Register
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. The pattern recurs across GRC in the obligations register, the risk register, the exception register and the Portfolio Index. The operating rule is that if something is not in the register, it does not exist as far as anyone else is concerned.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 5 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP).
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 single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. The pattern recurs across GRC in the obligations register, the risk register, the exception register and the Portfolio Index. The operating rule is that if something is not in the register, it does not exist as far as anyone else is concerned.
The tone and directness of a document's persuasive framing, which this topic teaches must adjust by audience, more restrained and evidence-first for a Brussels reader, more directly persuasive for a Washington-facing document, even when the underlying facts stay identical.
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. Risks, obligations, issues and exceptions each have one, and mixing their contents is the most common cause of a list nobody trusts.
The working record of live risk positions, held at the working altitude, containing every row with its state, evidence, trigger and requested decision. Not the board's risk report.
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, each with a status, an owner and a trace. If it is not in the register, it does not exist as far as anyone else is concerned.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Compliance One-Pagers That Persuade: Requirement In, Talking Point Out · AI Law in Practice: The Compliance-to-Persuasion Toolkit, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- 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)
- Risk as uncertainty affecting objectives · Enterprise Risk Architecture and Risk Appetite, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Risk reporting and the frameworks · Enterprise Risk Architecture and Risk Appetite, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- The obligations register and traceability · Compliance Management Systems and Regulatory Intelligence, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where 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.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Classifies models by tier, sets validation requirements, challenges data, methodology and performance evidence, and reports aggregate exposure.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Runs stage gates, intake, decision logs and evidence repositories so a pilot cannot reach production without the required approvals.
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 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
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds 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: ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 4.2; ISO 37301; SR 11-7; NIST AI RMF MEASURE.
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.
- Model risk, credit risk and quantitative analysis carries it as work you can show: Validation reports and model inventories are your record.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.