Lineage
The evidence trail showing how raw data leads to an evaluation, posture change, or warning.
title: "Lineage" description: "The evidence trail showing how raw data leads to an evaluation, posture change, or warning."
Lineage is the chain of evidence from source observations to a final system output. In an enterprise warning system, lineage is what makes the difference between an opaque alert and a defensible warning.
Why Lineage Matters
Teams need to understand:
- what data was used
- which comparison or rule fired
- why the system reached its conclusion
What Good Lineage Enables
- human review
- auditability
- post-incident learning
- trust in the warning process
In Halobond
Lineage links observations, evaluations, posture outputs, and warnings so operators can trace how a warning was produced instead of treating it as an unexplained black box.