Back to Guides

A short AI-narrated film with English captions. Pressing play loads the YouTube player. Watch on YouTube

Guide Origin: Community | ArcKit Version: [VERSION]

/arckit:fr-irn structures an IRN (Indice de Résilience Numérique) self-assessment following the aDRI framework — 8 resilience pillars, with criteria assessed per digital asset or organisation-wide, a maturity scaffold and handoff to the official aDRI methodology.

Why reference instead of reproduce: The IRN scoring criteria are published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (non-commercial, no derivatives), which is incompatible with ArcKit's MIT licence (commercial use permitted). Additionally, the IRN is a living standard that evolves at gitlab.com/digitalresilienceinitiative/adri-irn — embedding a snapshot would diverge from the official methodology. ArcKit structures and documents your assessment; the aDRI repository provides the scoring criteria.


Inputs

Artefact Purpose
Requirements (ARC-<id>-REQ-v1.0.md) Cloud/SaaS dependencies, data sovereignty choices
Stakeholder Analysis (ARC-<id>-STKE-v1.0.md) Organisation type, strategic priorities, vendor relationships
Architecture Principles (ARC-000-PRIN-v1.0.md) Cloud strategy, open-source policy, sovereignty principles
ANSSI Assessment (ARC-<id>-ANSSI-v1.0.md) Pre-populate RES-7 cybersecurity
SecNumCloud Assessment (ARC-<id>-SECNUM-v1.0.md) Pre-populate RES-6 cloud infrastructure
EBIOS Study (ARC-<id>-EBIOS-v1.0.md) Pre-populate RES-4 operational resilience
GDPR Assessment (ARC-<id>-RGPD-v1.0.md) Pre-populate RES-2 regulatory compliance

Command

/arckit:fr-irn IRN self-assessment for <project or organisation description>

Output: projects/<id>/ARC-<id>-IRN-v1.0.md


The 8 IRN Pillars

Code Pillar Thematic Areas
RES-1 Résilience Stratégique Vision & roadmap, independence strategy, IT governance
RES-2 Résilience Économique et Juridique Regulatory compliance (RGPD, AI Act, DORA, NIS2…), legal sovereignty
RES-3 Résilience Data & IA Data control, AI infrastructure, ethics & transparency
RES-4 Résilience Opérationnelle Business continuity, incident management, recovery plans
RES-5 Résilience Supply-Chain Critical suppliers, diversification, contracts & SLAs
RES-6 Résilience Technologique Infrastructure & cloud, applications & SaaS, open source
RES-7 Sécurité & Résilience Cybersecurity, data protection, risk management
RES-8 Résilience Environnementale et Énergétique Energy dependency, environmental hazards, carbon footprint, green IT

How the Grid Is Assessed (IRN v1.2)

The official workbook (Référentiel_IRN_v1.2.xlsx, with an .ods twin and an English DRI_Referential_v_1.1.xlsx) is filled once per digital asset. Since v1.0 it replaces the v0.4 questionnaire, which scored R/NR across five organisational layers.

Element What it means
Digital asset The unit of assessment — described by type (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, software, infrastructure…), supplier, operator, importance (Standard / Essentiel / Vital) and business use
Criterion Identified RES-N.n under one of the 8 pillars; the list changes between versions
Criterion scope Organisation (assessed once) or Actif numérique (assessed for each asset)
Maturity level Recorded per criterion from the grid's own scale, or marked non-resilient or not applicable, with comments and evidence

What ArcKit Does vs What the Official aDRI Grid Does

ArcKit (/arckit:fr-irn) Official aDRI Grid
Creates the document structure Provides the criteria and maturity scale per pillar
Pre-populates context and the asset inventory from existing project artifacts Defines each criterion's scope, intent and recommendations
Flags observable dependency risks Records maturity level, comments and evidence per asset
Links to the official methodology Issues independent certification

One-Page Workflow

Phase Key Activities ArcKit Commands
Discovery Requirements and architecture principles /arckit:requirements, /arckit:principles
Security Cybersecurity posture (feeds RES-7) /arckit:fr-anssi, /arckit:fr-ebios
Cloud Cloud sovereignty (feeds RES-6) /arckit:fr-secnumcloud
Compliance Regulatory compliance (feeds RES-2) /arckit:eu-rgpd, /arckit:eu-nis2
IRN Self-assessment scaffold /arckit:fr-irn
Scoring Apply official aDRI grid (External — aDRI GitLab)

Review Checklist

  • All 8 IRN pillars present as document sections.
  • Digital assets in scope listed with type, supplier, operator and importance.
  • Maturity-level placeholders present per criterion ID — not pre-filled by AI, criterion text not reproduced.
  • Link to official aDRI evaluation grid displayed prominently.
  • Licence incompatibility note and living-repo rationale included in document body.
  • Scoring summary matrix (8 pillars × Organisation and each asset) present.
  • Preliminary observations from project artifacts noted.
  • Document classified Diffusion Restreinte.

Key Notes

  • Not a compliance framework — the IRN is a strategic resilience index comparable to a B Corp label for digital autonomy. It is not a regulatory requirement (unlike DORA, NIS2, RGPD) but is increasingly expected by investors, partners, and public sector procurement.
  • Scoring is external — ArcKit creates the scaffold; the actual maturity levels require the official aDRI evaluation grid. ArcKit must not attempt to reconstruct or approximate the scoring criteria.
  • Living standard — the IRN is under active development (current version: 1.2, published September 2026). Always download the current evaluation grid from the official repository before scoring.
  • Certification available — organisations can request independent IRN certification via the aDRI (thedigitalresilience.org).
  • Diffusion Restreinte — the dependency map and gap analysis reveal strategic vulnerabilities that should not be publicly disclosed.