Defense · NIST AI RMF · GOVERN

NIST AI RMF · GOVERN for defense AI workflows

NIST AI RMF · GOVERN in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

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Legal forceVoluntary framework

Applies from26 Jan 2023

SectorDefense

Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / The rule

What NIST AI RMF · GOVERN requires

Organizations adopting the AI RMF; GOVERN is owned by leadership and applies across all AI systems and lifecycle stages.

01Understand and document legal and regulatory requirements involving AI (GOVERN 1.1).
02Keep an inventory of AI systems and processes for safely decommissioning them (GOVERN 1.6, 1.7).
03Document roles, responsibilities and lines of communication; executive leadership owns AI risk decisions (GOVERN 2.1, 2.3).
04Have teams document and communicate risks and impacts of the AI they build or use (GOVERN 4.2).
05Collect and integrate feedback from people outside the development team about AI impacts (GOVERN 5.1, 5.2).
06Set policies for AI risks from third-party software, data and supply chain, including IP infringement (GOVERN 6.1, 6.2).

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

AI-specific. It defines the organizational program that oversees AI systems rather than testing any one model.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

Named alongside

NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

Sector pagePlanisphere for defense

03 / Records

Records to keep

01AI risk management policy and documented risk tolerance
02AI system inventory with owners
03RACI or role charter for AI risk decisions
04Third-party AI supplier risk policy and contingency plans

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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