Flagship Engagement · NIST AI 600-1 Aligned

AI Adoption Assurance.

Adopt and operate generative AI safely — using the twelve risk categories in NIST AI 600-1 as the organizing spine, without building enterprise-scale governance overhead. A prioritized, owned, and scheduled risk treatment plan you can actually execute.

4–10 wksTypical Engagement
12NIST Risk Categories
10Concrete Deliverables
Fixed-FeePer Tier, Remote-First
The Outcome

Not a certification. Defensibility.

NIST AI 600-1 is voluntary guidance, and no body certifies against it. What this engagement produces is a documented, reasoned position on every one of the twelve generative-AI risks — and a plan a reasonable customer, insurer, or regulator would recognize as proportionate. It’s a strong framework, but a dense document written for a much larger organization. We do the translation.

Who This Is For

Built for organizations in one of four situations.

ADOPTING DELIBERATELY

Guardrails before rollout

Leadership has decided to roll out AI tools and wants controls in place before the launch — not after an incident.

DISCOVERING SHADOW USE

AI is already here

AI arrived through individual staff subscriptions and embedded vendor features, and right now no one owns it.

ANSWERING CUSTOMERS

The questionnaires arrived

Customers, insurers, and partners are asking AI governance questions in security reviews — and the answers are improvised.

PREPARING FOR SCRUTINY

A high-trust sector

Healthcare, finance, legal, education, or government supply chain — where AI use will eventually be examined.

The Problem We Solve

Three failures that show up together.

No Visibility

Nobody can list which AI tools are in use, by whom, on what data. Risk can’t be assessed and questionnaires can’t be answered honestly.

No Proportionality

The organization either does nothing, or attempts an enterprise program it can’t staff and abandons in month three.

No Evidence

AI decisions are made in conversation and never recorded. When a customer or insurer asks, there’s nothing to show.

Our Approach

Five phases. Each produces a concrete artifact.

Structured on the four AI RMF functions — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage. Every phase output is usable on its own if you stop early.

GOVERN

1 · Frame

Executive alignment on risk appetite, decision rights, and who owns AI risk.

MAP

2 · Map

Discover every AI system and use case — sanctioned, shadow, and embedded.

MAP

3 · Triage

Assess each of the twelve risks per use case: in scope, monitor, or out of scope.

MEASURE·MANAGE

4 · Treat

The smallest effective control set, with owners, dates, and a costed roadmap.

GOVERN

5 · Sustain

Handover, a review rhythm tied to change events, and customer-facing assurance.

How We Analyze

Every control, evaluated on five pillars.

We don’t hand you a generic checklist. Each control is weighed on five practical dimensions — so the plan reflects what your business actually runs and where the real exposure sits.

Five-pillar analysis model: type, ownership, architectural relevance, LLM lifecycle, and threat category.

Type · Ownership · Architectural Relevance · LLM Lifecycle · Threat Category

Shared Responsibility

We map exactly where your responsibility starts.

Security in AI is shared across the model provider, the application provider, and you as the AI customer. Our engagement makes that boundary explicit — then makes you strong on the parts you actually own.

Shared responsibility model across application provider, AI customer, and model provider.
What You Walk Away With

Ten deliverables you can act on.

AI Governance Charter

Ownership, scope, risk appetite, and escalation. The document that makes AI risk somebody’s job.

AI System & Use-Case Inventory

A living register of every AI use, with owner, data classes, vendor, and contract position.

Dirty Dozen Applicability Matrix

Each of the twelve NIST risks assessed per use case, with recorded reasoning. The core evidence artifact.

AI Risk Register

In-scope risks scored on likelihood, consequence, and controllability — with treatment decisions.

AI Acceptable Use Policy

Plain-language policy on approved tools, data handling, and disclosure. Written for staff, not lawyers.

Control Set & Evaluation Plan

Selected actions mapped to Govern/Map/Measure/Manage, with the tests that prove each works.

Treatment Roadmap

Prioritized actions with owner, effort, and target dates across 90-day, 6-month, and 12-month horizons.

Executive Readout

Board-ready summary of exposure, decisions taken, residual risk accepted, and investment required.

Customer Assurance Summary

A two-page external statement of your AI governance position — sized for questionnaires and RFPs.

Service Tiers

Right-sized to where you are.

ESSENTIALS

First governance

Fewer than ~50 staff and low-complexity, tool-only AI use. Establish ownership and a defensible baseline, fast.

STANDARD · MOST COMMON

Most mid-market teams

Multiple business units or a regulated context. The full five-phase engagement across your AI footprint.

ASSURED

Higher-risk use

Custom builds, automation, or active customer scrutiny. Deeper testing, evidence, and ongoing support.

All tiers are fixed-fee and remote-first, with optional on-site workshops and recurring reviews.

Adopt AI with a plan you can defend.

Start with a free assessment. We’ll map where you stand against the twelve risks and scope the right tier — no pitch, no vendor agenda.

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