Surveillance audit
An inspection conducted by the notified body during the validity period of a conformity certificate to verify that the provider's quality management system continues to operate and that the high-risk AI system continues to comply with Section 2 requirements. The basis under which the notified body may, under Article 44(3), suspend or withdraw a certificate if it finds the system no longer complies.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in EU AI Act Implementation Expert.
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.
An inspection conducted by the notified body during the validity period of a conformity certificate to verify that the provider's quality management system continues to operate and that the high-risk AI system continues to comply with Section 2 requirements. The basis under which the notified body may, under Article 44(3), suspend or withdraw a certificate if it finds the system no longer complies.
A periodic re-audit that maintains a certification between full recertification cycles. It is why a certificate attests to conformity as of an audit rather than permanently; drift after an audit is not covered until a later audit catches it.
A periodic audit during the multi-year certification cycle that checks the management system is still operating between the initial certificate and recertification. It is why certification certifies a living system rather than a past event.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- ISO/IEC 42001: standing up an AI management system without drowning in it · The World's Rulebooks, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Standards versus law: what certification buys you and what it never will · The World's Rulebooks, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Audit Preparation: Facing the Notified Body · Capstone: The Compliance Portfolio, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Surveillance audit 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.
Builds and audits an AI management system: context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, improvement and the Annex A controls.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Defines who reviews AI outputs, what they check, when they can override, and how to keep review from becoming a rubber stamp.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Writes policies with scope, responsibilities, requirements, exceptions and evidence, so people can follow them and auditors can test them.
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 Auditorneeds working knowledge · 9 open postings this week
- Responsible AI Leadneeds working knowledge · 7 open postings this week
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge
- AI Governance Managerneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds working knowledge · 1 open posting this week
- Ethical AI Specialistneeds working knowledge · 5 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 42001:2023; ISO/IEC 23894; ISO/IEC 42005; EU AI Act Article 14.
One interview question about it
What does an ISO/IEC 42001 management system add that a set of policies does not, and how would you prepare for certification?
Asked of candidates for iso/iec 42001 management systems. 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 a claim to back up: Policy drafting is usually in the role, described rather than shown.
- Nonprofit program and grants oversight carries it as a claim to back up: Acceptable-use and program policy drafting is common.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.