
Identify, assess, treat, and monitor AI risks across the lifecycle, recognizing dynamic behavior and the distinction between risk and uncertainty, while defining organizational appetite and tolerance.
Learn how governance and risk management form a symbiotic, integrated system driven by risk assessments, with the GRC triangle and risk-informed governance guiding AI governance and compliance through feedback loops.
Learn how the EU AI Act imposes four risk categories and governance obligations, and how to integrate AI governance with existing ISO 27001/COSO risk management.
Explore the OECD AI Principles and their five core values—human-centered values, fairness, transparency, robustness, and accountability. See how these guide global governance, national policies, and best-practice sharing across borders.
Lead boards and executives must actively govern AI, balancing innovation with risk, establishing governance structures, accountability, and resource allocation to ensure responsible AI outcomes as a competitive differentiator.
Explore how technical teams and data scientists translate governance policies into responsible AI practices, covering risk assessment, model documentation, bias testing, and ongoing monitoring for fairness and social impact.
Define and validate use cases, assess business risks, and establish user training, guidelines, and feedback and incident reporting mechanisms to strengthen AI governance, driven by business users and product teams.
Explore how external stakeholders—regulatory bodies, vendors, customers, and industry associations—shape AI governance through proactive engagement, due diligence, and clear cross-jurisdiction communication.
Establish enterprise-level AI governance with an empowered governance committee, a strategic policy framework, and portfolio risk management to guide data use, model development, deployment, and resource allocation.
Apply a flexible project governance framework with gates to ai projects; conduct ongoing risk assessment and mitigation; ensure quality assurance, documentation, and reporting from conception to deployment.
Assess how technical risks shape AI governance by evaluating model performance and accuracy, robustness, and security vulnerabilities. Plan for technical debt and maintainability with data dependencies, model versioning, and monitoring.
Understand AI reputational risks across four dimensions: public trust, media perception, brand value, and customer relationships, and learn governance, transparency, and crisis strategies to protect reputation.
Identify ai risks using structured brainstorming, scenario analysis, case studies, and expert consultation to surface significant risks across technical, business, domain, and end-user perspectives, including data quality and emergent behaviors.
Develop systematic AI risk analysis and evaluation to inform decision making under uncertainty by assessing probability, emergent behavior, context-dependent performance, multidimensional impact assessment, risk scoring, and uncertainty analysis.
Identify and prioritize AI risks by applying multi-dimensional materiality analysis across financial, strategic, regulatory, reputational, and ethical impacts; set thresholds, assess business and stakeholder effects, and guide resource allocation.
Map AI risks to business objectives to align risk management with strategy, link operations and performance indicators, and demonstrate value through measurable success metrics.
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) fundamentals, specifically designed to align with ISACA’s AI Fundamentals Certificate. It equips learners with essential knowledge, ethical considerations, and practical frameworks to responsibly understand and apply AI in professional environments. Whether you are entering the world of AI or looking to strengthen your foundation for auditing, governance, or risk roles, this course provides actionable insights and exam-aligned content.
The course explores the following key topics:
Core AI Concepts and Terminology, including machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing.
AI Capabilities and Applications, showcasing real-world use cases across industries.
AI Lifecycle and Model Management, covering stages like data acquisition, training, validation, and deployment.
AI Ethics and Responsible Use, emphasizing fairness, transparency, and compliance with emerging standards.
Regulatory and Legal Considerations, exploring laws, frameworks, and compliance practices relevant to AI systems.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Understand foundational AI concepts and terminology.
Recognize AI use cases and how they apply in business and IT environments.
Identify and mitigate risks associated with AI systems.
Apply principles of responsible AI and ethical decision-making.
Align AI practices with governance, regulatory, and legal frameworks.
Through expert instruction, real-world examples, and hands-on guidance, this course empowers professionals to build AI literacy and become responsible stewards of AI in the digital age.