Cross-cutting AI governance themes

// Cross-cutting

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Each theme groups related obligations across the three frameworks. Click any tile to see them side by side.

governance

Governance & Accountability

Who owns AI risk, policies, roles, leadership commitment.

ISO 42001 · 24NIST AI RMF · 7EU AI Act · 7
risk-management

Risk Management

Identifying, assessing, treating and monitoring AI risks across the lifecycle.

ISO 42001 · 7NIST AI RMF · 7EU AI Act · 5
data-governance

Data Governance

Training/validation/test data quality, bias, provenance, representativeness.

ISO 42001 · 6NIST AI RMF · 3EU AI Act · 1
transparency

Transparency & Information

Disclosure to users, deployers, regulators; AI-generated content labelling.

ISO 42001 · 5NIST AI RMF · 4EU AI Act · 2
human-oversight

Human Oversight

Meaningful human control and ability to intervene or override.

ISO 42001 · 3NIST AI RMF · 4EU AI Act · 2
accuracy-robustness

Accuracy, Robustness & Security

Performance, resilience to errors and adversarial inputs, cybersecurity.

ISO 42001 · 3NIST AI RMF · 6EU AI Act · 2
documentation

Documentation & Records

Technical documentation, logs, evidence and traceability.

ISO 42001 · 8NIST AI RMF · 4EU AI Act · 4
lifecycle

Lifecycle & Change

Design, development, deployment, decommissioning, change management.

ISO 42001 · 11NIST AI RMF · 3EU AI Act · 1
monitoring

Post-market Monitoring & Incidents

Operating phase: drift, incidents, corrective action, reporting.

ISO 42001 · 7NIST AI RMF · 8EU AI Act · 5
impact-assessment

Impact & Fundamental Rights

Assessing impact on people, fundamental rights, fairness.

ISO 42001 · 8NIST AI RMF · 4EU AI Act · 2
third-party

Third Parties & Supply Chain

Suppliers, providers, deployers, GPAI model providers.

ISO 42001 · 3NIST AI RMF · 4EU AI Act · 2
competence

Competence & AI Literacy

Skills, awareness and training of people building or using AI.

ISO 42001 · 3NIST AI RMF · 3EU AI Act · 1