--- title: AI Governance --- [![](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/OFFICIAL%20Finosec%20Logo%20Green%20transparent%20horz%20HALF-SIZE%20for%20email%20signatures.png?width=190&height=38&name=OFFICIAL%20Finosec%20Logo%20Green%20transparent%20horz%20HALF-SIZE%20for%20email%20signatures.png)](http://finosec.com) # AI GOVERNANCE ## Your vendors already have AI. Now you can govern it. See every AI system in one inventory, watch risk score itself, and walk into your next exam already prepared. [See What's Included](https://info.finosec.com/?hsLang=en#lead-form) Already a customer? Ask your account manager about adding AI Governance. ![ai-governance](https://info.finosec.com/hubfs/ai-governance.png "ai-governance") ## The state of AI governance Every security officer is expected to have the full picture. Most do not. - AI arrived without a decision. Vendors switch on new features inside products your institution already owns. - Staff are already using AI tools that nobody approved. - The inventory, if one exists, is a spreadsheet that gets updated when someone remembers. - When the board or an examiner asks where AI is being used, there is no complete answer. - Assessment happens once, in a document, with nothing operational behind it. --- ### Why the frameworks alone don't solve it NIST publishes the AI Risk Management Framework. CIS has added AI companion guidance to its Controls. Both assume an organization with people assigned to the problem full time. Most institutions have one Information Security Officer and no AI specialist, and need the same rigor in a form one person can actually work through. ## What Finosec’s AI Governance does Five capabilities drawn from the system map, vendors, and controls you already maintain.   ![finosec-icon](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finosec-icon.png?width=77&height=88&name=finosec-icon.png) #### One inventory, drawn from the map you already maintain Flag a system as using AI on your Finosec system map and it appears in the AI inventory automatically, with vendor, purpose, assessment status, and last-reviewed date already attached. Add what the map does not cover, and archive what you retire. ![finosec-icon](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finosec-icon.png?width=77&height=88&name=finosec-icon.png) #### Plain-language questions, with the framework work already done Nine governance categories, three questions each, grouped as Prevent, Govern, and Verify. Every question notes what to look for and cites its NIST AI RMF and NIST CSF 2.0 reference, and categories that do not apply to a system are marked so automatically. ![finosec-icon](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finosec-icon.png?width=77&height=88&name=finosec-icon.png) #### Risk that is derived, never hand-rated Classify a system by what it does and which data it can reach, and Finosec calculates inherent and residual risk from there, so no one types in a score. Open any system to see what drove its rating, and pull governance, inventory, controls, provider access, or board risk reports on demand, scoped by system type and status. ![finosec-icon](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finosec-icon.png?width=77&height=88&name=finosec-icon.png) #### Vendor and provider governance in one exercise The same questions your assessment uses are already phrased for the provider. Generate a vendor questionnaire for one system or every in-scope vendor, maintain your approved AI provider list, and see which systems call each provider, which data types it reaches, and where write or delete access has been granted. ![finosec-icon](https://info.finosec.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finosec-icon.png?width=77&height=88&name=finosec-icon.png) #### Credit for the AI controls you already run An institution-level AI control register tracks the accountable owner, status, adequacy, test date, evidence, and history for each control. Existing information security control answers count toward AI coverage through a CIS v8.1 and NIST CSF 2.0 crosswalk, so a mature program starts partly complete. An AI governance policy template is included. ## Frequently asked questions ### Do we need AI expertise on staff to use this? No. The questions are written in plain language, each one explains what to look for, and each cites the framework it comes from. The people who already work your vendor reviews and control assessments can work this. ### Is this overkill for an institution our size? It scales to what you actually run. A system is only assessed against the categories its type calls for, and the rest are marked not applicable automatically. An institution with three AI systems answers far fewer questions than one with thirty. ### Is this another module to learn from scratch? No. Same login, same data. Your AI systems come from the system map you already maintain, your vendors come from Vendor Risk Management, and your existing control answers carry forward. You refine what is already there instead of starting from a blank assessment. ### What about AI that nobody approved? The module gives undocumented AI a place to live once you find it: add the system, classify it, assess it, and it enters the same inventory and reporting as everything else. Automated discovery of unapproved AI is not part of the module today. We will say plainly if and when that changes. ### Will our vendors actually answer these questions? The questionnaire is built from the same question set you assess against, phrased as questions for the provider and carrying its framework references, so it reads as standard due diligence rather than a custom ask. You can generate it per system or for all in-scope vendors at once. ### Can we tell what an AI provider is able to reach? Yes. Every internal connection records which approved provider it calls and what access it has been granted, per data type, at read, write, or delete. You can see write and delete grants across the institution in one view. AI Governance documents and evidences that access. It does not broker or block it at the network level. ### Does this validate our models or test our AI for security flaws? No. AI Governance covers governance of AI use: where AI is, what it touches, who is accountable, and which controls are in place. Model validation, model testing, and technical AI security testing such as prompt-injection testing or red-teaming are outside the module. ### Is this a consulting service? No. AI Governance is software. It structures, scores, and reports your AI governance program from data already in the platform. Exam readiness follows from doing that work, rather than from an engagement. ## See What's Included in AI Governance Share a few details and we will pass them to your account team. This tells us you are interested. It does not schedule a call or start a change to your account. Prefer to talk first? Ask your account manager about adding AI Governance, or call [770.268.2765](tel:7702682765). Copyright © 2026 Finosec. 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