Operate ARPA

Use this path when moving from a conformant implementation to a governed registry or pilot deployment. Operational readiness depends on revocation, evidence retention, incident response and redress as much as availability.

Operational sequence

1. Deployment guide
2. Governance operator guide
3. Security deployment guide
4. Privacy implementation guide
5. Historical Authority Resolution
6. Pilot Starter Kit
7. Production hardening

Readiness checklists

• Governance readiness
• Security readiness
• Operations readiness
• Exit and revocation

An operator should be able to show not only who may issue or change records, but also how that authority is scoped, revoked and evidenced.

RAHP-derived operational controls

Operators should use the governance and security assurance profile together with the 2026-08-16 RAHP audit when designing administrative approval, privacy, revocation, recovery, federation and redress runbooks.