AI governance toolkit for software delivery teams.
A decision framework and control library for governing AI in regulated software delivery — built for risk, compliance, and engineering leaders.
Translate AI usage into board-level decisions. Classify risk, identify controls, and decide whether a use-case is allowed — all aligned to EU AI Act, NIST RMF, and ISO standards.
- Green AI supports code drafts and documentation with no sensitive data.
- Amber AI may operate inside private tenants with logging, redaction, and retention controls.
- Red No client data goes to public AI services. Ever.
What is AI governance?
For those new to the space — a quick orientation before diving into decisions.
The problem
AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude are being adopted faster than organizations can govern them. Every prompt is an outbound data channel. Every output needs review. Without structure, you get shadow AI, data leakage, and audit failures.
What governance means
AI governance is the set of policies, controls, and processes that ensure AI is used responsibly. It covers who can use AI, what data can be processed, how outputs are reviewed, and how decisions are documented for audit.
Why it matters now
The EU AI Act is now law. Regulators expect evidence of risk classification, human oversight, and data protection. Financial services, healthcare, and public sector organizations face the highest scrutiny.
What this site does
This is a practical toolkit — not theory. Use it to classify AI use-cases, identify required controls, generate policy templates, and build audit-ready evidence. Designed for teams that need to move fast without breaking compliance.
Senior developers lead
The most successful teams treat AI as a junior producer. Seniors define intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria, then redirect until the output is auditable.
Regulated boundaries
Banks, insurers, audit, and funds can adopt AI safely when data classification dictates the deployment model, not convenience.
Data leakage is structural
Every prompt leaves your device, creating a permanent record. Scale does not reduce risk; it makes exposure statistically visible.
Aligned to recognized standards
Controls and guidance mapped to the frameworks regulators and auditors expect.
EU AI Act
Risk-based classification, transparency, and accountability requirements for AI systems in the European Union.
View guidance →NIST AI RMF
US framework for managing AI risks across the lifecycle: govern, map, measure, manage.
View framework ↗ISO/IEC 42001
International standard for AI management systems with controls for responsible development.
View framework ↗How we align: Each control in our library maps to specific requirements in these frameworks. The Controls page shows which standard each control satisfies.
Start here
Use the decision flow to classify risk, identify controls, and decide whether a use-case is allowed.
Industry → Data type → Deployment → Purpose → Decision
Launch decision flowWhat this site covers
AI Guidance Academy
Role-based tracks that combine learning paths, decision flows, and governance outputs.
Enter the academyUse-case library
Industry-specific patterns with risk ratings, deployment guidance, and controls.
Explore use casesLearning paths
Executive modules on data leakage, operating model, and audit-ready controls.
View learning pathsGovernance pack
Copy-ready policy templates, risk questionnaires, and acceptable use matrix.
Open governance packEU AI Act guide
Practical summary of requirements, risk classification, and implementation checklist.
Read EU AI Act guideGovernance essentials
These controls are the minimum for approving AI in regulated delivery pipelines.
AI use follows data tiering, not user preference.
EU AI Act Art. 10 · NIST MapRedaction, retention, and logging by policy.
ISO 42001 A.6 · NIST ManageEvery AI action is attributable and reviewable.
EU AI Act Art. 12 · NIST GovernWho this is for
Risk & Compliance
Approve use-cases, define policies, evidence controls
Engineering Leaders
Operate AI safely, enforce guardrails, review outputs
Executives
Understand risk, approve budgets, report to board
Audit & Assurance
Verify controls, review evidence, assess compliance