Define the recipient’s reliance
Set the proposed operational use, potential human and organisational consequences and confidence required.
HCIIF IN PRACTICE · INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Trusted by the sender.
Suitable for the recipient?
An assessment shared for planning is proposed for a different and more consequential operational use.
The information
challenge.
The information has crossed a border. Its intended use has also changed.
The original assessment supported regional planning. The recipient now wants to use it for an immediate operational decision. A shortened briefing has lost source limitations and sharing conditions.
Country-specific requirements, human-rights considerations and bilateral or multilateral agreements also form part of the reliance context.
Restore source and sharing context
Use ECAM to assess the source, derived briefing, limitations and unverified assumptions for the changed use.
Confirm suitability and permission
At the point of use, consider rights, caveats, country context and sharing conditions separately from confidence.
Keep context with the information
Use the IIP to carry purpose, confidence, restrictions and reassessment triggers across the boundary, including update or recall.
ILLUSTRATIVE INFORMATION INTEGRITY PASSPORT
What confidence is justified?
- Confidence basis
- Supports planning within the original period and scope; source coverage remains incomplete.
- Required confidence
- Current, specific evidence is needed before relying on it for an immediate operational decision.
- Rights and conditions
- Relevant authorities confirm permitted use, recipients, onward sharing and country-specific requirements.
- Accountability
- The recipient assesses its reliance and retains responsibility for its decision.
- Confidence Drift and reassessment
- A changed purpose, new information, altered country context, expiry, correction, restriction or withdrawal by the originating authority.
HCIIF difference
HCIIF distinguishes confidence in the source from suitability and permission for the recipient’s intended use, while keeping accountability with the decision-maker.
HCIIF makes the confidence basis and relevant conditions visible. It does not replace legal, human-rights or formal authorisation processes.