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AI governance templates organize inventories, risk registers, readiness checklists, supplier evidence, management review inputs, and corrective actions.

Who this category is for

Operations, GRC, security, procurement, product, and management teams building the first practical AI governance baseline.

Operational problem

AI systems, vendors, risks, and owners are discussed informally, but there is no durable record for prioritizing risk or showing management what needs action.

What this category covers

  • AI inventories
  • risk registers
  • ISO 42001 gap checks
  • EU AI Act readiness records
  • management-review evidence

Starting point

Choose the right first template

You know the use cases but not the risk priorities.

Start with: AI Risk Register and Assessment Template

You need management-system gap visibility.

Start with: ISO 42001 Gap Checklist for Small Teams

You need facts organized before legal or regulatory review.

Start with: EU AI Act Lite Readiness Checklist

Buying decision

What to decide before choosing a template

  • Whether the immediate need is an inventory, a risk register, an ISO 42001 gap review, or an EU AI Act readiness screen.
  • Which uses involve sensitive data, customer-facing output, high-impact decisions, or regulated workflows.
  • Which risks can be accepted, restricted, escalated, or blocked.
  • Which records management needs for review, monitoring, and corrective action.

Implementation path

How teams usually start

  1. Create an AI inventory with owners, purpose, data categories, vendors, output use, and review dates.
  2. Score risk using data exposure, decision impact, vendor dependency, human oversight, and control strength.
  3. Collect vendor and supplier evidence for externally provided AI tools.
  4. Turn high-priority gaps into corrective actions with owners, dates, evidence, and review status.

Related guidance

Plan the workflow before buying

AI risk register template

How to create an AI risk register that shows use cases, owners, data categories, decision impact, controls, and residual risk.

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ISO 42001 checklist and gap assessment template for small teams

ISO/IEC 42001 gap checklist for small teams: AI policy, roles, inventory, risk assessment, vendor review, monitoring, incidents, and management review, with an editable gap tracker.

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EU AI Act compliance checklist and templates for SMEs (2026)

Step-by-step EU AI Act checklist for small and mid-size companies: AI inventory, provider vs deployer role, AI literacy, Article 50 transparency, vendor records. Free checker plus editable templates.

Read the guide

AI governance for SMBs

Build a lightweight governance baseline with AI inventory, risk register, policy, training, and vendor review.

See the use case

AI tool approval workflow

Standardize AI tool requests, approvals, restrictions, evidence, owners, and review dates.

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Results

3 products

AI Risk Register and Assessment Template governance template previewGovernance

AI governance / AI Governance Kits

Entry product

AI Risk Register and Assessment Template

A structured AI risk register and assessment worksheet for ranking AI use cases by data exposure, impact, human review, vendor dependency, and control strength.

$199

Governance worksheet
Review product
EU AI Act Readiness Pack — 2026 Edition governance template previewGovernance

AI governance / AI Governance Kits

Entry product

EU AI Act Readiness Pack — 2026 Edition

A practical, non-legal operating pack for companies that need to inventory AI use, assign owners, assess Article 50 transparency triggers, and prepare evidence for EU AI Act review.

$249

EU AI Act readiness pack
Review product
ISO 42001 Gap Checklist for Small Teams governance template previewGovernance

AI governance / AI Governance Kits

Entry product

ISO 42001 Gap Checklist for Small Teams

A simplified ISO 42001-oriented gap checklist for small teams that want to understand AI management-system expectations before formal certification work.

$299

Gap checklist
Review product