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AI Governance Toolkit — ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act, ready to use
Govern every AI system you run — from the AI tools your staff already use to agents that act on their own. Workbooks, policies, board materials and worked examples, aligned with the frameworks your auditors, regulators and customers already recognise.
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AI Governance Essentials
For organisations without a compliance function. 36 readiness questions give you a maturity level from 1 to 5, plus which laws apply to you and a board one-pager written from your answers.
Master Workbook (28 sheets)
A complete AI management system: inventory, EU AI Act tier assessment, 30 pre-written risk scenarios, eight-dimension impact assessment, agent action gating, 42 controls, the ISO/IEC 42001 Statement of Applicability, 27001→42001 clause map, all 72 NIST AI RMF outcomes, standards crosswalk, 65-question internal audit and a live dashboard.
All three share the same risk and control IDs, so you move up without starting again.
Inside the download
- 4 Excel workbooks: Master, AI Tools Quick-Start, AI Governance Essentials and a fully worked example (Northvale Mutual Bank)
- 8 Word documents: AI Policy, AI Lifecycle Procedure, AI Incident Procedure, Vendor Assessment Questionnaire (68 questions), Impact Assessment Template, Acceptable Use Rules, Approved Tools List, Board Paper
- 12-slide leadership briefing deck with speaker notes
- Two worked examples (a bank with 11 AI systems and a 420-person firm with 6) and an internal audit report
- Start Here guide and a step-by-step video
- The NexGuide.AI Governance Map (NXGDAI-GovMap): 30 laws and standards, 22 shared controls and 8 vendor policy packs on one page
Up to date with 2026
EU AI Act as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (high-risk dates 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028), and mapped to EN 18286:2026 — the first harmonised standard, cited 14 October 2026 — ISO/IEC 27090:2026 for AI security, and IEEE 2863-2026 for AI governance.
Built by NexGuide.AI
Drawing on 28 years of enterprise architecture, risk and transformation consulting across government, financial services and critical infrastructure. Pair it with the free, open-source NexGuide.AI Governance Checklist.
Download the free checklistLatest version: 1.1 (26 Oct 2026), with an 'Also maps to' column for ISO/IEC 27090, EN 18286 and IEEE 2863, on GitHub.
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Gap Map — ISO/IEC 27001 to ISO/IEC 42001
Download free Gap MapWhen you want more than templates
- AI Readiness — readiness score, 90-day plan, board summary
- AI Adoption — from use case to governed production
- AI Advisory — fractional Chief AI Officer, vCISO and vCDO
- AI Audit — independent assessment against ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act
- AI Governance — operating model and governance-as-code
- AI Trainings — for boards, executives and delivery teams
- Speaking & Conferences
- AIGovMap — a living map of your AI systems to controls and obligations
- MetricBridge — governed dashboards across BI tools (join the waitlist)
Good to know
Will this certify us?
No product can. It gets you ready for certification, which is an audit you then pass.
Can we rebrand it?
Yes, for your own organisation. Consultants who want to use it with clients need a practitioner licence.
What formats?
Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF. No special software needed.
USD 147 · one payment · instant download · no subscription · Refund policy
Buy now — USD 147