CISO AI Security Provider Evidence Checklist

Define the protected system and decision boundary

Record the AI system, data, identities, tools, deployment context, and business process in scope before comparing providers. A broad AI-security claim is not evidence of coverage for a specific system.

• System and model inventory
• Human and machine identities
• Data classifications
• Permitted tools and actions
• Business owner and security owner

Map controls to documented risks

Require each proposed control to identify the risk it addresses, where it is enforced, what evidence it produces, and which residual risks remain.

• Preventive and detective controls
• Policy-enforcement location
• Identity and permission model
• Logging and evidence retention
• Residual-risk owner

Test operational evidence

Evaluate integrations, deployment prerequisites, alert quality, failure behavior, administrator controls, and response workflows using the organization’s own representative scenarios.

Set monitoring and reassessment triggers

Document changes that require reassessment, including new models, agents, tools, data sources, permissions, integrations, attack methods, incidents, and material changes in vendor architecture.