Gap register
The section of the dossier that lists every gap found in the audit with its type (missing, stale, thin), its fix-flag-concede decision, its owner, and, where flagged, its remediation date and compensating control. Placing it deliberately in the dossier is the structural expression of self-disclosure.
Defined in 4 GAGE programs, which carry 5 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP).
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 section of the dossier that lists every gap found in the audit with its type (missing, stale, thin), its fix-flag-concede decision, its owner, and, where flagged, its remediation date and compensating control. Placing it deliberately in the dossier is the structural expression of self-disclosure.
The table-format artifact that holds one row per regulatory obligation, with columns for the obligation, the current-state finding, the supporting evidence, the gap description, and the severity tier. The gap register is the working document a gap analysis produces.
A structured document listing every identified discrepancy between the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and the current state of an organization's AI compliance posture, with each row tied to a specific Article or Annex provision.
The Article 10(2)(h) record of identified data governance gaps or shortcomings, each with a remediation plan, used to demonstrate active, honest tracking of known limitations rather than concealment of them.
The second part of a compliance audit: a structured record checking every function in the deployment inventory against every applicable obligation, naming the specific evidence found, the honest verdict, and, where a gap exists, a specific remediation action.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Article 10 executed: the EU AI Act's data governance duty for the system your organization ships · Lineage Under Audit, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Assembling the dossier: every artifact, every decision, one evidence file · The Capstone: The Board Audit and Viva, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Lab: GenAI Compliance Audit · Generative AI Compliance, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- Regulatory Gap Analysis · Capstone: Build a China Compliance Program, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
- Gap Analysis and Remediation Prioritization · Capstone: The Compliance Portfolio, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Gap register 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.
Spots a regulatory change, decides applicability, assigns actions, updates controls and keeps the implementation evidence.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Keeps the living record: each risk with a named owner, rating, treatment, residual risk, monitoring metric, threshold and review date.
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.
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds working knowledge
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds it at depth
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 2 open postings this week
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds it at depth · 1 open posting this week
- Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge · 2 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: ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 4.2; ISO 37301; NIST AI RMF MANAGE; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 6.
One interview question about it
A new regulation lands. How do you decide what changes in your program by when, and how do you prove you noticed in time?
Asked of candidates for regulatory change management. 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: Regulatory change logs and applicability decisions are your work product.
- Legal and paralegal work carries it as a claim to back up: Tracking regulatory change is habitual.
- Internal audit and IT audit carries it as a claim to back up: Remediation tracking is familiar from follow-up work.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.