AI readiness, governance and risk

Integrating AI is the easy part. Architecting it safely is the hard part.

Before you implement AI, know where your business stands. Whether you're exploring AI, choosing which tools belong in your business, or already using it across the organization, we start with how your business actually runs. Then we identify where AI can create value, evaluate readiness and risk, put practical governance in place, and set the right next steps, before you make unnecessary investments or open new risks.

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AI is moving fast. Is your business ready?

Most companies are adopting AI faster than their processes, people and safeguards can keep up. Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or already using it across the business, these questions need answers first:

  • Where could AI create the most value in our existing workflows?
  • Should we use an existing AI platform, simple automation, an AI agent, or something custom?
  • Are AI agents safe for our organization, and what would they need access to?
  • Where is AI already being used, and by whom?
  • What company information should AI be allowed to access?
  • Which decisions still need human review or approval?
  • What policies and controls do we need?
  • How will we know whether AI is delivering value?

We help you answer them before you make your next move.

Our approach

Diagnose before we design.

We don't start by recommending AI tools or handing you generic policies. We start by understanding your business and your AI goals, then tell you what you need.

01

Discover

Understand your operations, current technology, AI goals, people and processes.

02

Evaluate

Map priority workflows, identify where AI earns its place, and assess readiness and risk.

03

Govern & Prioritize

Put tailored policies, safeguards and accountability in place, and identify the next steps for responsible AI adoption and implementation.

Clarity first. Implementation next.

The goal isn't only to find where AI could be used. It's to decide which opportunities make sense for your business, what needs to be in place, and how to move forward responsibly.

Once your priorities and governance requirements are clear, we can coordinate the next phase, from operational improvements and technology selection to AI implementation, employee training and ongoing optimization, through our team and specialized partners.

Where most clients start

AI Readiness & Governance Starter

A standardized assessment process. Customized governance outcomes.

Our foundational engagement helps you understand your current operations, identify the right AI opportunities, evaluate readiness and risk, and put practical governance in place for your business.

Structured discovery and high-level process mapping tie every AI recommendation to your actual workflows, technology, data and people.

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What you walk away with
  • High-level operational process map
  • AI opportunity map
  • AI readiness and risk assessment
  • Customized foundational governance framework
  • Prioritized recommendations and next steps

AI readiness, governance and risk management

Start wherever you are. Many clients come in for one of these and find the others along the way.

AI readiness and risk assessments

Where AI is used today or could be introduced, how prepared your organization is, and where risk sits across your people, processes, technology, data and controls.

  • AI inventory
  • AI maturity assessment
  • Risk assessment
  • Gap analysis
  • Vendor risk review

AI governance and controls

The policies, accountability, approvals and safeguards that let your team use AI responsibly.

  • Acceptable-use policies
  • Approval and decision rights
  • Internal controls
  • NIST AI RMF
  • ISO/IEC 42001 alignment

AI strategy and roadmapping

Which AI opportunities make business sense, whether existing tools or a custom solution fit, and what to prioritize before implementation.

  • Use-case evaluation
  • Business value and ROI
  • Technology selection guidance
  • Prioritized roadmap
  • Change readiness

AI implementation and adoption

Putting the right solutions into practice, getting your team to use them, and measuring the results.

  • Workflow automation
  • Process optimization
  • Technology integration
  • Employee adoption
  • Performance monitoring

Standards and security work, through Technology & Security

ISO/IEC 42001

The management system standard for organizations that build or use AI.

ISO/IEC 27001

The information security standard enterprise buyers ask for first.

Cybersecurity assessments

Find the exposure before a client, insurer or auditor does.

Custom platform builds

Apps, CRMs, ERPs, LMS and dashboards when off-the-shelf software won't fit.

Who does what

Business advisory, enterprise risk management and specialized AI expertise, under one plan. Our approach starts with understanding your business, never with recommending a tool.

F28 & Co.

The assessment, the governance and the operation behind it

  • Assess AI readiness, use and risk across the business
  • Design the governance, controls and decision rights
  • Evaluate use cases and build the roadmap
  • Map the workflows, controls and documentation responsible AI use depends on
  • Lead adoption, and share one plan with every partner involved

Led by Fallon Scott, CPA, with our AI Governance & Risk Lead.

Our partners

The specialist work

  • ISO/IEC 42001 and 27001 implementation and certification readiness
  • Security controls and cybersecurity assessments
  • Audit support through certification
  • Platform engineering and development

Certification itself is issued by an independent, accredited certification body.

You don't need all the answers before you reach out.

Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or already using it across your organization, we'll help you see where to start and what needs to happen next.

Discuss your AI readiness Take the Gap Assessment