Free AI Readiness Assessment
Is your organisation ready to use AI safely?
Complete the assessment in under 10 minutes and receive a personalised AI governance maturity report. Built for regulated and growing organisations that need to identify AI governance gaps, across strategy, data protection, security, oversight and compliance, before those gaps become regulatory exposure.
Maturity score across ten domains
A personalised IACAIP Shielded Framework Maturity Score across ten governance domains.
Strongest areas & urgent gaps
A clear view of your strongest areas and your most urgent gaps.
Where to focus first
A practical sense of where to focus first.
Mapped to leading frameworks
Mapped against ISO 42001, the EU AI Act, GDPR and the NIST AI RMF.
Confidential
Your responses are handled in a GDPR-aligned manner.
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What is an AI Readiness Assessment?
An AI readiness assessment evaluates how prepared your organisation is to use AI responsibly and safely. It measures the maturity of the governance, controls and practices that surround your AI use, so you can scale AI with confidence rather than uncertainty.
What AI readiness means
AI readiness is the extent to which your organisation can adopt and scale artificial intelligence safely, with the governance, controls, data protection, security and oversight needed to manage AI risk alongside AI opportunity.
Why assess before you scale
Scaling AI without assessing governance maturity exposes your organisation to regulatory, reputational and operational risk. An AI readiness assessment identifies where you are today and what must be in place before AI use broadens.
Why governance, security and compliance matter
AI introduces new obligations under the EU AI Act, UK GDPR and sector regulation. Governance, security, data protection, human oversight and regulatory compliance are the foundations that make AI use defensible and trustworthy.
Built for regulated and growing organisations
The assessment is designed for regulated industries and growing organisations that need a clear, evidence-based view of AI governance maturity, not a marketing score.
This AI readiness assessment is an indicative self-evaluation. It is not a formal certification, audit or assurance engagement, and completing it does not confer any IACAIP certification status.
What does the assessment measure?
The assessment evaluates your organisation's AI governance maturity across ten governance domains. Each domain is scored on a five-level maturity scale, from "not yet started" to "optimised". Your responses produce a personalised maturity score for each domain and an overall AI governance maturity score.
AI Strategy & Governance Leadership
Whether AI use is governed by a board-endorsed strategy, accountable leadership and clear ownership.
AI Risk Management
Whether AI risks are identified, assessed, prioritised and treated in a structured, repeatable process.
Data Protection & Privacy
Whether personal data used by AI systems is protected in line with UK GDPR / EU GDPR requirements.
AI Security & Model Protection
Whether AI systems, models and pipelines are protected against adversarial, supply-chain and access threats.
Transparency, Explainability & Documentation
Whether AI use and model decisions are transparent, documented and explainable to affected stakeholders.
Human Oversight & Accountability
Whether meaningful human oversight, intervention points and clear accountability are built into AI use.
AI Procurement & Third-Party Risk
Whether third-party AI systems, models and vendors are assessed before and during use.
AI Incident Management & Response
Whether AI failures, harm and incidents are detected, reported and responded to.
Regulatory Compliance & Conformity
Whether obligations under the EU AI Act, UK GDPR and sector regulation are actively tracked and met.
Responsible AI & Ethics
Whether fairness, bias mitigation and responsible-AI principles are applied across the AI lifecycle.
Aligned with leading AI governance frameworks
Each of the ten assessment domains is mapped to established AI governance, data protection and risk frameworks. This means your maturity score reflects recognised expectations, not an arbitrary checklist.
ISO/IEC 42001
AI management system standard: leadership, risk, data governance and continual improvement.
EU AI Act
Risk-based regulation of AI systems: provider/deployer obligations, transparency and incident reporting.
UK / EU GDPR
Data protection principles, lawful basis, DPIAs, security of processing and automated decision rights.
NIST AI RMF
Govern, Map, Measure and Manage functions for trustworthy and responsible AI.
The IACAIP Shielded Framework® is a proprietary framework. External frameworks, including ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, GDPR and the NIST AI RMF, are referenced for alignment only and are not issued by or owned by IACAIP unless formally authorised.
Your personalised AI governance maturity report
After completing the assessment you receive a personalised report you can download and share. It translates your responses into a clear picture of your AI governance maturity.
Overall AI governance maturity score
A single IACAIP Shielded Framework Maturity Score out of 100, with a maturity level from Initial to Optimised.
Maturity scores across ten domains
A scored breakdown of all ten governance domains, each mapped to ISO 42001, the EU AI Act, GDPR and the NIST AI RMF.
Your strongest areas
The governance domains where your organisation is most mature, your foundations to build on.
Your most urgent gaps
The domains with the lowest maturity scores, your clearest exposure to AI governance risk.
Where to focus first
Practical, prioritised guidance for your lowest-scoring domains so you know what to do next.
A downloadable, shareable report
A branded PDF maturity report you can save, share with colleagues and use to plan your next steps.
Who should take the AI Readiness Assessment?
The assessment is built for regulated and growing organisations that need a clear, honest view of AI governance maturity. It is most valuable for the people accountable for AI risk, governance and compliance.
Compliance leaders
Heads of compliance and regulatory affairs preparing for the EU AI Act and sector regulation.
Risk leaders
Chief risk officers and risk teams integrating AI risk into enterprise risk management.
CISOs and security leaders
Security leaders accountable for AI system, model and pipeline protection.
Data protection & privacy teams
DPOs and privacy professionals managing GDPR obligations for AI processing.
AI leaders
Heads of AI, data and ML engineering responsible for responsible AI delivery.
CEOs, directors and boards
Executives and boards seeking assurance that AI use is governed and defensible.
If your organisation is preparing for AI regulation, particularly the EU AI Act, UK GDPR or sector-specific AI requirements, this assessment gives you a structured starting point.
AI readiness assessment: frequently asked questions
Common questions about the IACAIP Free AI Readiness Assessment, what it measures and how it can help your organisation.
Still have questions? See the main IACAIP FAQ or contact the IACAIP team.
Ready to move from readiness to certification?
The AI Readiness Assessment is an indicative self-evaluation. For a formal assessment of your organisation against the IACAIP Shielded Framework®, explore organisation certification, or learn about the framework itself and the public Shielded Registry®.