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AFFIRM Governance and Compliance Platform

As a government agency responsible for leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), it is crucial to balance AI opportunities with risk management. The recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-24-10, among several others, highlights the need for advanced AI governance, innovation, and risk management. AFFIRM is a SaaS platform purpose-built to support AI governance, risk management, and compliance through automated internal policy reviews, continuous monitoring of AI systems, robust data visualization and reporting, and workflows for risk management.

Key Features:

  • AI Inventory & Use Cases
    • Discover where AI systems are deployed and how they’re being utilized through surveys and automated processes.
    • Prepare for and approve future AI deployments with a use case & AI asset requisition portal.
  • Automated Regulatory Compliance Testing
    • Enables compliance with external governance regulations. AFFIRM allows you to effortlessly upload and test your internal policy documents against external governance requirements on demand. It generates clear reports highlighting any gaps in your policies, providing recommendations for enhancing your policy’s language.
  • Model Compliance Documents
    • Create internal policy documents with AFFIRM’s comprehensive collection of essential templated model documents which include policies, plans, reports, roadmaps, and assessments.
  • Continuous Monitoring of AI Systems
    • Actively tests AI systems using a diverse library of proprietary prompt patterns. AFFIRM conducts continuous or scheduled assessments to gauge AI accuracy, bias, fairness, compliance, and security, ensuring your AI assets function reliably and effectively.
    • Securely integrate with AI systems through APIs and test nearly any AI system.
  • Risk Assessment & Alerts
    • Gain visibility into risks, enabling you to be proactive and informed in your decision making.
    • AFFIRM’s risk matrix identifies and prioritizes potential issues with AI models based on severity and frequency. This enables proactive measures to be taken, ensuring compliance and preventing negative impacts on system and business performance.
  • Data Visualizations, Analytics & Reporting
    • Generate reports for stakeholders to promote transparency and accountability.
    • Archive testing results and document risk mitigation strategies for future reference or external reporting requirements.
    • Provide document assessment scores comparing internal compliance with external governance standards.
    • Receive automated alerts to notify of compliance gaps due to regulatory changes or AI system malfunctions.