AI Governance & Security Advisory

Governing AI
with Precision
& Purpose

Governance that keeps AI on course

Expert advisory services at the intersection of AI governance, security, risk management, and regulatory compliance — helping organizations build trustworthy, resilient, and compliant AI ecosystems.

AI GOVERNANCE AI RISK MGMT AI SECURITY AI ARCHITECTURE AI SOLUTIONS COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAM MGMT Ethos AI

Service Areas

Four Pillars of
AI Advisory Excellence

A comprehensive, end-to-end advisory practice covering every dimension of enterprise AI — from governance design and risk management through security architecture and regulatory compliance certification.

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AI Governance & Program Management
1.01
Organization's AI Readiness
Assess your organization across people, processes, data, and technology to establish an AI adoption baseline and readiness score.
1.02
Establishing AI Steering Committee
Design and launch a cross-functional AI Steering Committee with defined charters, decision rights, escalation paths, and executive sponsorship.
1.03
AI Standards, Frameworks & Regulations
Map applicable global AI standards — NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act — and regulatory obligations to your organization's AI portfolio.
1.04
AI Use Cases & Priorities
Identify, catalogue, and prioritize AI use cases against strategic business objectives, risk tolerance, and implementation feasibility.
1.05
Business Cases & Objectives
Document structured business cases for AI initiatives, linking expected outcomes, value drivers, resource requirements, and success criteria.
1.06
AI Acceptable Use Policy Development
Draft and deploy enterprise AI Acceptable Use Policies aligned to organizational values, legal requirements, and industry-specific obligations.
1.07
AI Asset & Data Lifecycle Management
Establish governance controls for AI model inventories, training data lineage, versioning, deprecation, and data lifecycle compliance.
1.08
AI Security Program Development
Build and manage a purpose-built AI Security Program covering policies, controls, roles, and continuous improvement mechanisms.
1.09
AI KPIs & KRIs
Define meaningful Key Performance and Key Risk Indicators for AI governance, enabling data-driven executive oversight and board reporting.
1.10
Business Continuity & Incident Response
Develop AI-specific business continuity plans and incident response playbooks covering model failures, adversarial attacks, and data breaches.
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AI Risk Management
2.01
Integration with Existing Risk Management
Align AI risk processes with your existing ERM framework — mapping AI risks to established taxonomies, appetite statements, and reporting structures.
2.02
AI Risk Assessment
Conduct structured AI risk assessments aligned to use cases and business objectives, leveraging NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act risk tiers, and ISO 42001 as evaluation lenses.
2.03
AI Threat Modeling
Apply systematic threat modeling to AI systems — identifying adversarial attack surfaces, data poisoning risks, model inversion threats, and inference-time vulnerabilities.
2.04
AI Vendor Management & Supply Chain Risk
Assess third-party AI vendors, foundation model providers, and AI supply chain dependencies against security, compliance, and concentration risk criteria.
03
🛡️
AI Security Architecture & Controls
3.01
AI Security Architecture & Design Strategy
Design secure-by-default AI system architectures covering model hosting, inference infrastructure, API security, and data isolation across cloud and on-premise environments.
3.02
AI Security Across the DevSecOps Continuum
Infuse AI security mandates into CI/CD pipelines, MLOps workflows, and software development lifecycles — ensuring security gates from model training through production deployment.
3.03
AI Data Management Controls & Mitigation
Assess data management controls across ingestion, labeling, storage, and access — delivering a prioritized mitigation roadmap for data quality, privacy, and integrity risks.
3.04
AI Security Controls & Continuous Monitoring
Implement and assess AI security controls aligned to NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP GenAI Security Project Top 10 for LLMs and GenAI systems.
3.05
AI Security Awareness Training
Deliver tailored AI security awareness programs built around your organization's specific policies, AI use cases, and threat landscape — not generic off-the-shelf content.
04
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AI Compliance & Audit Readiness
4.01
EU AI Act Compliance & Risk Classification
Classify your AI systems under EU AI Act risk tiers (unacceptable, high, limited, minimal), assess conformity obligations, and build the technical documentation, human oversight controls, and transparency requirements mandated for each tier.
4.02
US AI Regulatory Readiness
Track and assess exposure to emerging US federal AI legislation — including risk-based frameworks introduced in Congress — and align your AI governance posture to the evolving unified federal AI compliance landscape.
4.03
ISO 42001 Certification Readiness
Guide organizations through ISO/IEC 42001 compliance via a three-phase engagement: pre-audit readiness assessment, prioritized gap mitigation roadmap, and hands-on implementation support through formal certification audit.
4.04
Sector-Specific AI Compliance
Address AI compliance obligations specific to your industry — including HIPAA and FDA SaMD guidance for healthcare, FFIEC and OCC expectations for financial services, and FTC AI fairness and transparency requirements.

Why Choose Us

A Team Built for the
Age of AI

Ethos AI is not a solo practice — it is a multidisciplinary team of seasoned professionals who collectively bring deep expertise across AI governance, cybersecurity, solution engineering, AI architecture, and program management. We combine strategic advisory with hands-on implementation capability, giving clients a single trusted partner from policy to production.

20+
Avg. Years per Practitioner
CybersecurityProgram ManagementRisk ManagementIT GovernanceCompliance ManagementAI GovernanceAI Solutions DevelopmentAI ArchitectureSecurity & Awareness TrainingSecurity Operations
8
Core Practice Disciplines
AI GovernanceAI Risk ManagementAI Security ManagementAI ArchitectureAI Solution EngineeringCompliance ManagementTraining & EnablementProgram Management
Top-Tier
Consulting Pedigree
Team alumni from leading global consulting, financial services, and enterprise technology organizations.
100%
AI-Focused Practice
Unlike generalist firms, every Ethos AI engagement is dedicated exclusively to AI governance and security.Industry-Leading CertificationsISACA - AAISM, CISM, CISA, CRISCIAPP - AIGPISC2 - CISSPISO 42001PMI - PMPAI Architecture
Founders
Entrepreneurial Pedigree
Our team includes entrepreneurs who have built and successfully exited their own businesses — bringing founder-level strategic thinking and real-world accountability to every engagement.

Our Practice Capabilities
Eight areas of deep expertise
⚖️
AI Governance & Policy
Experienced governance professionals who have designed and implemented enterprise AI governance frameworks across regulated industries.
Policy DesignOversight StructuresEthics Boards
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AI Risk Management
Risk practitioners with deep experience integrating AI risk into enterprise ERM frameworks, threat modeling, and regulatory risk assessments.
ERM IntegrationThreat ModelingVendor Risk
🛡️
Cybersecurity Professionals
Certified cybersecurity experts bringing hands-on offensive and defensive security experience to AI-specific attack surfaces and control design.
NIST AI RMFMITRE ATLASRed Teaming
🧠
AI Architects
Seasoned AI and enterprise architects who design secure, scalable AI system blueprints aligned to governance requirements and business objectives.
System DesignAI BlueprintsScalability
🏗️
AI Solution Developers
Engineers who build and secure AI solutions, bringing practitioner-level insight into MLOps, LLM integration, and AI pipeline hardening.
MLOpsLLM SecurityDevSecOps
📑
Regulatory & Compliance
Compliance specialists fluent in global AI regulations — EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST, HIPAA, FFIEC — enabling defensible, audit-ready compliance postures.
EU AI ActISO 42001Audit Readiness
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Program Management
Experienced PMs and delivery leads who translate advisory recommendations into executable roadmaps and keep engagements on track and on scope.
Roadmap ExecutionStakeholder MgmtDelivery
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Training & Enablement
Educators who build and deliver bespoke AI security and governance awareness programs tailored to each organization's policies and threat landscape.
Custom CurriculumExecutive BriefingsWorkshops
How We Work

A Structured Path to
AI Confidence

Every engagement follows a proven methodology — rigorous enough to be defensible, flexible enough to fit your organization's context and maturity.

01
Discovery & Scoping
Stakeholder interviews, AI inventory, regulatory context mapping, and engagement charter definition.
02
Current State Assessment
Evidence collection, control testing, maturity benchmarking, and risk identification across all in-scope AI systems.
03
Gap Analysis & Risk Ranking
Prioritized findings mapped to business risk, regulatory exposure, and technical debt with likelihood and impact scoring.
04
Roadmap & Recommendations
Phased remediation plan with quick wins, strategic initiatives, ownership assignments, and measurable success metrics.
05
Executive Readout & Support
Board-ready report, executive briefing, and optional ongoing advisory to support implementation execution.
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AI Governance Journey

Whether you're establishing your first AI governance program or preparing for ISO 42001 certification, Ethos AI meets you where you are — and builds toward where you need to be.

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