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
22 graded topics, each passed by explaining it back. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Module 11: Cybersecurity Governance and Operational Resilience (1)
- Module 12: Third-Party, Supply-Chain, and Concentration Risk (3)
- Module 17: AI Governance, AI Risk, AI Security, and AI Assurance (2)
- Module 7: Technology, Platforms and Vendors (2)
- Module 8: Governance and Responsible AI (1)
- Module 9: Risk, Resilience and Frontier AI (1)
- Module 15: Lab: Regulated Industries (1)
- Module 3: Shipping AI and Surviving the Incident (1)
- Module 5: The EU AI Act: The Executive Map (1)
- Module 3: Bounding by Design (1)
- Module 6: Testing and Red-Teaming (1)
- EU AI Act Implementation Expert2 topics
- Module 2: AI System Inventory and Classification (1)
- Module 7: Regulatory Interplay and Liability (1)
- Module 3: Generative AI Compliance (1)
- Module 5: Data Security for AI (1)
- Module 11: Bonus: AI Leadership Accelerator (1)
- Module 5: Poison, Leaks, and the Adversary (1)
- Senior AI Scam Defense1 topic
- Module 11: CSFDP: Facility Protocols and Incident Command (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?
- 22 graded topics teach it across 9 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.