Canonical Topic
AISM AI Risk Assessment
AISM AI Risk Assessment Definition AI risk assessment identifies and evaluates risks associated with AI enabled services. Requirement Intent The organization should identify risks related to AI service design, deployment
Definition
AI risk assessment identifies and evaluates risks associated with AI-enabled services.
Why It Matters
AI risks can emerge from autonomy, data limitations, hidden assumptions, weak explainability, poor deployment controls, supplier dependencies, insufficient human oversight, inaccessible interfaces, biased outputs, or unclear accountability. AISM makes those risks manageable by attaching them to services, owners, controls, evidence, measures, and management review.
Role in WSM
This topic connects AISM to Risk, AI Workforce Risk, Control, Evidence Object, AISM AI Risk Treatment, AISM AI System Impact Assessment, AISM Statement of Applicability, and AISM Management Review.
Advisor Guidance
A Management Advisor should prompt risk assessment when an AI service lacks a current assessment, affects workforce decisions, uses sensitive or low-quality data, changes human roles, influences access or opportunity, or has incidents, drift, complaints, or audit findings.
Related Standards
- ISO 42001
Related Frameworks
- AISM
- WSM
- HRSM
- DISM
