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Our approach

Business context.
Evidence. Accountable action.

Start with what your organization wants to achieve. Establish the control baseline, reveal actual AI use and turn the findings into an achievable plan.

Three pillars. One evidence-based direction.

Assess the controls.
See the AI. Shape the future.

Bring your control environment and actual AI use into one conversation. Turn what we learn into a practical, risk-based roadmap for the AI you build and consume.

01CONTEXT

AI Security &
Governance Assessment

Assess applicable security controls against MITRE SAFE-AI, complemented by governance criteria. Establish what is documented, implemented and supported by evidence.

YOUR DELIVERABLEAssessment results with observations, findings, gaps and themes.
02EVIDENCE

AI Visibility &
Runtime Assessment

Discover approved and shadow AI across the agreed scope. Identify applications, models, agents, connectors, data exposure and activity. Make coverage limits visible.

YOUR DELIVERABLEAI inventory and runtime evidence that validate and extend the assessment.
03DIRECTION

Risk-Based
AI Control Roadmap

Combine context and evidence. Assess use-case risk, select proportionate controls and define the path toward an AI control plane.

YOUR DELIVERABLEPrioritized actions, accountable owners, dependencies and validation criteria.
A lifecycle for AI built and consumed

From understanding AI.
To knowing its controls work.

The three pillars establish the baseline, evidence and roadmap. This six-step lifecycle connects them to implementation and ongoing assurance.

  1. 01

    Discover and register

    Identify AI uses, owners, data and connections. Record visibility gaps.

  2. 02

    Assess and classify risk

    Evaluate consequences and authority. Assign a justified use-case risk tier.

  3. 03

    Select proportionate controls

    Define required safeguards, shared responsibilities and justified exclusions.

  4. 04

    Implement and enforce

    Apply agreed controls across identities, gateways, pipelines and operations.

  5. 05

    Validate and decide

    Test effectiveness. Remediate, restrict, accept residual risk or stop.

  6. 06

    Monitor and improve

    Track activity, performance and changes. Reassess and verify remediation.

Make the next decision with clarity

Bring your AI ambition.
Build an informed plan.

Start with your use cases, priorities and existing controls. We’ll help define a practical assessment scope.

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