---
type: "term"
title: "Trust Artifact / Trust Decision (TAD)"
description: "What crosses the boundary and is accepted as authoritative in a third party trust relationship."
resource: "tlctc:term:trust-artifact-trust-decision-tad"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Trust Artifact / Trust Decision (TAD)

What crosses the boundary and is accepted as authoritative in a third-party trust relationship. Examples: SAML/OIDC assertions, federated tokens, signed packages/updates/container images, CI build artifacts/release binaries, policy/configuration pushes, admin actions from managed platforms, firmware images.

**Reference:** §4.2.2 (Global Definitions), §4.1 (#10 Definition)