[Jan 2, 2026 – Update] Standard D06 Draft (Pre Peer Review) Now Available for Download and in the D10S Git Repository

Draft Standard D06 Now Available for Download

ISAUnited is pleased to announce that D06 – Identity and Access Security Architecture, the sixth Parent Standard of the Defensible 10 Standards (D10S), is now available for public download as a pre peer review draft.

This early draft gives practitioners, engineers, students, and organizations a practical way to review the engineering structure, domain expectations, and verification and validation requirements that define identity as an architecture discipline inside the D10S framework.

A Platform for Engineering Collaboration

• D06 – Identity and Access Security Architecture defines measurable engineering expectations for the identity plane, including:

  • Identity trust boundaries and federation pathways across cloud, on premises, and hybrid environments.

  • Centralized decision and enforcement patterns using PDP and PEP.

  • Token service requirements, including TTL, rotation, audience and issuer validation, and proof of possession where scoped.

  • Privileged access boundaries using PAM with time bounded JIT elevation and full session monitoring.

  • Identity threat detection and response with auditable containment outcomes.

  • Resilience and recovery targets for identity services, including failover that does not fail open.

Each draft is available as a downloadable PDF.

D10S GitHub Repository Updated

The Parent Standards has been added to the official D10S GitHub repository for open visibility:

• version history

• document updates

• issue tracking

• public read access

Practitioners can now review how the standards are evolving and track incoming changes as peer review progresses.

GitHub Access (Public Read): Visit https://github.com/ISAUnited-Org

Important Note: These Drafts Are Pre–Peer Review Copies

These documents represent early engineering drafts. They are posted publicly to support:

• transparency

• early study and adoption preparation

• community awareness

• upcoming contributor participation

Official publication will follow:

• full Technical Fellow Society peer review,

• revision cycle,

• formatting and governance approval,

• and final release

Drafts should not yet be treated as finalized technical standards.

Contribute to D10S

ISAUnited invites global practitioners, engineers, and students to participate in the upcoming Open Season for Sub-Standard development.

If you wish to author or co-author a Sub-Standard:

Register Here: https://www.isaunited.org/isaunited-defensbile10-standards-registration

Registration is open to ISAUnited members and non-members worldwide.

More Updates Coming Soon

As additional Parent Standards complete internal review, we will continue releasing public drafts and updating the GitHub repository.