Where AI governance meets operational reality.

ASSESSMENT SERVICES

Examine what defined evidence supports—and where the conclusion must stop.

Assess a defined system, control or claim against stated criteria. Preserve the evidence basis, unresolved gaps and limits beside each finding.

The assessment and its report are bounded by the agreed subject, system state, evidence and observation window. Certification is in development and is not operating.

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Who this serves

Start with the decision you need to make.

Security, governance, risk and leadership teams with a defined system, an evidence question and authorised access.

Choose your assessment

Match the question to the examination.

Evidence Readiness Assessment

Can the available records support a defined evidence question?

One Evidence Readiness Report identifying the usable evidence basis, gaps and limits.

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Bounded Control Assessment

What do the records establish about selected controls?

Scoped findings against stated criteria, with evidence references, exceptions and limitations.

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Bounded Assurance Engagement

What conclusion can be justified for this defined claim?

An agreed report identifying the finding, evidence basis, scope and reliance boundary.

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What you receive

Outputs agreed before work begins.

  • The report and findings specified in the agreed assessment scope.
  • The subject, system state, criteria, observation window and evidence examined.
  • Exceptions, uncertainty, Notably Absent and permitted reliance.

How work proceeds

A scoped engagement with a defined handover.

01

Establish fit

Describe the objective, organisation, decision context and funding position.

02

Agree the work

Confirm the question, competence, conflicts, evidence access, outputs, rights and fees.

03

Perform and deliver

Begin under the contracted paid scope; deliver findings, limitations and the agreed handover.

Methods and evidence context

Understand how the record will be examined.

The examination process

See how scope, evidence, verification and findings connect—and when the record cannot support a conclusion.

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Physical AI context

Where systems act in the physical world, account for the environment, consequential action and observable physical effects.

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Scope and limitations

Read the boundary with the offer.

Certification is in development and is not operating. No launch date, accreditation or external acceptance is claimed. An assessment report is not a certificate, and a bounded finding does not establish general safety, compliance or security.

Notably Absent

  • No claim that an unexamined system, version or period has been assessed.
  • No missing or conflicting record silently treated as support.
  • No regulatory approval, accreditation or external recognition inferred from a report.

Published work

Explore the thinking behind the services.

Our public research and framework publications illustrate relevant questions and methods. They are distinct from commissioned client engagements.

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Your next step

Bring one system and the claim to examine.

Describe the system and version, the decision to be made, the claim or controls in question, and the types of records available. We assess competence, independence, lawful access and delivery capacity before accepting work.

Introductory discussions establish fit and commercial scope. Technical analysis, study design, validation and advisory work require an agreed paid scope, independence and data-handling checks, written terms and payment before work begins.

Please do not include confidential records, personal datasets or credentials in an initial enquiry.