Practice 06 / AI governance
AI Safety, Governance & Procurement Readiness
Buy useful capability with a boundary you can enforce.
The operational risk
Buy useful capability with a boundary you can enforce.
An AI tool connected to email, files or business applications can inherit permissions that were never evaluated as a single operational risk.
“Your information is private, and a human stays in control.”
Make the responsibility visible.
You need the contract, the permission map and a demonstrated stop mechanism. A model’s answer does not prove that its actions stayed within scope.
The B3 deliverable
What you receive
- An inventory of AI use cases, tool connections and non-human identities.
- A review of ingestion, retention, training, deletion and subcontractor terms.
- An access-boundary and human-approval map for consequential actions.
- A vendor evaluation rubric, controlled test plan and stop / rollback evidence requirements.
- An AI decision register with owners, approved uses and procurement acceptance gates.
Who this is for
Executive teams, regulated organizations and procurement leaders introducing AI assistants or agents.
Evidence needed to begin
- AI vendor terms and proposed use cases
- Connected application and permission lists
- Data classification policy
- Approval and incident procedures
Acceptance criteria
A result you can inspect.
Each in-scope use has an owner, permitted inputs and actions, an approval rule, and an evidenced way to stop or reverse work where feasible.
Demonstrate which actions this AI cannot take, who approves exceptions, and how we stop it and revoke its access.Scope this engagement →
Roles and boundaries
This is operational governance and procurement advisory, not a claim that a model is universally safe or a substitute for sector-specific legal review.
Read the buyer guide: AI Vendor Security Checklist for Procurement Teams ↗
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Make the decision with someone on your side.
Start with the decision, the deadline and the evidence you need. We will define a practical scope from there.
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