AI Governance Readiness Assessment

We evaluate your current AI governance maturity and identify gaps across policy, risk management, security, privacy, vendor oversight, documentation, and operational control.

Assessment areas may include:

Current AI usage across departments
Existing AI-related policies and procedures
AI approval and review workflows
Security and privacy controls
Vendor risk management practices
Data handling rules
Employee AI usage expectations
Executive oversight and reporting
AI incident response readiness
Alignment with internal risk and compliance programs

AI Asset Inventory and Use Case Register

Organizations cannot govern what they cannot see.

We help identify and document AI systems, tools, vendors, models, workflows, and use cases across the business.

Inventory may include:

Internal AI tools
Public AI tools used by employees
SaaS platforms with embedded AI
Customer-facing AI systems
Internal copilots and assistants
AI-enabled analytics tools
AI used in development workflows
third-party AI vendors
LLM, RAG, agentic, and automation-based systems
Sensitive data flows connected to AI systems

The result is a clearer view of where AI exists, who owns it, what data it touches, and what risk it introduces.

AI Acceptable Use Policy

We create or refine practical AI acceptable use policies that employees can understand and follow.

Policy areas may include:

Approved and prohibited AI use
Sensitive data restrictions
Customer data handling
Confidential business information
Intellectual property protections
Employee accountability
Human review requirements
AI-generated content rules
Code generation and software development use Public AI tool usage
Escalation and exception handling

The goal is not to slow AI adoption. The goal is to prevent avoidable mistakes that create legal, privacy, security, or reputational exposure.

AI Risk Assessment

We help assess AI risks by use case, business impact, data sensitivity, system exposure, and control maturity.

Risk areas may include:

Sensitive data leakage
Unauthorized access or excessive permissions
Unreliable or misleading outputs
Customer-impacting decisions
Operational dependency on ai outputs
Vendor and third-party ai risk
Model misuse or abuse
Privacy and confidentiality exposure
Intellectual property risk
Compliance and audit risk
Lack of human oversight
Unsafe automation or agentic actions

Each risk is documented in a way leadership, security, compliance, legal, and technical teams can act on.

AI Risk Register Development

We help organizations create an AI risk register that tracks risk ownership, likelihood, impact, control status, remediation plans, and review cadence.

A practical AI risk register may include:

AI system or use case name
Business owner
Technical owner
Data classification
Risk description
Affected stakeholders
Likelihood and impact
Existing controls
Control gaps
Remediation plan
Target date
Residual risk
Approval status
Review frequency

This gives leadership a structured view of AI exposure instead of scattered concerns and informal decisions.

AI Policy and Procedure Development

Digital Warfare can create or update AI governance documentation to fit your operating environment.

Common documents include:

AI Governance Policy
AI Acceptable Use Policy
Generative AI Usage Policy
AI Risk Management Procedure
AI Vendor Review Procedure
AI System Approval Procedure
AI Data Handling Standard
AI Incident Response Procedure
AI Human Oversight Procedure
AI Logging and Monitoring Standard
AI Model and Use Case Inventory Procedure
AI Exception Management Procedure

Each document is written to be usable by real teams, not just filed away for compliance.

AI Vendor Risk Management

Many organizations inherit AI risk through third-party vendors and SaaS platforms.

We help review AI vendors and AI-enabled services for security, privacy, contractual, operational, and governance concerns.

Vendor review areas may include:

AI functionality and data usage
Customer data processing
Model training and retention practices
Data sharing and sub-processors
Privacy and confidentiality controls
Security documentation
Access control and logging
Breach notification expectations
AI output reliability and limitations
Contractual protections
Regulatory and customer assurance needs
Exit strategy and data deletion expectations

This helps procurement, legal, security, and compliance teams make better decisions before AI vendors become embedded in business operations.

Shadow AI Discovery and Control

Employees often adopt AI tools before the organization has approved them.

We help organizations identify and manage shadow AI risk through policy, discovery, education, control design, and approval workflows.

Focus areas include:

Public AI tool usage
Browser-based AI tools
Employee productivity tools
Unsanctioned AI plugins
AI features inside SaaS platforms
Unapproved data uploads
Confidential information exposure
Business unit exceptions
Approved tool alternatives
Escalation and review process

The goal is not to punish innovation. The goal is to give employees safe, approved paths for using AI.

AI Control Framework Mapping

We help map AI governance controls to existing security, privacy, and compliance programs.

Depending on your environment, mapping may support::

NIST AI RMF
ISO/IEC 42001 readiness
NIST CSF
NIST SP 800-53r5
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Privacy programs
Vendor risk programs
Secure sdlc programs
Internal audit requirements
Board reporting expectations

This helps your organization show that AI risk is being managed through recognizable, structured controls.

AI Incident Response Readiness

AI-related incidents require clear escalation paths, technical review, legal input, communications planning, and business decision-making.

We help define how your organization should respond to AI-related events such as:

Sensitive data entered into unauthorized AI tools
AI system data exposure
Prompt injection or AI workflow abuse
Unauthorized AI tool actions
Incorrect AI outputs causing business impact
Vendor AI incidents
Customer-facing AI failures
Model or retrieval manipulation
Unexpected AI behavior
Policy violations involving AI systems

Your incident response process should account for AI-specific evidence, ownership, containment, communications, and remediation.

Human Oversight and Accountability

AI governance should make clear where human review is required, who is accountable, and when AI outputs cannot be used without validation.

We help define oversight expectations for:

Customer-impacting outputs
Regulated or sensitive decisions
Financial, legal, healthcare, security, or hr-related use cases
Ai-generated code
Ai-generated reports or analysis
Automated workflows
Agentic systems with tool access
High-risk ai use cases
Exceptions and escalations

Human oversight reduces reliance on blind automation and helps preserve accountability.