AI Governance Focus Areas
What is a focus area?
65 areas, holding 57 competencies between them. Each area page names the competencies filed under it, the roles that ask for them, and the graded topics that teach them. Pick the area closest to the work you want.
- Evidence documentation5 competencies
- AI security4 competencies
- Data governance4 competencies
- Decision quality4 competencies
- Fairness and bias4 competencies
- Framework crosswalking4 competencies
- Governance operating model4 competencies
- Human oversight4 competencies
- Workforce enablement4 competencies
- AI literacy3 competencies
- Ethics3 competencies
- EU AI Act3 competencies
- Executive reporting3 competencies
- Stakeholder communication3 competencies
- Third-party risk3 competencies
- Agentic AI2 competencies
- AI in hiring2 competencies
- Change management2 competencies
- Controls testing2 competencies
- Documentation and conformity2 competencies
- Explainability2 competencies
- Field coordination2 competencies
- Generative AI2 competencies
- GPAI and foundation models2 competencies
- Incident response2 competencies
- ISO/IEC 420012 competencies
- Model failure modes2 competencies
- Model validation2 competencies
- NIST AI RMF2 competencies
- Policy writing2 competencies
- Privacy by design2 competencies
- Procurement2 competencies
- Prompting practice2 competencies
- Public policy2 competencies
- Responsible use2 competencies
- Shadow AI2 competencies
- State AI law2 competencies
- Transparency2 competencies
- Vendor due diligence2 competencies
- Vulnerable populations2 competencies
- AI evaluation1 competency
- AI governance1 competency
- AI inventory1 competency
- AI policy1 competency
- AI strategy1 competency
- APAC AI governance1 competency
- Audit methodology1 competency
- Coalition building1 competency
- Contract controls1 competency
- Data lineage1 competency
- Data quality1 competency
- Deepfakes and scams1 competency
- Governance committee1 competency
- Impact assessment1 competency
- Legislative strategy1 competency
- Model risk1 competency
- Monitoring and drift1 competency
- Privacy law1 competency
- Program management1 competency
- Prompt injection1 competency
- Regulatory change1 competency
- Risk assessment1 competency
- Risk register1 competency
- ROI measurement1 competency
- US AI regulation1 competency
Looking for one named skill rather than a subject? Every competency employers name has its own page, and every role on the map lists the ones its seat asks for.
Questions
- What is a focus area?
- A focus area is the subject a piece of AI governance work belongs to. The 65 areas below are the controlled vocabulary the whole map is filed under: every competency names one or more of them, and so does every graded topic.
- How is a focus area different from a skill?
- A skill is one competency an employer names in a posting; a focus area gathers the competencies that belong to the same subject. There are 57 competencies across the 65 areas, so most areas hold several.
- Where do I start?
- Pick the area closest to the work you want, then open the competencies under it to see which roles ask for each one and where it is taught. The readiness check does the same in one pass for a whole role.