The AI Compliance Assessment

Establish foundational AI guardrails and test your operational readiness before regulatory issues arise.

If your small business is adopting artificial intelligence, you need a clear baseline to understand your current compliance standing. However, without a structured review process, it is easy to miss critical gaps in data protection, employee awareness, and incident response.

The AI Compliance Assessment gives you a straightforward, operational evaluation tool to audit your business guardrails. It requires no technical background or complex legal expertise. You get a practical framework to examine your policy foundations, tool inventories, data protection habits, and incident readiness.

What is inside this assessment?

• Policy Foundations Review Checks whether you have a written AI use policy, tracks recent reviews, and evaluates staff awareness.
• Tool Inventory Checklist Helps you identify whether you track your tool stack, understand data access points, and review vendor terms.
• Employee Awareness Audit Examines guidance on data input rules, reporting processes for concerns, and potential unauthorized tool usage.
• Data Protection & Incident Readiness Assesses sensitivity sorting, privacy policy disclosures, documentation for adverse events, and compliance ownership.
• Built-in Scoring Guide Instantly categorizes your results into clear tiers—ranging from a strong foundation ready to formalize (12–15 Yes responses) to an initial starting point built specifically for businesses needing core guardrails (0–6 Yes responses).

Why start with this assessment?

• Zero Complex Terminology: Written in plain English so leadership can complete the evaluation immediately.
• Properly Scoped: Gives you a formal diagnostic of your situation without falsely implying it solves every legal problem on its own.
• Informed by Industry Standards: Built using structural principles consistent with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0).

Frequently Asked Questions

• Is this assessment difficult to complete? No. It uses a clear yes/no checklist structure that takes minutes to walk through, requiring zero prior legal or compliance experience.
• Does this replace a full compliance program? No. This tool is designed to establish your baseline and uncover gaps so you know exactly which operational kits or policy updates your business needs next.