Review on a schedule and when things change. Use a quarterly light review and an annual deep review. Trigger a review after an incident, a material product change, a new region, or a large vendor change.

Use reviews as a signal, not as the only proof. Ask for outcomes, not stars. Look for shorter sales cycles, clean audits, and strong evidence programs. Verify with references that match your size and sector.

Choose a light baseline, publish a short policy pack, create a simple use case register, and add minimum monitoring. Keep it to what your team will use every week. Expand only when risk grows.

Keep it simple and focused on outcomes. Name one owner, list AI use cases with a risk tier, publish clear guardrails, and add short reviews for high risk cases. Bake checks into your existing product and security processes. Scale the program as risk grows.