Practice Area

AI Governance & Security

We help organizations safely enable, govern, and secure AI across the enterprise. From independent compliance audits against NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, GDPR, HIPAA, and DORA — to policy drafting, vendor risk management, and industry-specific cybersecurity frameworks.

Core Services

AI Governance Program Design

We design and implement enterprise AI governance programs from the ground up — including AI use case inventories, risk classification frameworks, oversight structures, and accountability models aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.

Independent Compliance Audits

Third-party audits that assess your AI systems and practices against NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, HIPAA, GDPR, DORA, SOC 2, EU AI Act, and PII protection requirements. We deliver audit reports with findings, risk ratings, and remediation roadmaps.

AI Security Assessments

Comprehensive AI security assessments covering OWASP LLM Top 10 risks, prompt injection vulnerabilities, training data poisoning, model inversion attacks, and insecure output handling. We deliver a prioritized remediation plan.

Policy Drafting & Implementation

We draft, review, and implement AI governance policies — acceptable use policies, AI risk policies, data governance policies, model lifecycle policies, and incident response procedures — tailored to your industry and regulatory environment.

AI Risk Management

End-to-end AI risk management: risk identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring. We build risk registers, define risk appetite statements, and implement controls aligned to NIST AI RMF Map, Measure, and Manage functions.

Vendor Risk Management

AI vendor due diligence, third-party risk assessments, contract review for AI-specific clauses, and ongoing vendor monitoring. We ensure your AI supply chain — pre-trained models, APIs, SaaS AI tools — meets your risk standards.

Governance Frameworks

We conduct independent audits and build governance programs against the leading AI and data protection frameworks. Our assessors hold deep expertise across all of the following standards.

NIST AI RMF

National Institute of Standards and Technology AI Risk Management Framework — the leading US standard for AI risk governance.

GovernMapMeasureManage

ISO 42001

International standard for AI management systems — provides a structured approach to responsible AI development and deployment.

ContextLeadershipPlanningOperationsEvaluationImprovement

OWASP LLM Top 10

The definitive security risk framework for large language model applications — covering prompt injection, data leakage, and more.

Prompt InjectionInsecure OutputTraining Data PoisoningModel Denial of ServiceSupply Chain

EU AI Act

The European Union's comprehensive AI regulation — risk-tiered obligations for prohibited, high-risk, and general-purpose AI systems.

Risk ClassificationConformity AssessmentTransparencyHuman OversightMarket Surveillance

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation — Article 22 automated decision-making, Article 25 privacy by design, and Article 35 DPIA requirements for AI.

Art. 22 Automated DecisionsArt. 25 Privacy by DesignArt. 35 DPIAData MinimizationLawful Basis

DORA

Digital Operational Resilience Act — EU regulation governing ICT risk management, incident reporting, and third-party risk for financial entities.

ICT Risk ManagementIncident ReportingResilience TestingThird-Party RiskInformation Sharing

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — PHI protection requirements for AI systems processing healthcare data.

PHI in AI TrainingBAA RequirementsMinimum NecessarySecurity RuleBreach Notification

SOC 2

Service Organization Control 2 — Trust Services Criteria applied to AI systems: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

SecurityAvailabilityProcessing IntegrityConfidentialityPrivacy

Independent Audit Process

Our audit methodology is structured, evidence-based, and independent. We deliver findings your board, regulators, and clients can rely on.

01

Scoping & Planning

Define audit scope, applicable frameworks, and assessment criteria. Identify AI systems, data flows, and stakeholders.

02

Evidence Collection

Document review, stakeholder interviews, technical testing, and system walkthroughs against framework controls.

03

Gap Analysis

Identify control gaps, policy deficiencies, and compliance shortfalls. Rate findings by risk: Critical / High / Medium / Low.

04

Audit Report

Deliver a formal audit report with executive summary, detailed findings, evidence, risk ratings, and remediation recommendations.

05

Remediation Roadmap

Prioritized remediation plan with timelines, ownership, and success criteria — sequenced by risk and implementation complexity.

06

Validation & Attestation

Optional follow-on validation to confirm remediation effectiveness and provide attestation documentation for regulators or clients.

Policy Drafting & Implementation

Governance without policy is aspiration without accountability. We draft, review, and implement AI governance policies that are legally sound, operationally practical, and aligned to your regulatory obligations.

Every policy we produce is tailored to your industry, jurisdiction, and organizational maturity — not a generic template. We also manage the implementation process: stakeholder review, approval workflows, training, and embedding policies into operational procedures.

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Policies We Draft

AI Acceptable Use Policy
AI Risk Management Policy
AI Model Lifecycle Policy
Data Governance & AI Policy
AI Incident Response Procedure
AI Vendor Management Policy
Responsible AI Principles
AI Ethics & Bias Policy
Generative AI Usage Policy
AI Security Policy
PII & Privacy in AI Policy
AI Change Management Policy

Industry-Specific Cybersecurity Frameworks

Different industries face different regulatory environments and threat landscapes. We build cybersecurity and AI governance frameworks tailored to your sector.

Financial Services

AI governance for banks, asset managers, fintechs, and insurance firms navigating DORA, model risk management (SR 11-7), and algorithmic trading regulations.

DORAGDPRSOC 2NIST AI RMF

Healthcare & Life Sciences

AI governance for health systems, payers, pharma, and medtech — covering PHI protection, FDA AI/ML guidance, clinical decision support, and patient safety.

HIPAAFDA AI/MLGDPRISO 42001

Technology & SaaS

AI governance for software companies building AI-powered products — EU AI Act compliance, OWASP LLM security, responsible AI product design, and customer data protection.

EU AI ActGDPROWASP LLMSOC 2

Enterprise & Corporate

Enterprise-wide AI governance programs for large organizations deploying AI across functions — HR, finance, operations, customer service, and supply chain.

NIST AI RMFISO 42001SOC 2GDPR

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