NIST AI RMF 1.0

NIST-AI-RMF-1.0

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework

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GOVERN 1.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.1

Legal and regulatory requirements involving AI are understood, managed, and documented.

GOVERN 1.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.2

The characteristics of trustworthy AI are integrated into organizational policies, processes, procedures, and practices.

GOVERN 1.3 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.3

Processes, procedures, and practices are in place to determine the needed level of risk management activities based on the organization’s risk tolerance.

GOVERN 1.4 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.4

The risk management process and its outcomes are established through transparent policies, procedures, and other controls based on organizational risk priorities.

GOVERN 1.5 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.5

Ongoing monitoring and periodic review of the risk management process and its outcomes are planned and organizational roles and responsibilities clearly defined, including determining the frequency of...

GOVERN 1.6 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.6

Mechanisms are in place to inventory AI systems and are resourced according to organizational risk priorities.

GOVERN 1.7 GOVERN

GOVERN 1.7

Processes and procedures are in place for decommissioning and phasing out AI systems safely and in a manner that does not increase risks or decrease the organization’s trustworthiness.

GOVERN 2.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 2.1

Roles and responsibilities and lines of communication related to mapping, measuring, and managing AI risks are documented and are clear to individuals and teams throughout the organization.

GOVERN 2.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 2.2

The organization’s personnel and partners receive AI risk management training to enable them to perform their duties and responsibilities consistent with related policies, procedures, and agreements.

GOVERN 2.3 GOVERN

GOVERN 2.3

Executive leadership of the organization takes responsibility for decisions about risks associated with AI system development and deployment.

GOVERN 3.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 3.1

Decision-making related to mapping, measuring, and managing AI risks throughout the lifecycle is informed by a diverse team (e.g., diversity of demographics, disciplines, experience, expertise, and ba...

GOVERN 3.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 3.2

Policies and procedures are in place to define and differentiate roles and responsibilities for human-AI configurations and oversight of AI systems.

GOVERN 4.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 4.1

Organizational policies and practices are in place to foster a critical thinking and safety-first mindset in the design, development, deployment, and uses of AI systems to minimize potential negative...

GOVERN 4.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 4.2

Organizational teams document the risks and potential impacts of the AI technology they design, develop, deploy, evaluate, and use, and they communicate about the impacts more broadly.

GOVERN 4.3 GOVERN

GOVERN 4.3

Organizational practices are in place to enable AI testing, identification of incidents, and information sharing.

GOVERN 5.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 5.1

Organizational policies and practices are in place to collect, consider, prioritize, and integrate feedback from those external to the team that developed or deployed the AI system regarding the poten...

GOVERN 5.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 5.2

Mechanisms are established to enable the team that developed or deployed AI systems to regularly incorporate adjudicated feedback from relevant AI actors into system design and implementation.

GOVERN 6.1 GOVERN

GOVERN 6.1

Policies and procedures are in place that address AI risks associated with third-party entities, including risks of infringement of a third-party’s intellectual property or other rights.

GOVERN 6.2 GOVERN

GOVERN 6.2

Contingency processes are in place to handle failures or incidents in third-party data or AI systems deemed to be high-risk.

MANAGE 1.1 MANAGE

MANAGE 1.1

A determination is made as to whether the AI system achieves its intended purposes and stated objectives and whether its development or deployment should proceed.

MANAGE 1.2 MANAGE

MANAGE 1.2

Treatment of documented AI risks is prioritized based on impact, likelihood, and available resources or methods.

MANAGE 1.3 MANAGE

MANAGE 1.3

Responses to the AI risks deemed high priority, as identified by the MAP function, are developed, planned, and documented. Risk response options can include mitigating, transferring, avoiding, or acce...

MANAGE 1.4 MANAGE

MANAGE 1.4

Negative residual risks (defined as the sum of all unmitigated risks) to both downstream acquirers of AI systems and end users are documented.

MANAGE 2.1 MANAGE

MANAGE 2.1

Resources required to manage AI risks are taken into account – along with viable non-AI alternative systems, approaches, or methods – to reduce the magnitude or likelihood of potential impacts.

MANAGE 2.2 MANAGE

MANAGE 2.2

Mechanisms are in place and applied to sustain the value of deployed AI systems.

MANAGE 2.3 MANAGE

MANAGE 2.3

Procedures are followed to respond to and recover from a previously unknown risk when it is identified.

MANAGE 2.4 MANAGE

MANAGE 2.4

Mechanisms are in place and applied, and responsibilities are assigned and understood, to supersede, disengage, or deactivate AI systems that demonstrate performance or outcomes inconsistent with inte...

MANAGE 3.1 MANAGE

MANAGE 3.1

AI risks and benefits from third-party resources are regularly monitored, and risk controls are applied and documented.

MANAGE 3.2 MANAGE

MANAGE 3.2

Pre-trained models which are used for development are monitored as part of AI system regular monitoring and maintenance.

MANAGE 4.1 MANAGE

MANAGE 4.1

Post-deployment AI system monitoring plans are implemented, including mechanisms for capturing and evaluating input from users and other relevant AI actors, appeal and override, decommissioning, incid...

MANAGE 4.2 MANAGE

MANAGE 4.2

Measurable activities for continual improvements are integrated into AI system updates and include regular engagement with interested parties, including relevant AI actors.

MANAGE 4.3 MANAGE

MANAGE 4.3

Incidents and errors are communicated to relevant AI actors, including affected communities. Processes for tracking, responding to, and recovering from incidents and errors are followed and documented...

MAP 1.1 MAP

MAP 1.1

Intended purposes, potentially beneficial uses, contextspecific laws, norms and expectations, and prospective settings in which the AI system will be deployed are understood and documented. Considerat...

MAP 1.2 MAP

MAP 1.2

Interdisciplinary AI actors, competencies, skills, and capacities for establishing context reflect demographic diversity and broad domain and user experience expertise, and their participation is docu...

MAP 1.3 MAP

MAP 1.3

The organization’s mission and relevant goals for AI technology are understood and documented.

MAP 1.4 MAP

MAP 1.4

The business value or context of business use has been clearly defined or – in the case of assessing existing AI systems – re-evaluated.

MAP 1.5 MAP

MAP 1.5

Organizational risk tolerances are determined and documented.

MAP 1.6 MAP

MAP 1.6

System requirements (e.g., “the system shall respect the privacy of its users”) are elicited from and understood by relevant AI actors. Design decisions take socio-technical implications into account...

MAP 2.1 MAP

MAP 2.1

The specific tasks and methods used to implement the tasks that the AI system will support are defined (e.g., classifiers, generative models, recommenders).

MAP 2.2 MAP

MAP 2.2

Information about the AI system’s knowledge limits and how system output may be utilized and overseen by humans is documented. Documentation provides sufficient information to assist relevant AI actor...

MAP 2.3 MAP

MAP 2.3

Scientific integrity and TEVV considerations are identified and documented, including those related to experimental design, data collection and selection (e.g., availability, representativeness, suita...

MAP 3.1 MAP

MAP 3.1

Potential benefits of intended AI system functionality and performance are examined and documented.

MAP 3.2 MAP

MAP 3.2

Potential costs, including non-monetary costs, which result from expected or realized AI errors or system functionality and trustworthiness – as connected to organizational risk tolerance – are examin...

MAP 3.3 MAP

MAP 3.3

Targeted application scope is specified and documented based on the system’s capability, established context, and AI system categorization.

MAP 3.4 MAP

MAP 3.4

Processes for operator and practitioner proficiency with AI system performance and trustworthiness – and relevant technical standards and certifications – are defined, assessed, and documented.

MAP 3.5 MAP

MAP 3.5

Processes for human oversight are defined, assessed, and documented in accordance with organizational policies from the GOVERN function.

MAP 4.1 MAP

MAP 4.1

Approaches for mapping AI technology and legal risks of its components – including the use of third-party data or software – are in place, followed, and documented, as are risks of infringement of a t...

MAP 4.2 MAP

MAP 4.2

Internal risk controls for components of the AI system, including third-party AI technologies, are identified and documented.

MAP 5.1 MAP

MAP 5.1

Likelihood and magnitude of each identified impact (both potentially beneficial and harmful) based on expected use, past uses of AI systems in similar contexts, public incident reports, feedback from...

MAP 5.2 MAP

MAP 5.2

Practices and personnel for supporting regular engagement with relevant AI actors and integrating feedback about positive, negative, and unanticipated impacts are in place and documented.

MEASURE 1.1 MEASURE

MEASURE 1.1

Approaches and metrics for measurement of AI risks enumerated during the MAP function are selected for implementation starting with the most significant AI risks. The risks or trustworthiness characte...

MEASURE 1.2 MEASURE

MEASURE 1.2

Appropriateness of AI metrics and effectiveness of existing controls are regularly assessed and updated, including reports of errors and potential impacts on affected communities.

MEASURE 1.3 MEASURE

MEASURE 1.3

Internal experts who did not serve as front-line developers for the system and/or independent assessors are involved in regular assessments and updates. Domain experts, users, AI actors external to th...

MEASURE 2.1 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.1

Test sets, metrics, and details about the tools used during TEVV are documented.

MEASURE 2.10 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.10

Privacy risk of the AI system – as identified in the MAP function – is examined and documented.

MEASURE 2.11 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.11

Fairness and bias – as identified in the MAP function – are evaluated and results are documented.

MEASURE 2.12 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.12

Environmental impact and sustainability of AI model training and management activities – as identified in the MAP function – are assessed and documented.

MEASURE 2.13 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.13

Effectiveness of the employed TEVV metrics and processes in the MEASURE function are evaluated and documented.

MEASURE 2.2 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.2

Evaluations involving human subjects meet applicable requirements (including human subject protection) and are representative of the relevant population.

MEASURE 2.3 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.3

AI system performance or assurance criteria are measured qualitatively or quantitatively and demonstrated for conditions similar to deployment setting(s). Measures are documented.

MEASURE 2.4 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.4

The functionality and behavior of the AI system and its components – as identified in the MAP function – are monitored when in production.

MEASURE 2.5 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.5

The AI system to be deployed is demonstrated to be valid and reliable. Limitations of the generalizability beyond the conditions under which the technology was developed are documented.

MEASURE 2.6 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.6

The AI system is evaluated regularly for safety risks – as identified in the MAP function. The AI system to be deployed is demonstrated to be safe, its residual negative risk does not exceed the risk...

MEASURE 2.7 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.7

AI system security and resilience – as identified in the MAP function – are evaluated and documented.

MEASURE 2.8 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.8

Risks associated with transparency and accountability – as identified in the MAP function – are examined and documented.

MEASURE 2.9 MEASURE

MEASURE 2.9

The AI model is explained, validated, and documented, and AI system output is interpreted within its context – as identified in the MAP function – to inform responsible use and governance.

MEASURE 3.1 MEASURE

MEASURE 3.1

Approaches, personnel, and documentation are in place to regularly identify and track existing, unanticipated, and emergent AI risks based on factors such as intended and actual performance in deploye...

MEASURE 3.2 MEASURE

MEASURE 3.2

Risk tracking approaches are considered for settings where AI risks are difficult to assess using currently available measurement techniques or where metrics are not yet available.

MEASURE 3.3 MEASURE

MEASURE 3.3

Feedback processes for end users and impacted communities to report problems and appeal system outcomes are established and integrated into AI system evaluation metrics.

MEASURE 4.1 MEASURE

MEASURE 4.1

Measurement approaches for identifying AI risks are connected to deployment context(s) and informed through consultation with domain experts and other end users. Approaches are documented.

MEASURE 4.2 MEASURE

MEASURE 4.2

Measurement results regarding AI system trustworthiness in deployment context(s) and across the AI lifecycle are informed by input from domain experts and relevant AI actors to validate whether the sy...

MEASURE 4.3 MEASURE

MEASURE 4.3

Measurable performance improvements or declines based on consultations with relevant AI actors, including affected communities, and field data about contextrelevant risks and trustworthiness character...