Binding boundary
Missing, stale, disputed or unavailable evidence cannot be treated as safety.
Capability reconciliation contractHelp and support HLP-005
Understand the grade
Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on. Use this guidance to complete the task safely, understand the result and know where to go when the expected state does not appear.
Bounded, non-exploitative Authorised external assessment.
Bounded evidence. Explicit responsibility. No hidden inference.
The useful answer
Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on.
Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on. Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on. Use this guidance to complete the task safely, understand the result and know where to go when the expected state does not appear.
Route-specific context
The decision this page is designed to support
- Who should use this
- Customer, board recipient
- Task outcome
- Interpret score, display grade and qualifier. Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on.
- Safe checkpoint
- Score, base grade, display grade, qualifier, assessment completeness and evidence confidence travel together. Evidence basis: Capability reconciliation contract.
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Grade policy v11
Precision only when the evidence earns it
A+95–100
Exceptional governed external posture, subject to strict coverage, confidence and safety conditions.
A / A-85–94.99
Strong externally observed controls with limited material pressure.
B+, B, B-70–84.99
Established protections with meaningful, prioritised improvement work.
C+, C, C-55–69.99
Mixed evidence: some controls are supported and material action remains.
D+, D, D-40–54.99
Weak governed external posture requiring focused remediation or validation.
E0–39.99
Material deficiencies or safety floors dominate the supported evidence.
INo score
Evidence is insufficient for a defensible grade.
A deliberate path
From permission to retained evidence
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Read the score, display grade and qualifier together; a grade is not a percentage of organisational security.
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Check assessment completeness and evidence confidence before relying on plus or minus precision.
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Open the explanation to see verified protections, attributed pressure, safety floors and evidence that remains unknown.
Evidence before assertion
What the product can support
The interface reports real operation states. Do not repeat a submission while a job is active; use the shown recovery action or contact support with the non-sensitive reference displayed on screen. Score, base grade, display grade, qualifier, assessment completeness and evidence confidence travel together.
Binding boundary
Provider or collector failure cannot improve a grade.
Grade guard and capability testsBinding boundary
The Overall Signals Grade covers governed externally assessable evidence, not the organisation's complete security or breach likelihood.
Grade policy v11Direct answers
Questions a careful reader should ask
What does Understand the grade establish?
Use this guide to interpret score, display grade and qualifier and verify the expected product state before moving on. It establishes only what the governed evidence supports.
What does it not establish?
It does not prove complete organisational security, exploitability, breach likelihood or the absence of unobserved weaknesses.
How can I verify the conclusion?
Use the linked evidence or capability record to inspect source, observation time, target, responsibility and the condition required for closure.