The US federal standard for trustworthy AI
Align with NIST AI RMF requirements for AI governance. Map, measure, manage, and govern AI risk with Rotascale's Trust Intelligence Platform.
NIST AI RMF isn't mandatory. But it's becoming the de facto US standard.
Four functions, one goal: trustworthy AI
Released in January 2023, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework provides a structured approach to managing AI risks throughout the system lifecycle. While voluntary, it's increasingly referenced in federal procurement, state legislation, and enterprise governance policies.
The framework organizes AI risk management into four core functions: Govern, Map, Measure, and Manage. Rotascale's platform addresses all four.
Govern
Establish and maintain organizational AI risk governance. Policies, accountability structures, and risk tolerance decisions.
Map
Understand your AI context. Identify systems, categorize risks, understand impacts on individuals and society.
Measure
Assess and analyze AI risks using quantitative and qualitative methods. Continuous evaluation, not one-time audits.
Manage
Prioritize and act on risks. Implement controls, monitor effectiveness, respond to incidents.
"NIST AI RMF is voluntary today. But when your federal contract requires 'AI governance aligned with NIST standards,' voluntary becomes mandatory."
The ripple effects of NIST AI RMF
Even without legal mandate, NIST AI RMF is shaping AI governance expectations across sectors.
Federal procurement
Executive Order 14110 on AI safety references NIST standards. Federal agencies increasingly require AI RMF alignment from vendors. If you sell to government, this matters.
State legislation
Colorado's AI Act and other state laws explicitly reference NIST AI RMF. The framework is becoming a safe harbor for demonstrating reasonable AI governance.
Industry adoption
Financial services, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors are adopting NIST AI RMF as their governance baseline. It's becoming table stakes for enterprise AI.
International alignment
NIST AI RMF aligns with ISO/IEC 42001 and EU AI Act principles. Build for NIST, and you're positioned for global compliance.
How Rotascale maps to NIST AI RMF
Every core function has corresponding capabilities in the Rotascale platform.
GOVERN: Policies & Accountability
Establish governance structures, define roles and responsibilities, set risk tolerance
Define agent boundaries, approval workflows, and escalation paths. Governance codified in configuration, not just documents.
MAP: Context & Categorization
Identify AI systems, understand their context, categorize risks and impacts
Agent registry with capability documentation. Every AI system cataloged with its purpose, data inputs, and decision scope.
MEASURE: Risk Assessment
Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, bias testing, performance measurement
Continuous evaluation against diverse test sets. Real-time risk quantification. Bias detection. Drift monitoring.
MANAGE: Risk Response
Prioritize risks, implement controls, monitor effectiveness, respond to incidents
Runtime behavior adjustment via steering vectors. Automated alerts and circuit breakers. Incident response workflows.
Trustworthy AI Characteristics
Valid, reliable, safe, secure, accountable, transparent, explainable, fair
Guardian monitors reliability. Eval ensures validity. AgentOps provides accountability. Orchestrate enables transparency.
Beyond the framework: the NIST AI RMF Playbook
NIST provides a companion Playbook with suggested actions for each subcategory of the framework. Rotascale's implementation services align directly with these suggested actions.
We don't just help you understand the framework. We help you implement it with infrastructure that makes compliance sustainable.
Suggested actions
The Playbook contains 200+ suggested actions across all functions. Our Assessment service maps your current state against these.
AI RMF Profiles
NIST encourages creating organizational profiles. We help you define your target profile and build toward it.
Use case considerations
Different AI applications have different risk profiles. We help you apply the framework appropriately to your specific use cases.
NIST AI RMF alignment services
From assessment to implementation, we help you operationalize NIST AI RMF.
AI RMF Gap Assessment
$35K
3 weeks. AI system inventory, current state assessment against all NIST AI RMF functions, gap analysis with prioritized remediation roadmap.
AI RMF Profile Development
$50K
4 weeks. Define your organizational AI RMF Profile. Governance structures, risk tolerance decisions, accountability frameworks documented.
Full AI RMF Implementation
$175K+
12-16 weeks. Rotascale platform deployment configured for NIST AI RMF alignment. All four functions operationalized with tooling and workflows.
The US standard is here. Is your organization ready?
Federal contracts, state laws, and enterprise expectations are converging on NIST AI RMF. Build alignment now.