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AI governance services
AI governance is how organisations deploy AI lawfully and safely: an inventory of AI systems, risk classification under the EU AI Act, and the policies, registers and technical documentation that regulators, customers and boards now expect to see.
Why AI governance is now a board-level obligation
Binding law, staged deadlines
The EU AI Act is in force and its obligations arrive in stages — prohibitions and AI literacy first, general-purpose AI and high-risk obligations following. Waiting for the final deadline leaves no time to build evidence.
GDPR still applies
Wherever AI touches personal data, GDPR duties — lawful basis, DPIAs, transparency, data subject rights — run in parallel with AI Act obligations. One governance programme should produce evidence for both.
Customers ask first
Procurement and vendor-risk teams already ask for AI usage policies, system inventories and risk classifications. Good governance answers questionnaires before they stall your deals.
AI governance services
The pillar is expanding: readiness assessments, AI system inventories, risk classification and governance frameworks are in build. Available now:
Works alongside your privacy and security programme
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA / DPIA)
DPIAs remain mandatory where AI processes personal data — AI Act duties sit alongside them, not instead of them.
GDPR Compliance Audits & Gap Analyses
Most AI governance findings trace back to data governance. An audit baselines both at once.
Initial Cybersecurity Audit
Article 15 of the AI Act expects accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity — evidence starts here.
Questions, answered
What is AI governance?
AI governance is the set of policies, roles, registers and controls an organisation uses to deploy AI systems lawfully and safely. In the EU and UK it now has a hard legal edge: the EU AI Act imposes binding obligations by risk class, and the GDPR continues to apply wherever AI processes personal data.
Does the EU AI Act apply to my organisation?
If you place AI systems on the EU market, deploy them in the EU, or their outputs are used in the EU, the Act can apply — including to providers and deployers established outside the EU. Obligations depend on whether a system is prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk or minimal-risk.
How does AI governance relate to GDPR compliance?
They overlap but neither replaces the other. Where an AI system processes personal data you typically need a DPIA under the GDPR and, separately, AI Act obligations tied to the system's risk class. We run both from a single inventory of your AI systems so evidence is produced once and reused.