TACS™ - Trusted AI Control System
TACS™ is Northbridge Crown’s AI governance and assurance framework, aligned to ISO/IEC 42001. It helps organisations establish clear governance, assess risk, implement controls, maintain evidence and improve AI management over time.
Trace → Align → Control → Scale
Trace
Identify AI systems, use cases, owners, data, suppliers and risks.
Align
Align AI governance to business objectives, stakeholder expectations and ISO/IEC 42001 requirements.
Control
Implement practical controls across data, lifecycle, human oversight, suppliers and assurance.
Scale
Monitor performance, maintain evidence, improve controls and support responsible AI growth.
A structured view of the controls that support responsible AI.
Context, Governance & Accountability
Establish context, responsibilities, accountability and governance oversight for AI.
AI Inventory, Risk & Planning
Identify AI systems and use cases, assess risk, and plan proportionate governance activity.
Support, Competence & Communication
Ensure people have the competence, information and communication needed to support responsible AI.
Data & Information Controls
Strengthen controls around data, records, information quality and evidence.
AI Lifecycle & Change Control
Apply governance across development, deployment, change and retirement of AI systems.
Human Oversight, Transparency & Stakeholder Safeguards
Build proportionate human oversight, transparency and safeguards around affected stakeholders.
Supplier, Tooling & Third-Party Assurance
Manage AI suppliers, external tools and third-party dependencies through structured assurance.
Performance, Assurance & Improvement
Monitor performance, maintain evidence, review effectiveness and support continual improvement.
Aligned to the standard. Focused on practical readiness.
TACS™ supports ISO/IEC 42001 readiness, AI Management System implementation and certification preparation activity.
Northbridge Crown does not certify organisations and TACS™ is not an official ISO certification method. The framework is designed to help organisations strengthen governance and prepare for formal assurance or certification activity where appropriate.