As-of date
A stated date on a completed gap analysis document indicating when its findings were current, distinguishing a genuinely reviewed Not Applicable or Compliant finding from one that has simply gone stale as instruments and organizational facts change.
Defined in 4 GAGE programs, which carry 5 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A stated date on a completed gap analysis document indicating when its findings were current, distinguishing a genuinely reviewed Not Applicable or Compliant finding from one that has simply gone stale as instruments and organizational facts change.
The date and version a card describes, placed where a reader cannot miss it. A card without an as-of date makes a claim about an unknown point in time, which is why an undated card is treated as worse than no card at all.
The date a claim was last verified against a live, current source, distinct from the date the underlying instrument was originally published. A claim without an as-of date cannot be judged for staleness by its reader.
The date at which a stated fact was true. Attached to any time bound claim, because standards have editions, regulations have statuses that change, and test results describe a period rather than a permanent condition.
The date at which the facts in an artifact were true. Distinct from the issue date, which is when the artifact was written. Where the two differ, both are stated.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Reading Like a Practitioner · Taking the Controls, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- Model cards and system cards for your own systems, written so an outsider could act on them · Evidence Engineering, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Regulatory Gap Analysis · Capstone: Build a China Compliance Program, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- How this program works, and setting up your workspace · Your First Week in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Your portfolio, and what an artifact has to earn · Your First Week in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where As-of date starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Collects, labels and preserves the evidence that a control operated, a decision was made, and a claim can be defended to an auditor or regulator.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Spots a regulatory change, decides applicability, assigns actions, updates controls and keeps the implementation evidence.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Traces where data came from, what transformed it, who owns each hop and where it flows downstream, so a number can be defended.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds it at depth · 1 open posting this week
- Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge · 2 open postings this week
- Security Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 4 open postings this week
- AI Governance Analystneeds working knowledge · 3 open postings this week
- Governance Analystneeds working knowledge · 6 open postings this week
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: EU AI Act Articles 11 and 12; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 7.5; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 4.2; ISO 37301.
One interview question about it
What evidence would you have ready before an auditor asks about an AI system, and how do you produce it as a byproduct of the work?
Asked of candidates for evidence collection and audit-ready documentation. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Compliance and regulatory affairs carries it as work you can show: Audit-ready documentation is what you produce.
- Internal audit and IT audit carries it as work you can show: Evidence evaluation is the profession.
- Project and program management carries it as a claim to back up: Decision logs and repositories are familiar.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.