AI Governance
& GRC Glossary
Clear, expert definitions of AI governance, compliance, cloud security, and ISACA frameworks — written for African enterprise leaders, risk officers, and technology teams.
AI Governance
A framework of policies, processes, and controls that ensure AI systems are ethical, transparent, compliant, and aligned…
Read Definition →AI Assurance
The systematic process of verifying that AI systems perform as intended, remain safe over time, and comply with regulato…
Read Definition →AI Model Auditing
An independent evaluation of an AI model's performance, fairness, robustness, and compliance with regulatory and ethical…
Read Definition →Bias Detection & Fairness Testing
Techniques to identify systematic favouritism or discrimination in AI model outputs across protected attributes such as …
Read Definition →B-BBEE (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment)
South Africa's transformation policy framework designed to redress historical economic inequalities through ownership, m…
Read Definition →Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
An integrated approach to managing governance policies, risk exposure, and regulatory compliance as a single coordinated…
Read Definition →GDPR
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation — the global benchmark for data privacy, applying to any organis…
Read Definition →ISO 42001
The international standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS) — a certifiable framework for managing …
Read Definition →ISO 27001
The international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) — specifying requirements for establishing…
Read Definition →Model Drift
The degradation of a machine learning model's predictive performance over time due to changes in data patterns or relati…
Read Definition →Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
A managed cybersecurity service combining advanced threat detection with human expertise to monitor, analyse, and respon…
Read Definition →Microsoft Solutions Partner
A Microsoft partner designation demonstrating proven capabilities in Azure, Security, Modern Work, and AI solution areas…
Read Definition →Policy-as-Code
The practice of encoding governance policies as machine-readable rules that automatically enforce compliance, flag viola…
Read Definition →POPIA
South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act — the primary data privacy law regulating how personal information…
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