by construction

How the methodology protects against overclaims.

No invented values

If evidence is missing, the value is withheld. No fabricated point estimates.

Evidence tags on every assertion

OBSERVED, DERIVED, BENCHMARKED, WITHHELD, EXCLUDED - each appears on every claim.

Fail-closed gates

Recognition, rights, and disclosure stages fail closed. An asset progresses only when evidenced.

Current vs. option value, reported separately

Today's defensible value is never conflated with optionality or hypothetical fusion upside.

Legal permission vs. technical possibility

What the data can be used for is reported as a rights question, not an engineering question.

Monetizable vs. internal-only

Utility-in-use is separated from external revenue potential. Both are reported; neither is inflated.

Withheld and excluded assets are visible

The registry shows what was deliberately not recognized - and why.

External red-team review (GAER)

Every position is attacked by an independent team before it leaves the firm.

Risk language

What KRYOS refuses to say - and what we say instead.

WHAT KRYOS REFUSES TO SAY
WHAT KRYOS SAYS INSTEAD
Guarantees valuation outcomes
Supports defensible valuation under hostile diligence
Beats all competitors
Designed for evidence-grade data asset work beyond traditional inventory or BI consulting
Quantum-powered certainty
Quantum-inspired scenario analysis with evidence-dependent simulation
Unlocks 10× data value
Identifies recognized, defensible, and optionable value layers - reported separately
AI that values your data
AI-assisted measurement under KRDS with human-led recognition and red-team review
Fully automated registry
Forensic discovery and registry build with expert-led recognition decisions
ENGAGEMENT · CONFIDENTIAL INTAKE

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