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Supplier AI Risk Audit
Understand AI risk in the suppliers that matter.
The Supplier AI Risk Audit identifies suppliers with AI relevance, applies a structured assessment to the selected supplier set and produces evidence-based risk and exposure views. It is distinct from responding to a customer’s questionnaire: here the client is assessing the suppliers it depends on.
The outcome
Within four weeks, your executive team and board receive a prioritised view of governance risks in the suppliers that matter and the evidence to request from them.
What happens
- Establish and tier the AI-relevant supplier inventory
- Apply the structured assessment framework to suppliers in scope
- Assess governance evidence and risk by supplier
- Prioritise required actions and prepare the supply-chain view for leadership
What you get
- Scoped supplier inventory: which suppliers are AI-relevant, and at what risk level
- Structured assessment framework deployed across the supplier list
- Governance evidence and risk assessment per supplier
- Required actions: what to demand of which suppliers, in what priority order
- Board-ready report with the supply-chain AI risk picture
- Template questionnaire and requirements pack for ongoing supplier management
Boundary. Distinct from the Supplier AI Compliance Response, which serves the supplier being asked for evidence rather than the organisation doing the asking.
Next step. May follow the AI Exposure Audit. Typically leads to the AI Accountability Programme.