AU-B-06Level 1 · Signal
Validates AI output against trusted sources
- Behavior
- Vigilant
- Level 1 · Signal
A vigilant Behavior signal from the pulse survey (SURVEY, pulse: AI output checking): this person reports checking AI output against a trusted source before using it.
Classification
- Risk domain One of 9 areas of human risk, from social engineering to readiness and response. Every signal belongs to one.
- Evidence level
- Maturity practices One capability a program performs, scored on its own: See, Understand, Act, Prove, Govern and Culture.
- Leads to The kind of breach the evidence beneath it points toward, each anchored to a Verizon DBIR or VERIS pattern or an FBI IC3 category.
- NIST CSF 2.0
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- GV.RM-05
- MITRE ATT&CK
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None mapped
The definition, in detail
Definition
The error class AI adds is caught before it reaches a decision.
Example
A compliance officer says in the pulse that every AI-drafted policy clause is checked against the regulation before it enters a document.
How it is measured
- Source
- Pulse survey
- Subject
- Person
- Event
- Pulse: AI output checking
- Risk domain
- AI use
- Provenance
- Forrester
How it is used
Programs count "Validates AI output against trusted sources" per person from Pulse survey and read it beside the other AI use signals; it feeds 0 cohorts, 0 sequences and 1 breach scenario.
A "validates AI output against trusted sources" event is evidence of a protective behavior; a vigilant behavior at any step breaks a sequence. It is one event, and it does not cancel the risky signals the same person carries.
Library indicators
The detailed observations in the indicator library with the same risk domain, dimension and polarity as this signal.
- I.0457Reviews prompts for sensitive data
- I.0458Uses enterprise-approved AI platforms
- I.0459Validates AI outputs against trusted sources
- I.0460Discloses AI use in deliverables
- I.0461Documents AI-assisted decisions
- I.0462Avoids AI-generated content in compliance-sensitive contexts
- I.0463Uses pre-approved AI prompt templates
- I.0464Participates in AI model risk assessments
Continue exploring
"Validates AI output against trusted sources" (AU-B-06), Human Risk Management Framework v2.0.0, Living Security, CC BY 4.0. https://www.humanriskmanagement.com/taxonomy/signals/au-b-06-validates-ai-output-against-trusted-sources
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The initial assessment
Find your level.Then fix what matters.
18 questions, about 4 minutes and nothing to type before the result: your level, a score for each practice and three first playbooks, each Easy, Medium or Hard.