Domain
The segment of a web address, immediately before the first single slash, that identifies who actually controls the website. Section 3K covers how to find and read this segment specifically, since it is the part a lookalike address is built to obscure.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Senior AI Scam Defense.
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.
The segment of a web address, immediately before the first single slash, that identifies who actually controls the website. Section 3K covers how to find and read this segment specifically, since it is the part a lookalike address is built to obscure.
The specific shared area of interest and competence that gives a community of practice its identity and tells members what belongs; the first element and the first FORGE step (Focus).
One risk area within an assessment, such as security, privacy, financial viability or resilience. Nine of them in this topic's working model.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Building Communities of Practice for Peer Learning · Assessment and Continuous Learning, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- Multi-domain due diligence · Third-Party, Supply-Chain, and Concentration Risk, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- QR codes, the sticker over the real one · Everyday Transaction Scams, Senior AI Scam Defense
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Domain 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.
Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.
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.
- Chief Information Officer, technology leadership editionneeds it at depth
- AI Vendor Risk Managerneeds it at depth
- Third-Party Cyber Risk Managerneeds it at depth
- Third-Party AI Risk Analystneeds it at depth
- Chief Audit Executive, AI audit editionneeds working knowledge
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds working knowledge
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: NIST AI RMF GOVERN 6 and MANAGE 3; ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A supplier controls.
One interview question about it
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?
Asked of candidates for ai vendor due diligence and third-party risk. 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.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as a claim to back up: Processor and vendor review is routine privacy work.
- Cybersecurity and IT carries it as a claim to back up: Supplier security assessment is routine.
- Nonprofit program and grants oversight carries it as a claim to back up: Reviewing grant and vendor agreements for data terms is vendor review.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.