Hi Everyone. How many tools do you think you are currently using in your organization? This includes SaaS platforms like Grammarly, CanvaAI etc. One CISO recently shared that they thought they had 6 tools and found out they actually had 47.

Connecting poor AI Governance to actual real-world outcomes is a key issue in actually adding value with your AI Governance work. Consider the following questions: - “What’s the most dangerous employee AI behavior you cannot currently see or control?” - “Have you had an incident, near miss, or executive concern tied to AI tool usage?” - “What budget or policy action has already been triggered by this?” This makes CISO's and others perk up as now we have some potential real-world outcomes we can test for likelihood and impact. What do you think? Are these questions useful? What others can we think of?

Back in the days of SOX, assessing a company's Control Environment was a key feature of assessing the quality of controls. AI introduces additional excitement into the mix. So, AI risk management is crucial to a modern control environment because AI systems can go off the rails in unique ways—through bias, data leaks, model drift, or unclear “black box” decisions that old-school controls just don’t catch. By spotting these AI‑specific risks early, companies can add smart controls like data governance rules, human‑in‑the‑loop approvals, and constant model monitoring using frameworks such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework (NIST’s AI RMF). When AI risk management is baked into everyday controls, it turns governance from a box‑ticking exercise into a real‑time safety net for AI experiments. Internal audit and risk teams can stress‑test models, challenge weird outputs, and hold vendors accountable, letting the business move fast with AI while staying fair, compliant, and trustworthy with customers and regulators.

Did anyone get a chance to chat with the AI Governance agent? Give it a try and let me know how it went. Here's the number: 1-835-999-2596

Good day everyone. Our community continues to grow and we are off to a great start. Please take a moment to introduce yourselves so that everyone can get to know you. Check out the Classroom and go spend some time thinking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exercise. Would love to hear what you think. Finally, be sure to give Jessica a call and ask your AI Governance questions.