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NIST releases AI Risk Management Framework to guide secure and trustworthy AI deployments

NIST 2023-01-26 compliance / governance Medium

Executive Summary

NIST's AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) guides trustworthy AI design and deployment with emphasis on security, privacy and governance.

What Happened

NIST published the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) to help organizations design, develop, and deploy trustworthy AI systems with an emphasis on security, privacy, and governance.[2] The framework is being recommended in industry discussions for SMBs and healthcare entities deploying AI agents, as a way to structure controls around data protection, third-party risk, and operational safeguards for LLM-driven workflows.[2]

Vulnerability / Attack Technique

AI risk governance (framework)

Technical Mechanism

Reference framework.

AI Security Category

LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure

Relevant Frameworks

LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information DisclosureLLM06:2025 Excessive AgencyLLM03:2025 Supply Chain

RealGround Analysis

A governance baseline that pairs well with the OWASP LLM Top 10.

Recommended Controls

  • Map AI controls to NIST AI RMF functions

Related RealGround Service

AI Policy Generator & Support · or start with the free AI Agent Security Scanner.

Sources

NIST: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework

Summary and analysis written by RealGround from the source above; last updated 2026-10-18.

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