AI Governance & Assurance

Practical AI governance for responsible growth

Northbridge Crown Consulting helps organisations govern AI responsibly, manage risk, and prepare for ISO/IEC 42001 alignment through structured, evidence-based assurance.

Delivered through TACS™ - the Trusted AI Control System, our practical AI governance framework for AI management system readiness, implementation and continual improvement.

The challenge

AI is moving quickly. Governance often is not.

Many organisations are already using AI across products, services, operations and customer delivery. But governance, ownership, risk controls and evidence often lag behind.

01

What AI systems are currently being used?

02

Who owns AI risk and accountability?

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Are AI tools, suppliers and data properly controlled?

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Can responsible AI use be evidenced to customers, auditors or leadership?

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Is the organisation ready for ISO/IEC 42001 alignment?

Northbridge Crown helps organisations answer these questions clearly and practically.

Services

How We Help

01

AI Governance Health Check

A practical review of how AI is currently being used, governed and controlled across your organisation.

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02

ISO/IEC 42001 Readiness Assessment

A structured assessment of your organisation’s readiness for ISO/IEC 42001 alignment or certification preparation.

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03

AI Governance Framework Build

Support to design and implement AI policies, ownership models, registers, controls and evidence structures.

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04

AIMS Implementation Support

Practical support to establish and improve an AI Management System aligned to ISO/IEC 42001 principles.

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05

Fractional AI Governance Support

Ongoing advisory support for organisations that need AI governance oversight without hiring a full-time internal role.

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Our Method

TACS™ - Trusted AI Control System

TACS™ is Northbridge Crown’s AI governance and assurance framework, aligned to ISO/IEC 42001, designed to help organisations move from informal AI use to structured, accountable and evidence-based governance.

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Trace

Identify AI systems, use cases, owners, data, suppliers and risks.

02

Align

Align AI governance to business objectives, stakeholder expectations and ISO/IEC 42001 requirements.

03

Control

Implement practical controls across data, lifecycle, human oversight, suppliers and assurance.

04

Scale

Monitor performance, maintain evidence, improve controls and support responsible AI growth.

TACS™ is structured across eight governance domains covering accountability, risk, data, lifecycle control, human oversight, supplier assurance and continual improvement.

Who We Help

For organisations using, developing, buying or deploying AI.

AI start-upsSaaS businessesDigital agenciesTechnology consultanciesSMEs adopting AIOrganisations using AI with customer dataBusinesses deploying AI-enabled products or servicesCompanies responding to customer, supplier or audit questions
Why Northbridge Crown

AI governance should be practical, not theoretical.

Northbridge Crown helps organisations turn AI governance into a working management system, not a folder of unused documents.

Understand their AI estate

Assign clear ownership

Assess AI risk and impact

Control data, suppliers and lifecycle activity

Evidence responsible AI use

Prepare for ISO/IEC 42001 readiness

Improve governance over time

Start the conversation

Start with a Discovery Call

The best place to start is a short conversation about how your organisation is using AI today, where governance may need strengthening, and whether ISO/IEC 42001 readiness should be considered.