Dossier
A single, indexed evidence file that assembles every artifact an estate has produced, cross-referenced to the module or decision that created it and to where it was later consumed, attacked, or amended, structured so an outsider can locate primary evidence for any specific governance claim without asking a follow-up question.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 12 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
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 curated, structured evidence file assembled to make a single case about one subject. In this program, the subject is your organization's AI governance and the case is that it is deliberate and evidenced. A dossier has one controlling index, a claim-to-evidence map, and provenance on every item, which is what distinguishes it from a folder.
A single, indexed evidence file that assembles every artifact an estate has produced, cross-referenced to the module or decision that created it and to where it was later consumed, attacked, or amended, structured so an outsider can locate primary evidence for any specific governance claim without asking a follow-up question.
The learner's own accumulating collection of governance artifacts across this program, built dimension by dimension, module by module, against the framework's own structure. The framework orientation page produced in this topic's Practical Exercise is its first entry.
The formal Agentic MGF Conformance Dossier the learner builds section by section across the program, starting with a System Description in Module 1 (see Topic 1.9), for the real or simulated deployment chosen in Topic 0.6 (see Topic 0.6).
The accumulating folder of owned decisions and artifacts a learner produces from their own seat across the whole program, beginning with the first Decision Record and ending with the capstone the learner defends out loud. The dossier, not a body of recited knowledge, is the proof of expertise. (see Topic 0.3)
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- What an Agent Actually Is · Taking the Controls, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- The Instrument · Taking the Controls, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- Assembling the dossier: every artifact, every decision, one evidence file · The Estate Audit, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Why decisions, not information, will make you the expert · Taking Command, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Your command tools: the Briefcase, the professor, the dossier you will build · Taking Command, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Train a model with your own hands and watch what it actually learns · Build Before You Govern, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The change narrative: why we are doing this, in words a warehouse shift believes · The Humans: Leading People Through AI Change, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The Working Group That Outlives Its Founder · The Humans: Leading People Through AI Change, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Assembling the dossier: every artifact, every decision, one evidence file · The Capstone: The Board Audit and Viva, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The board inspection: the seven-seat AI board audits your organization end to end · The Capstone: The Board Audit and Viva, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Dossier 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.
Governs AI agents that take actions: tool access, least privilege, interruptibility, cascading actions and accountability for what an agent did.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
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.
Scopes an AI audit, sets criteria, samples, interviews, tests, writes findings with condition, criteria, cause, effect and recommendation, and tracks remediation.
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.
- AI Governance Engineerneeds working knowledge · 7 open postings this week
- Chief Audit Executive, AI audit editionneeds it at depth
- Chief Information Security Officer, AI security focusneeds it at depth
- AI Security Architectneeds it at depth · 8 open postings this week
- AI Auditorneeds it at depth · 9 open postings this week
- AI Evaluation Specialistneeds 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: IMDA Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI; NIST AI RMF; EU AI Act Articles 11 and 12; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 7.5.
One interview question about it
An agent can send emails and update records. What may it touch, what needs a human, and how do you prove afterwards what it did?
Asked of candidates for agentic ai controls and authorization boundaries. 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.