{
  "id": "BRD-230",
  "slug": "brd-230",
  "title": "Identity-plus vetting is for public companies only",
  "statement": "An Authentication+ vet must not be ordered for a brand that is not PUBLIC_PROFIT.",
  "rationale": "Authentication+ is the two-factor confirmation designed for listed companies, and the registry refuses the order for any other entity type rather than downgrading it to something available. Teams order it because it is the strongest-sounding option on the list, and the fee is taken before the refusal.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "the vet order + brand.entity_type",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "codes": [
    {
      "provider": "TCR",
      "code": "592",
      "remediable": true
    }
  ],
  "applicability": {
    "excludeEntityTypes": [
      "PUBLIC_PROFIT"
    ]
  },
  "applicabilityText": "Applies when the brand is NOT a public company.",
  "universal": false,
  "remediation": "Order a standard vet instead — it is the one that raises throughput for a private, non-profit or government brand. Authentication+ is not a higher tier of the same thing; it is a different verification for a different entity type.",
  "example": "vetting class: STANDARD for a PRIVATE_PROFIT brand — not AUTHPLUS",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-230/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-230.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}