AI governance and security
AI Security Consulting
Govern the risk, test the system and secure the implementation before an AI capability becomes a production dependency.
The engagement
Govern the system and test its behavior
AI security is not one control. It spans the business decision to use AI, the data and models selected, the way the application grants access and invokes tools, and the evidence retained when the system behaves unexpectedly.
GDF separates governance questions from technical testing while keeping both in one risk record. The engagement can assess AI use and accountability, examine an architecture before deployment, or red-team an authorized model and AI-enabled application. Findings identify the tested conditions, observed behavior, business consequence and the limits of the assessment.
Scope
AI governance and accountability
Inventory AI uses, owners, decision rights, approval paths, risk tolerances and the evidence required for oversight.
AI risk assessment
Map risks to the use case, affected people, data, model, provider, operating environment and business consequence.
Architecture and implementation security
Review data flows, identity, authorization, model endpoints, retrieval, tool use, output handling, secrets, logging and environment boundaries.
Model and application red teaming
Test authorized AI behavior for prompt injection, data exposure, boundary failures, unsafe tool actions and other scoped abuse paths.
Data and supply-chain review
Examine training, retrieval and evaluation data handling together with model, library, provider and deployment dependencies.
Production assurance
Define security evaluations, release gates, monitoring, incident handling and retesting that continue after the initial implementation.
Methodology
How the assessment runs
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Govern
Identify accountable owners, use cases, affected parties, risk tolerances and the decisions the assessment must support.
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Map
Document models, data, providers, users, trust boundaries, connected tools and plausible misuse or failure paths.
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Test
Review the implementation and perform authorized technical tests with defined safety, privacy and data-handling limits.
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Manage
Prioritize fixes, define evidence for release and monitoring, and retest the conditions selected for closure.
Evidence commonly examined
Evidence reviewed
- AI use-case and system inventory
- Architecture, trust-boundary and data-flow records
- Model, provider and deployment configurations
- Prompts, retrieval sources, tool definitions and access controls
- Evaluation results, application logs and incident records
- Vendor terms, data-handling rules and approval records
What you can expect
What you receive
- AI governance and risk register
- Threat model and implementation review
- Validated red-team findings with reproducible evidence
- Prioritized remediation, release-gate and monitoring plan
Frequently asked
Common questions
Is this a governance review or a technical security test?
It can be either or both. The scope separates governance and risk work from architecture review and technical red teaming, then connects the findings in one decision record.
Do you red-team third-party models?
Where the provider terms, authorization and technical access permit it, testing can cover the AI-enabled application and the model behavior exposed through that implementation. The report states which layer was tested.
Can you review an AI system before production?
Yes. Pre-deployment work can review architecture, data flows, access controls, evaluations, logging and incident plans, followed by controlled testing in a suitable environment.
Does a passing assessment prove the AI system is safe?
No. AI behavior, data, models and integrations change. The assessment states its scope and period, and the assurance plan defines what should be monitored and retested.
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Talk with an examiner
Discuss the matter and the next step.
Call to discuss timing, scope and the safest way to share information. Do not send evidence or credentials by email.
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