Engagements

Five ways to engage. One of them renews.

Strategy sets the direction. The diagnostic establishes the position. Everything after runs against an examination calendar the institution does not control.

01

AI Strategy & Assessment

Four to six weeks. Where the institution stands and what to fund next.

  • Capability, portfolio and spend assessment
  • Where AI creates enterprise value, prioritised
  • Target operating model and accountability design
  • Capital sequencing and investment case
  • Board-ready roadmap with named decisions
02

ZERO™ Diagnostic

Three to eight weeks. The governance entry point, and the prerequisite for the build.

  • Full inventory — vendor, shadow, agentic
  • Four-tier risk classification
  • Ownership map, named per system
  • Data Readiness Gate score
  • Maturity heatmap and 90-day roadmap
03

ZERO™ Build

Three to six months. Diagnostic first.

  • Board-approved AI governance charter
  • Risk tiering standard and RACI
  • Validation framework, SR 11-7
  • Agentic control layer
  • Continuous monitoring and evidence pipeline
04

ZERO™ Assurance

Annual. Renewed against the examination calendar, not a new decision.

  • Gate and five-stage re-score
  • Independent control validation
  • Vendor AI re-attestation
  • Evidence pack refreshed for examination
  • Board attestation letter
05

Fractional CAIO

Senior accountable AI leadership without a permanent hire. Six-month minimum.

  • Named senior executive, in front of the board
  • Risk and audit committee participation
  • Examiner- and inspector-facing posture
  • Board reporting cadence
  • New-deployment and vendor AI oversight

Engagements are scoped and priced against institution size, portfolio complexity and examination posture. Pricing is discussed in the working session.

The First Ninety Days

Ninety days from now, here is what you hold.

Not a strategy document. Nine artifacts an examiner can be walked through, and a roadmap with named owners against dated actions.
Weeks 1–2

Discovery

  • Enterprise AI register
  • Vendor-embedded sweep
  • Shadow AI surfacing
  • Data readiness gate scored
Weeks 3–5

Classification & ownership

  • Four-tier risk classification
  • Named owner per system
  • Agentic systems tiered separately
  • Accountability map
Weeks 6–8

Gap and posture

  • Gap assessment against L3
  • Monitoring posture, six dimensions
  • Maturity heatmap, all five stages
  • Detailed findings with evidence
Weeks 9–12

Board and roadmap

  • Board-ready executive deck
  • 90-day remediation roadmap
  • Owners against dated actions
  • Examination evidence pack
Common Questions

What institutions ask first

How long does the diagnostic take?Three to eight weeks · nine artifacts · 90-day roadmap
We already have an AI policy. Do we need this?A policy is not an inventory. One institution reported 14 systems; discovery found 41
Which regulations do you map to?SR 11-7 · OCC · NCUA · FFIEC · BCBS 239 · NIST AI RMF · ISO 42001 · EU AI Act
Do you cover agentic AI?Tiered separately by autonomy and blast radius, with decision authority mapped
What if our data is not ready?The gate sequences remediation. Blocked means sequenced, not declined

Your AI governance program may look great on paper. Will it survive a regulatory examination?

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