GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE
Intersection Mapping
Identifying Where Governance Domains Share Exposure
By Lenna Thompson · The Governance Desk
DEFINITION
Intersection Mapping is the process of identifying and documenting the specific points where two or more governance domains share exposure — the systems, data, decisions, and processes where domain boundaries overlap and compound risk can form.
Every enterprise has places where governance domains interact around the same systems, the same data, the same decisions. Those intersections are where compound risk forms. Intersection mapping is the process of making those intersections visible.
The output of intersection mapping is a set of Cross-Domain Risk Objects — formal governance units that represent the specific intersections where domains share exposure. Each object has a named owner, predefined failure paths, and an escalation route.
Without intersection mapping, compound risk forms silently at the boundaries between governance programs. The programs function correctly within their scope. The intersections between them are ungoverned. Leadership cannot see the risks that live in the spaces between domains.
Intersection mapping is the second core function that ClarityOS must perform. It transforms invisible domain boundaries into governed objects with clear ownership and accountability.
Full content for this concept page is forthcoming. The definition and overview above reflect the term as used across The Governance Desk.
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