With the increasing use, integration and development of Artificial Intelligence Systems, so too has the overhead of managing its Governance Risk and Compliance.
Assent Risk Management offers outsourced AI governance services providing you with access to all our industry experts and providing access to impartial, competent advice around your use and development of AI systems.
Outsourcing your AI governance activities supports your senior leadership who remain ultimately responsible for your company’s impact on individuals, groups and societies.
At a time where AI skills are in high demand, outsourced services provide a cost effective way of implementing policies, monitoring activities and accessing advice to remain compliant with evolving legislation and ethical frameworks.
Independent AI Ethics and Governance CommitteesCutting-Edge Technology
Establishing a committee of stakeholders to review the application of new AI tools, monitor existing AI usage and address stakeholder’s concerns is a core part of your overall AI governance. Assent’s outsourced services can provide an impartial chair and coordinator for this committee, ensuring the latest updates on AI legislation, and other matters are addressed.
Structured Governance through AI Management Systems
Managing AI compliance is easier when you use an established international framework such as ISO 42001. Assent has a proven track record of implementing this management system standard and taking clients through to ISO 42001 Certification.
ISO 42001 Testimonial
Darktrace Adds ISO 42001 to ISO 27001 and ISO 27018
“Darktrace set its sights on becoming one of the first AI cybersecurity vendors to achieve ISO 42001:2023 – a standard that the industry was still trying to get it’s head around at the time we started our journey.
Assent’s support in both implementing a new [AI] management system, and auditing against the requirements of the newly published ISO 42001 standard played a vital role in ensuring Darktrace was ready to proceed with the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits, and ultimately, achieve certification with the British Standards Institution (BSI), amongst some of the first in our industry.”
Alongside ISO 42001, other standards support your overall AI governance includingISO/IEC 23894:2023 for Guidance on AI risk management and ISO 42005 which provides detailed guidance on AI Impact Assessments.
Industry Leading AI Impact Assessments
An AI Impact Assessment is an important tool in understanding the risks and issues around your use of AI. It can also be used to comply with global AI legislation and assure customers their data is managed responsibly.
Assent’s outscoured service ensures your use and development of AI systems is done in a way that minimised the negative impacts on individuals, groups and societies drawing on the international guidance of ISO 42005.
Industry Leading AI Risk Assessments
Assent’s expert consultants can build and maintain an AI risk register for your entire organisation, covering all aspects of your operations both internal and external.
We have developed a register of common AI risks but also refer to the AI Risk Repository from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which has “1600+ risks extracted from 65 existing frameworks and classifications of AI risks”.
However all organisations are different and we fully customise risk registers to your needs.
AI Concerns Helpline
Assent’s Outsource AI Governance service can also provide you with an independent helpline / helpdesk channel where people can raise concerns about your AI usage, which helps to meet international standards and some legislation.
Users can raise general issues anonymously, or as a specific incident that we will work with you to manage. Addressing concerns early can help improve your organisation and prevent bigger impacts occurring.
However, If it escalates further, we can connect you to legal specialists who will manage a case.
AI Legal Compliance
AI legislation continues to evolve, led by the EU AI Act but with others following. As this happens our outsourced AI Governance service will keep you up-to-date using an ISO 42001 legal register which tracks and monitors compliance.
Control of AI Tools
An issue facing many organisations is how to control the use of SaaS and AI tools within their organisation.
It is difficult to implement a technical control to prevent individuals signing up to online tools and putting company data into them but by creating a culture of AI governance we can help you capture the needs of your internal users and manage the tools they are using responsibly.
AI Governance Training
Embedding good AI governance is the responsibility of everyone in your organisation. So bespoke training and awareness activities, as part of our outsourced AI Governance service, will help you ensure everyone is working towards the same goal, while also supporting competence for your teams.
