Trustible — Our Approach
Our Approach

One Governance Program. Every Framework Covered.

AI regulations are multiplying. Trustible maps your governance program to 10+ frameworks simultaneously — so your teams document once and stay current as requirements evolve.

10+
Frameworks supported
4X
More AI use cases approved
60%
Reduction in AI governance cycle times
100%
Audit-ready AI use cases

What Are AI Governance Frameworks?

AI governance frameworks are the regulations, standards, and guidelines that define how organizations should develop, deploy, and oversee AI systems responsibly. They come in two main forms.

Regulations are legally binding. The EU AI Act and Colorado SB 189 carry enforcement penalties and mandatory timelines. You don't choose whether to comply — you choose how to prove it.

Standards and voluntary frameworks like NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 are adopted by choice, but increasingly expected. Enterprise customers, regulators, and investors treat them as evidence that your AI governance program is real, not just documented.

Regulations

Binding legal requirements with enforcement penalties. Compliance is mandatory for organizations in scope.

EU AI Act, Colorado SB 189, Connecticut AI Bill, OMB M-25-21, NAIC Model Bulletin

Standards

Certifiable management system standards from international bodies. Increasingly required by customers and regulators.

ISO/IEC 42001

Voluntary Frameworks

Guidance from government agencies and coalitions. Referenced in procurement and enterprise risk programs.

NIST AI RMF, Singapore AI Framework, CHAI, Financial Services RMF

Browse All Frameworks

Each framework page includes requirements detail, capability mapping, and a step-by-step implementation guide.

RegulationEuropean Union
EU AI Act
Binding AI law. Risk-based obligations with penalties up to €35M or 7% of global turnover.
International StandardGlobal
ISO/IEC 42001
Certifiable AI management system standard covering the full AI lifecycle.
Voluntary FrameworkUnited States
NIST AI RMF
Most widely referenced US AI governance framework — GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, MANAGE.
State LawColorado, USA
Colorado AI Act (SB 26-189)
Consumer protection requirements for high-risk AI across multiple sectors.
Voluntary FrameworkSingapore
Singapore AI Framework
IMDA and PDPC framework covering accountability, human-centricity, transparency, and fairness.
Government StandardAustralia
Australia AI Standard
DTA technical standard for Commonwealth agencies — risk assessment, procurement, human oversight.
RegulationColorado, USA
Colorado Insurance AI (Reg 10-1-1)
Insurance-specific AI governance requirements for Colorado-regulated insurers, implemented through SB 21-169.
RegulationNew York, USA
NYDFS AI Guidance
New York Department of Financial Services guidance on AI and external data use in underwriting and pricing.
Industry FrameworkUS Insurance
NAIC Model Bulletin
Model bulletin on AI use adopted by insurance regulators across the majority of US states.
Industry FrameworkHealthcare
Healthcare AI (CHAI)
Coalition for Health AI guidelines for responsible AI in clinical and operational settings.
Government FrameworkUnited States
GAO AI Framework
US Government Accountability Office framework for AI accountability and governance best practices.
RegulationConnecticut, USA
Connecticut AI Bill
Proposed state legislation establishing developer and deployer obligations for high-risk AI systems.
Government FrameworkUnited States
OMB M-25-21
Federal agency guidance on responsible AI governance, risk management, and use case inventories.
Voluntary FrameworkUnited States
Financial Services RMF
Sector-specific risk management guidance for AI use in financial services.
RegulationSouth Korea
South Korea AI Basic Act
Korea's foundational AI legislation establishing governance structures for AI development.

How We Map Frameworks

The Problem We're Solving

Most AI regulations share significant structural overlap — but organizations treat each one as a separate compliance track. Separate owners, separate documentation, separate audit trails for what is fundamentally the same governance activity.

Consider documenting human oversight mechanisms for an AI system. The EU AI Act requires it under Articles 14 and 22. NIST AI RMF references it across MAP-3.5, MEASURE-3.2, and MAP-2.2. ISO 42001 addresses it in Annex B sections B.3, B.4, and B.9. Without normalization, that's three separate tasks. With Trustible Controls, it's one.

How We Build Framework Mappings

Trustible's AI policy and regulatory experts read every framework in full — identifying every obligation, clause, and requirement. Requirements are normalized into Controls mapped to every article and clause they satisfy across all supported frameworks. Satisfy a control once, and your compliance posture updates across every applicable framework simultaneously.

1

Read the Framework

Every regulation and standard read in full by AI policy and legal experts.

2

Define Controls

Requirements normalized into structured Controls with guidance, questions, and evidence requirements.

3

Map Across Frameworks

Each Control mapped to every article and clause it satisfies — across all supported frameworks.

4

Scope to Use Cases

Designations and framework assignments auto-determine which controls apply to each AI system.

5

Satisfy Through Work

Controls satisfied through policies, workflows, documentation fields, or uploaded evidence.

6

Stay Current

As frameworks evolve, Trustible updates mappings. Your compliance work carries forward.

Not All Frameworks Are the Same

Trustible's AI policy and regulatory experts read every framework in full — identifying every obligation, clause, and requirement. Requirements are normalized into Controls mapped to every article and clause they satisfy across all supported frameworks. Satisfy a control once, and your compliance posture updates across every applicable framework simultaneously.

Attribute
NIST AI RMF
ISO 42001
EU AI Act
Type
Voluntary Framework
International Standard
Enforceable Regulation
Requires an Audit?
Requires Org Policy?
Model Eval Guidance?
Recommends Controls?
Requires Risk Assessment?
Requires Model Transparency?
Requires Impact Assessment?
Requires Incident Reporting?

The Controls Architecture

Controls are the operational core of Trustible's compliance architecture. Each Control is a normative statement about a specific action, documentation requirement, or process — mapped to every framework article it satisfies. Controls are organized hierarchically: parent controls describe a broad governance area; sub-controls break it into specific, assessable requirements.

Anatomy of a Control diagram

Control Hierarchy Example

POL-AIP-1 — parent

The organization has an established AI policy covering key roles, responsibilities, and policies related to AI development and internal use of AI tools.

POL-AIP-1-1 — sub-control

The organization's AI policies clearly define relevant roles and responsibilities for building and governing AI systems.

Control Types

Address what your AI governance policies must cover. Satisfied by linking policies to a control and verifying — through AI-assisted analysis — that the policy adequately addresses the control's guiding questions.
Represent specific processes, assessments, or recurring governance activities — things your team runs on a cadence or in response to specific events like a new AI system intake or a material change.
Ensure critical information is properly recorded — at the use case level (human oversight mechanisms, deployment context) and the model level (model cards, dataset documentation, version history).
Define specific tests, benchmarks, or assessments that should be performed on AI models — performance, robustness, bias, fairness. Particularly relevant for GPAI and sector-specific regulations.
Cover disclosure requirements to users, affected individuals, regulators, and the public — AI labeling, incident notifications, and explanation rights for AI-assisted decisions.
A dedicated set of controls for obligations unique to the EU AI Act: CE marking, Annex IV technical documentation formats, GPAI transparency requirements, and post-market monitoring.

Designations: The Right Controls for Each Use Case

Not every control applies to every AI system. Designations are attributes assigned to a use case that reflect its regulatory classification. When you assign frameworks and designations, Trustible automatically determines which controls apply — so your teams see only what's relevant.

High Risk

Surfaces the full set of EU AI Act documentation, technical, and oversight controls for systems classified as high-risk under Annex III.

Provider

Your organization placed this AI system on the market or put it into service. Provider obligations are more extensive than deployer obligations.

Deployer

You're using an AI system built by another organization. A different, generally narrower, set of controls applies — though third-party accountability still does.

GPAI

The system uses or is a general-purpose AI model. GPAI-specific controls apply under the EU AI Act from August 2025.

FAQs

Yes. Trustible maps a single governance program to 10+ frameworks at once, including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001. Instead of running separate compliance tracks for each regulation or standard, your team documents human oversight, risk assessments, and other requirements once through Trustible Controls. Each Control is pre-mapped to every article and clause it satisfies across all supported frameworks, so one piece of work updates your posture everywhere it applies.

It means the same underlying work counts toward every applicable framework, not just one. Trustible's policy and regulatory experts read each framework in full and normalize its requirements into Controls, structured statements mapped to every article and clause they satisfy. When your team satisfies a Control through a policy, workflow, documentation field, or uploaded evidence, that status updates across every framework the Control maps to. Document human oversight once, for example, and it can satisfy obligations under EU AI Act Articles 14 and 22, NIST AI RMF's MAP and MEASURE functions, and ISO 42001 Annex B at the same time.

Trustible's AI policy and regulatory experts continuously monitor framework changes and update Control mappings as regulations and standards evolve. Because your compliance work lives in Controls rather than framework-specific checklists, mapping updates carry forward automatically. Your teams don't re-document from scratch every time a regulator issues new guidance or a standard gets revised. This is the final step in Trustible's methodology: Stay Current.

Every Control includes guiding questions, framework mappings, and suggested evidence, tying compliance to specific documentation and artifacts. Designations assigned to each use case, such as High Risk, Provider, Deployer, or GPAI, determine exactly which controls apply, so audit-ready records reflect the regulatory exposure that matters for that use case. This is a core part of how Trustible helps teams prepare for an AI audit, with documentation auditors, customers, and regulators can review directly to see governance in practice.

Trustible Maps Your Governance Program to Every Framework at Once.

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