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Essays from the GRC Careers team on the frameworks, the regulation, and the real-world fault lines of governing AI.
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Ban the Box in the Age of AI Hiring
Fair-chance laws took the criminal-history box off the application. AI hiring tools are quietly putting it back inside the algorithm. A compliance guide for GRC teams.
The GRC Careers Team
Getting Into the Field
The Language of AI Governance: New Field, or Old Discipline in New Clothes?
Every new field arrives with a new vocabulary. Half of AI governance is genuinely new.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Upstream, Not Just Downstream: Governing AI Before It Ships
Most AI governance shows up too late, at the end, when the only question left is whether to launch.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 4 min read
What Hiring Managers Are Really Screening For in GRC and AI Governance Roles
Past the keyword scan, hiring managers screen for six things that rarely make the job description.
F. Jay Hall · June 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Top AI Governance Certifications Compared: Which One Is Right for Your Career?
Do you need an AI governance certification?
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 7 min read
Governance in Practice
AI-Enabled Fraud: The Threats GRC Teams Cannot Ignore
Fraud did not get more sophisticated. It got cheaper.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 5 min read
What Is AI Observability? Why Every AI Governance Professional Should Understand It
AI observability is how you see what your AI does in production.
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
The Five Data Observability Metrics Every AI Governance Team Should Know
The five data observability metrics every AI governance team should track: Freshness, Distribution, Schema, Volume, and Lineage.
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 5 min read
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Frameworks and Standards
ISO/IEC 42001 Explained: The World's First AI Management System Standard
ISO/IEC 42001 is the first international management system standard for artificial intelligence.
GRC Careers Team
AI Governance Certification Comparison Matrix: AIGP, CRISC, CISA, CISSP, and More
Compare the leading certifications for AI governance, risk, compliance, audit, privacy, and security professionals.
GRC Careers Team
ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act: How the Standard Maps to the Law
ISO/IEC 42001 does not make you compliant with the EU AI Act, but the management system it requires is the operational backbone organizations use to demonstrate the due diligence the law expects.
GRC Careers Team
The Responsible AI Framework Map: How the Leading AI Governance Frameworks Fit Together
No single framework does it all.
GRC Careers Team
How the EU AI Act Maps to NIST AI RMF: A Practical Guide for AI Governance Teams
Almost nobody connects these two well.
GRC Careers Team
NIST AI RMF vs. ISO/IEC 42001: Which Should You Adopt First?
They are not competitors.
GRC Careers Team
10 Questions Every Chief Audit Executive Should Ask About AI Risk and Governance
Boards and regulators increasingly expect Chief Audit Executives to provide assurance that AI is governed responsibly.
F. Jay Hall · July 6, 2026 · 6 min read
What Is an AI Risk Assessment? A Practical Guide to Identifying and Managing AI Risk
An AI risk assessment is a structured review of an AI system to identify risks and decide how to manage them before deployment.
F. Jay Hall · July 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Implementing Enterprise AI Governance Frameworks: From Paper to Practice
A framework on a shelf governs nothing.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 5 min read
What Is an AI Inventory? The Foundation of Effective AI Governance
An AI inventory is a centralized record of every AI system your organization uses, and the foundation of effective AI governance.
F. Jay Hall · June 30, 2026 · 6 min read
The AI Governance Frameworks Every Hiring Manager Expects You to Know
How NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act fit together, and why knowing them gets you hired.
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Risk and Threats
GRC Careers: A Guide to Work That Matters (and Pays for It)
A purpose-driven guide to governance, risk, and compliance careers: the roles, the real pay, how to get in from any background, and why this is work that protects people from the machine.
The GRC Careers Team
Shadow AI: The Threat Already Inside Your Building
Your biggest AI risk is not the model you are evaluating. It is the one already running that nobody told you about.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Governing Agentic AI: When the Model Stops Talking and Starts Acting
A chatbot gives you an answer. An agent takes an action.
Stephan Pochet · July 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Making the Mid-Career Jump into AI Governance
You are not late to AI governance.
F. Jay Hall · June 29, 2026 · 5 min read
How to Become an AI Governance Analyst: A Career Guide for AI Governance, Risk, and Responsible AI
You do not need to be a machine learning engineer.
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
AI Governance vs. AI Risk vs. AI Compliance: What's the Difference?
Three terms in almost every AI governance job posting.
F. Jay Hall · June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Regulatory Compliance & AI: Are We Drowning?
Rapid AI adoption has collided with a fragmented global regulatory landscape.
Stephan Pochet
Ranking the Best Responsible AI Frameworks
There is no official ranking of Responsible AI frameworks.
Stephan Pochet
Regulation and the Law
What Is an AI Use Policy? Setting Clear Expectations for Responsible AI
An AI use policy sets clear expectations for the responsible, ethical, and secure use of AI across your organization.
F. Jay Hall · June 30, 2026 · 6 min read
From Government to the Private Sector: Your Experience Is the Asset, Not the Problem
Government experience is not a liability in the private sector.
F. Jay Hall · June 29, 2026 · 4 min read
