AI Governance Readiness Assessment
AI adoption is outpacing governance in almost every organization we work with. Copilots show up in engineering, marketing, customer support, and legal. Embedded AI features ship inside SaaS tools the security team never evaluated. Agentic AI pilots run with tool permissions nobody audited. Meanwhile the EU AI Act is in effect, the NIST AI RMF is the expected baseline for US enterprises, and the SEC has started asking about AI risk disclosure. A quarterly AI policy document is not governance. Z Cyber's AI Governance Readiness Assessment is a focused four to six week engagement that runs shadow AI discovery, builds an AI system inventory, scores your program against NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, classifies systems under the EU AI Act, and produces a roadmap with owners, timelines, and board-ready narrative.
What's Included
Shadow AI discovery across identity providers, CASB, endpoints, and code repositories
AI system inventory with owner, purpose, data classification, and risk tier
EU AI Act risk classification for every in-scope AI system
NIST AI RMF maturity score across Govern, Map, Measure, Manage functions
ISO 42001 gap assessment and control baseline
AI policy review with redline recommendations adapted to your environment
Board-ready briefing on AI risk posture and roadmap
Prioritized twelve month roadmap with owners, timelines, and budget estimates
Who This Is For
Organizations where AI adoption has outpaced governance and the board, audit committee, or regulators have started asking questions. Also enterprises with EU customers or operations subject to the EU AI Act, financial services subject to OCC AI guidance, or public companies preparing for SEC AI disclosure scrutiny.
Our Process
Discover
Run shadow AI discovery across your identity, endpoint, CASB, and code repository telemetry. Identify every AI system in use, sanctioned or not.
Classify
Build the AI system inventory. Classify each system under the EU AI Act risk tiers and map data flows, owners, and business purpose.
Score
Measure maturity against NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001. Benchmark against peer organizations and identify the gaps that matter most.
Roadmap
Deliver the prioritized twelve month roadmap, board-ready narrative, and policy redlines. Optional transition to ongoing AI governance advisory and Glance AI Compass.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the assessment take?
Four to six weeks depending on environment complexity and the breadth of AI adoption. A typical mid-market SaaS company completes it in four weeks. A regulated financial services enterprise with international operations usually takes six.
What frameworks does the assessment cover?
NIST AI RMF (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage), ISO 42001, EU AI Act risk classification, GDPR Article 22 automated decision-making, SEC AI disclosure guidance, and sector-specific frameworks like OCC AI guidance for banking. We scope the framework set to your regulatory exposure.
Do you need access to our AI systems?
We need read access to identity provider logs, CASB telemetry, endpoint telemetry for AI tool detection, and code repositories for AI library usage analysis. No access to production AI systems or training data is required for the assessment.
What happens after the assessment?
Most clients continue into an ongoing AI governance advisory engagement or deploy Glance AI Compass for continuous shadow AI discovery and EU AI Act classification. The assessment roadmap is designed to execute with or without Z Cyber, but most teams prefer to keep us running the program.
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