Understand
your exposure.
Assess applicable MITRE SAFE-AI security controls and AI governance. See where evidence supports confidence—and where gaps remain.
Your deliverableSecurity & governance findings
The Ascendra AI Clarity Framework
Know your AI risk.
Know your AI risk.
Make your
next move.
Understand the AI you use and build. Turn assessment evidence into clear findings—and a roadmap for the controls that matter most.
Start my AI assessmentStart with a scoping conversation.
Agree deliverables and fees before proceeding.
AI CLARITYFive dimensions. One clear view.
- Visibility
- Governance
- Security
- Data Stewardship
- Operational Assurance
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What you receiveClear answers.
Clear answers.
A plan you can act on.
Connect the questions your leadership asks to the work your teams need to do.
Understand
Know what’s
really in use.
Examine AI tools, models, agents, connectors and observed activity. Make ownership and visibility gaps explicit.
Your deliverableAI inventory & visibility findings
Focus on
what matters.
Translate the findings into risk priorities and proportionate controls, with recommended owners, dependencies and validation steps.
Your deliverablePrioritized AI control roadmap
Your assessment results establish the starting point. Your roadmap sets the next moves.
Your results · The connection to your roadmapSee where you stand.
See where you stand.
Know what needs to change.
Strengths, gaps and unknowns across the five dimensions, supported by your AI inventory and control evidence.
Each finding explains what we observed, why it matters and which action it informs. Business impact determines priority; a maturity score alone does not.
See this finding become a roadmapIllustrative finding · F01Governance + Security
An agent can change customer records without approval.
- Evidence
- An agreed test completes a record change without the required human approval.
- Business impact
- Unauthorized changes could affect customers and business operations.
Next: restrict access, enforce approval, verify the control.Follow F01
Fictional example, not customer results.
Proportionate to your businessPut effort where
Put effort where
the risk is.
A writing assistant and an agent that can move money need different safeguards.
Assess business impact, sensitive data and the authority to act. Your business defines what is critical; security, data and governance teams challenge the assessment.
AI you consumeAI you build
From risk to the right controls
- Critical
- High
- Medium
- Low
Every use case gets a justified risk tier. Mandatory requirements apply at every level.
Turn governance into enforceable controls.
Inventory and ownership. Agent access. Data and tool protection. Release testing. Human approval. Monitoring and recovery.
Control choices follow the assessment. Implementation is scoped separately.
Before you startA few things
A few things
worth knowing.
Is this relevant if we only use third-party AI?
Yes. The framework covers purchased AI, embedded features and custom systems. We examine your use, the data shared, connected tools and the responsibilities you retain.
Do we need to buy another platform?
The assessment is vendor-neutral. Recommendations consider your existing identity, security and operational tools, with additional capabilities identified where needed.
What happens after the assessment?
Your findings feed directly into your AI Clarity Roadmap. Each action connects to a gap, an owner and a way to verify progress. Implementation and ongoing assurance are scoped separately.
How do we agree scope and price?
Start with a conversation about your AI use, priorities and available evidence. Agree the assessment scope, deliverables and fees before work begins.
Your next AI move starts hereMove forward.
Move forward.
With clarity.
Know what needs attention. Give your teams a clear place to start.
Start my AI assessmentA scoping conversation first. An agreed proposal next.