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The Defensible AI Program Toolkit

Seven working templates from the book — the framework crosswalk matrix, governance charter, risk-tiering worksheet, 90-day stand-up checklist, AI incident response playbook, board-ready one-pager, and vendor/AI-BOM question bank. Free. Maintained as the frameworks change.

A printed appendix ages. This toolkit doesn’t. These are the working instruments behind The Defensible AI Program by Dr. Derek A. Smith (VUST Foundation Publishing) — built for the leaders standing up, running, and defending AI governance programs in federal agencies and regulated enterprises. Enter your email and put them to work Monday morning.

What's Inside
01

Framework Crosswalk Matrix

28 unified controls mapped across NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and OMB M-25-21, with tier applicability and the evidence artifact for every control.

02

AI Governance Charter Template

All nine elements, including the emergency-decision provision most charters omit.

03

AI Risk-Tiering Worksheet

The five-factor assessment, with a completed example at audit-grade specificity.

04

90-Day Stand-Up Checklist

Dependency-ordered, four parallel tracks, honest about what is not done at day 90.

05

AI Incident Response Playbook

The five AI incident categories, detection signals, roles, and notification clocks.

06

Board-Ready One-Pager

The three questions every board actually asks, answered on one page.

07

Vendor & AI-BOM Question Bank

Due-diligence questions with red flags, the seven AI-BOM categories, and the contract-provisions checklist.

Current release: August 2026 — citing OMB M-25-21 and the EU AI Act final text. Frameworks change; this toolkit is updated when they do.

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