AI Governance

AI Governance Framework & Controls

Turn AI principles into a working control system.

Praxis Cyber helps leadership teams define who owns AI decisions, which tools and data are allowed, how use cases move through review, and what evidence should be retained as adoption scales.

Advisory focus

AI steering & approvals

Principles, risk & controls

Lifecycle stage gates

Metrics & evidence

OPERATING MODEL

A governance board your teams can actually run.

Instead of another policy pack, the framework becomes a live operating model: clear decision rights, practical rules, approval gates, control evidence and metrics that leaders can use to steer AI adoption.

Control signal

Good governance makes AI use visible enough to approve, monitor and improve. The page below is structured around that signal: what is being used, who decides, which controls apply and what evidence exists.

The oversight loop

A practical AI governance framework needs repeatable movement from discovery to decision to evidence. Each stage creates an artefact the organisation can keep using.

01

Register

Capture AI tools, vendors, data types and use cases before adoption becomes informal.

02

Review

Assess risk, security, privacy, legal and business context with clear escalation rules.

03

Approve

Define accountable owners, guardrails, acceptable use and required controls.

04

Evidence

Track metrics, residual risk and control records for leadership and audit confidence.

Decision rights

Define who evaluates AI use cases, resolves conflicts, approves exceptions and owns ongoing oversight.

RACI

Thresholds

Escalations

Use-case lifecycle

Create stage gates for intake, assessment, approval, implementation and monitoring.

Intake

Review

Monitor

Clear rules

Keep acceptable use, approved tools, data handling and development standards simple enough for teams to follow.

Policy

Standards

Baseline controls

Translate responsible AI principles into security, privacy, access, logging, vendor and data controls.

Security

Privacy

Vendor

Evidence model

Retain proof that AI decisions, exceptions, control checks and outcomes are visible to leadership.

Metrics

Reports

Records

Consultants reviewing documents and a laptop while defining governance controls

Practical outcome

Rules, owners and evidence in one framework.

Practical AI governance connects decision rights, ethical principles, policies, lifecycle controls and measurable oversight.

Rules

Owners

Controls

Evidence

Overview

Build the operating model for governed AI adoption.

Good AI governance turns broad principles into operating structures. We help you define who approves AI use, what tools and data are allowed, how use cases move through review, and what evidence should be retained.

What becomes clearer

Who approves use cases, what data is allowed, and which controls apply by risk tier.

What happens next

A practical framework, policy set and evidence trail that teams can use after the workshop.

GOVERNANCE CADENCE

A rhythm for decisions, controls and evidence.

The framework should not stop at launch. We help teams establish a repeatable cadence so AI tools, use cases, controls and exceptions are kept current as the organisation learns.

01

Intake

Register AI tools, vendors, data types and business owners before adoption becomes informal.

02

Assess

Triage security, privacy, legal and business risk with clear approval thresholds.

03

Control

Apply baseline controls for access, data handling, vendor use, monitoring and exceptions.

04

Improve

Review metrics, incidents, benefits and residual risk so governance matures with adoption.

The outcomes

Governance that scales with AI adoption.

The service gives leadership a clear line of sight while giving teams rules they can actually use.

AI steering committee roles and decision rights

Acceptable use rules and approved tool guidance

Lifecycle stage gates for AI features, vendors and use cases

Baseline controls linked to data, access, privacy and security risk

Metrics and evidence for oversight, reporting and future ISO 42001 readiness

A framework that connects principles, risks, controls and evidence.

01

Principles

Anchor decisions in responsible AI expectations.

02

Risks

Identify what can go wrong by use case.

03

Controls

Apply baseline and risk-tiered safeguards.

04

Evidence

Record decisions, metrics and assurance outputs.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions before you start.

A few practical points that usually come up before an AI governance engagement.

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No. Policy is one output. The engagement also defines governance roles, use-case review, baseline controls, lifecycle touchpoints and evidence routines.

It should make adoption easier by replacing ad hoc approvals with clear pathways for low, medium and higher-risk use cases.

Typically cyber, IT, data, privacy/legal, risk, HR, procurement, operations and business owners with active AI use cases.

Yes. It creates practical foundations for an AI management system, including ownership, policies, controls, metrics and documented decisions.

Next step

Ready to turn AI principles into working controls?

We’ll help you shape a pragmatic AI governance framework, define accountable owners and create evidence your teams can keep using.

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