Each recommendation in Section 4 is based on the analysis in Section 3 and provides a cross reference to the relevant section(s) in which the analysis leading to the recommendation can be found.
Recommendations are developed according to a number of factors: the level of complexity involved to implement a recommendation, the support obtained for each recommendation, and whether a recommendation is likely to be contentious to the industry. As explained in Section 4, this gives rise to a system that serves to indicate the overall force of each recommendation:
Compelling (C) - Advocate (A) - Support (S) - Explore (E).
Each recommendation provides an outline of the steps suggested to implement it as well as the attendant considerations.
The recommendations are divided into a three main themes that are concerned with board processes, enforcement, and architecture and policy.
A total of 28 recommendations have been made.