AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk
Risk and Assurance
What is AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk?
Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.
Where the frameworks place it: NIST AI RMF GOVERN 6 and MANAGE 3; ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A supplier controls.
The interview question it draws
A business unit wants to buy an AI tool next week. What do you ask the vendor, what evidence do you require, and what would make you say no?
A strong answer walks through the practice itself, with one real case, what you decided, and what the evidence showed afterwards.
Roles that ask for it
- Third-Party AI Risk Analystcore, depth expected
- AI Vendor Risk Managercore, depth expected
- Third-Party Cyber Risk Managercore, depth expected
- Chief Information Officer, technology leadership editioncore, depth expected
- AI Governance Analystrequired, working knowledge
- Cybersecurity Risk Analystrequired, working knowledge
- Governance Analystrequired, working knowledge
- GRC Associate (AI)required, working knowledge
- Privacy Analystrequired, working knowledge
- AI Governance Managerrequired, working knowledge
- AI Program Managerrequired, working knowledge
- AI Risk Managerrequired, working knowledge
- AI Security Architectrequired, working knowledge
- Chief Audit Executive, AI audit editionrequired, working knowledge
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionrequired, working knowledge
- Chief Information Security Officer, AI security focusrequired, working knowledge
- Chief Risk Officer, AI risk editionrequired, working knowledge
- AI Controls Analystpreferred, working knowledge
- AI Auditorpreferred, working knowledge
- AI Compliance Managerpreferred, working knowledge
- AI Privacy Engineerpreferred, working knowledge
- Security Compliance Managerpreferred, working knowledge
- Model Risk Managerpreferred, working knowledge
- Chief AI Officerpreferred, working knowledge
Backgrounds that already carry it
- Privacy and data protection (described, not yet shown)
Processor and vendor review is routine privacy work.
- Cybersecurity and IT (described, not yet shown)
Supplier security assessment is routine.
- Nonprofit program and grants oversight (described, not yet shown)
Reviewing grant and vendor agreements for data terms is vendor review.
Where it is taught and graded
5 graded topics, each passed by explaining it back. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Module 7: Technology, Platforms and Vendors (1)
- Module 9: Risk, Resilience and Frontier AI (1)
- EU AI Act Implementation Expert2 topics
- Module 2: AI System Inventory and Classification (1)
- Module 7: Regulatory Interplay and Liability (1)
- Module 3: Shipping AI and Surviving the Incident (1)
Questions
- What is AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk?
- Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.
- Which AI governance roles ask for AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk?
- 24 roles on the map name it, and it is core to Third-Party AI Risk Analyst, AI Vendor Risk Manager, Third-Party Cyber Risk Manager, Chief Information Officer, technology leadership edition.
- How do I learn and prove AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk?
- 5 graded topics teach it across 3 programs. Each topic is graded by explaining it back against its own transcript, so a pass is evidence, not attendance. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- What interview question tests AI vendor due diligence and third-party risk?
- A business unit wants to buy an AI tool next week. What do you ask the vendor, what evidence do you require, and what would make you say no? A strong answer shows the practice itself: Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.