2025 July Training Session

When:  Jul 9, 2025 from 13:00 to 16:30 (ET)
Associated with  Research Triangle Chapter

Where: Remote via Teams (registration via the chapter website)

When: July 09, 2025 1300-1630

CPEs: Upto 3

Cost: Free to chapter members (attendance limited to 150)

 

Session I  Auditing Corporate AI Strategic Planning and Implementation Initiatives

 

This course is designed to provide professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct various types of AI audits within their organization. Participants will gain a deep understanding of AI technologies, their potential risks and benefits, and gain knowledge of the detailed audit test procedures required to perform effective AI audits.

 

Learning Outcomes


Attendees will achieve the following learning outcomes:

  • Will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of AI governance practices
  • Identify and assess AI risks
  • Conduct audits of the AI Strategic Plan and Implementation initiatives
  • Provide meaningful recommendations to mitigate AI risks
     

Seminar Outline
The following topics will be discussed:


I. AI Terminology and Concepts

  • AI Models
  • Techniques used to train AI Models
  • Application Program Interfaces (API)
  • AI Agents

II. AI Usage within Organizations
 

  • General usage across all areas of an organization
  • AI usage within
    • Software development
    • IT System Operations
    • Information Security

III. AI “Caution Winds”

 

  • Define Corporate AI philosophy
  • Risks of AI Models
  • Risks of Organizations managing their own AI models
     

IV. Conducting AI Usage Impact assessment

  • What are AI Usage Assessments?
  • Inventory of AI tools and applications
  • Mapping AI usage to business processes
  • Purpose of AI Impact Assessments
  • Understanding the components of an AI Impact Assessment
     

V. Establishing an AI Strategic Plan

  • AI Governance Structure
  • Using IT Strategic Plans to develop for AI Strategic Plans
  • AI Vision and Goals
  • Ethical considerations and Governance
  • Short term and long-term AI initiatives
  • Alignment to AI Goals
  • AI Policies, Standards and Permissible Use

VI. Establishing AI Implementation Plans and Initiatives

  • Foundation components
  • Rollout of AI Initiatives

VII. Alternative AI Audit Approaches

  • Initial Audit to assess whether AI Governance Structure has been established
  • Auditing AI Usage Assessment
  • Auditing AI Impact Assessments
  • Auditing the AI Strategic Plan
  • Auditing of AI Implementation Plans

Location

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