Risk Awareness Architecture Assessment (RA3)
Does Threat Information Reach the Right Decision-Maker in Time to Act?
Incidents rarely happen because a signal was missed. They happen because the information did not reach the right decision-maker in time, in the right form, through the right path. RA3 follows real reports from first observation to final decision and records who held them, what moved them, how long they sat, and whether they moved at all.
It is not a maturity assessment or a program evaluation. The result is what your system actually does, where it breaks, and what to fix first.
The RA3 question
When a sensor in your organization collects reportable information, does it reach an appropriate decision-maker effectively and efficiently?
Who Hires Fidelis
- Security, intelligence, and crisis-management leaders who need to know whether reports reach the people who must act.
- Organizations whose threat reporting is spread across several teams, channels, and tools.
- Federal security offices that must show their reporting and escalation work as written.
- Boards and general counsel who want an independent view of how threat information moves.
What RA3 Follows
1. Observe
The people, systems, and outside sources that first notice something.
2. Capture
The channel, and the threshold for reporting it.
3. Triage
The standard and the timeline for deciding what it means.
4. Consolidate
How separate streams are joined into one picture.
5. Decide
Who has the authority to act, and what they may do.
6. Feedback
Whether the outcome returns to the people who reported it.
How the Assessment Is Conducted
Principal-led interviews. With the people who do the work and make the decisions.
Real-case tracing. Actual reports across every hand-off: what happened, not what the policy says.
What is measured. Who held each report, what moved it, how long it sat, who else was told, and whether it moved at all.
Evidence-based findings. Observed practice, timing, and ownership, not assumptions or diagrams.
Independent by Design
Fidelis does not perform the work it reviews or sell the products it assesses. Its only role is to assess, advise, and help leaders strengthen the system that protects their people, information, and mission.
What Clients Receive
Architecture Map
How information actually moves across your organization.
Findings
Where documented and observed practice diverge, and what it costs.
Prioritized Roadmap
Channel and structural changes, sequenced with the reason for each.
Is threat information reaching the people who must act?
Tell Fidelis how reports move today and the decision you face.