A practical toolkit for cybersecurity, GRC, and AI governance professionals who need reusable templates, checklists, and guidance for improving security governance, control assurance, AI risk management, and responsible technology adoption.
This repository brings together information security and AI governance resources that can be adopted, adapted, or expanded based on an organization’s size, risk profile, regulatory obligations, and operating environment.
The purpose of this toolkit is to support practical governance work. It is designed to help teams move from broad security and AI governance expectations into structured documentation, repeatable assessments, and clear control ownership.
The toolkit can support activities such as:
- Information security governance reviews
- AI governance and risk assessment
- ISO 27001 gap assessment
- ISO/IEC 42001 AI management system preparation
- SOC 2 readiness planning
- Security control assessment
- Incident response planning
- Vendor and third-party AI risk review
- Governance reporting and documentation
This repository is useful for:
- Cybersecurity professionals
- GRC analysts and consultants
- Information security managers
- AI governance analysts
- Compliance and risk teams
- Internal audit and assurance teams
- Security operations professionals moving into GRC
- Organizations developing practical security and AI governance documentation
- Students and early-career professionals building portfolio evidence in cybersecurity and governance
information-security-ai-governance/
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├── README.md
├── LICENSE
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├── ai-governance/
│ └── AI governance, ISO/IEC 42001, AI risk, and responsible AI resources
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├── security-governance/
│ └── ISO 27001, SOC 2, incident response, and security governance resources
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├── templates/
│ └── Reusable templates and practical documentation aids
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└── docs/
└── Supporting documentation, overview notes, and skills mapping
This toolkit is organized into four main areas. Each area contains practical resources that can be adopted, adapted, or expanded based on the needs of the organization.
| Area | Folder | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| AI Governance | ai-governance/ |
Resources for AI risk assessment, ISO/IEC 42001 alignment, responsible AI, AI system oversight, and AI-related security controls. |
| Security Governance | security-governance/ |
Resources for ISO 27001, SOC 2, security control review, incident response, assurance, and governance documentation. |
| Templates | templates/ |
Reusable working documents for governance, risk, compliance, control assurance, vendor review, and reporting. |
| Documentation | docs/ |
Supporting guidance, toolkit overview notes, and skills mapping resources. |
The ai-governance folder supports work related to responsible AI adoption, AI risk assessment, ISO/IEC 42001 readiness, AI system oversight, vendor review, and AI-related security controls.
Use this section when you need to document or review:
- AI system purpose, ownership, and accountability
- AI risk and impact considerations
- AI governance roles and responsibilities
- AI vendor and third-party risk
- AI security controls
- ISO/IEC 42001 readiness
- Responsible AI principles
- Human oversight and decision accountability
Key resource:
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ISO 42001 AI Risk Assessment Template | Supports structured AI risk assessment and ISO/IEC 42001 alignment. |
The security-governance folder supports traditional information security governance, control assurance, readiness reviews, and security improvement planning.
Use this section when you need to support:
- ISO 27001 gap assessment
- SOC 2 readiness review
- Security control assessment
- Incident response planning
- Governance reporting
- Risk and control documentation
- Security improvement planning
Key resources:
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ISO 27001 Gap Assessment Template | Supports ISO 27001 gap assessment, control review, and improvement planning. |
| SOC 2 Readiness Checklist | Helps organizations assess readiness against SOC 2 trust service principles. |
The templates folder contains reusable documents that can be copied and adapted for governance, risk, compliance, audit, vendor review, incident response, and control assurance work.
Examples of templates may include:
- Risk register templates
- Control assessment templates
- Policy review templates
- Governance reporting templates
- Vendor due diligence templates
- Incident response templates
- Control attestation templates
The docs folder contains supporting guidance, overview documents, and portfolio mapping resources.
Use this section to understand the toolkit structure, how the resources connect, and how the work maps to practical cybersecurity, GRC, and AI governance skills.
Key resources:
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Toolkit Overview | Explains the purpose, structure, and use of the toolkit. |
| Skills Map | Maps toolkit resources to cybersecurity, GRC, and AI governance skills. |
| Area | Folder | Best Used For |
|---|---|---|
| AI Governance | ai-governance/ |
AI risk, ISO/IEC 42001, responsible AI, AI system oversight |
| Security Governance | security-governance/ |
ISO 27001, SOC 2, control assurance, incident response |
| Templates | templates/ |
Reusable governance, risk, compliance, and assurance documents |
| Documentation | docs/ |
Toolkit overview, guidance notes, and skills mapping |
When using this toolkit, treat each document as a practical starting point rather than a fixed standard.
Good practice includes:
- Adapt each template to the organization’s size, sector, risk profile, regulatory obligations, and operating environment.
- Make ownership clear for each risk, control, assessment, or governance document.
- Link risks to practical actions, accountable owners, evidence requirements, and review dates.
- Keep governance documentation simple enough for teams to use consistently.
- Review AI-related risks across security, privacy, ethics, legal, operational, and third-party dimensions.
- Use the templates to support better decision-making, not just documentation.
- Review and update the toolkit regularly based on incidents, audit findings, regulatory changes, technology changes, and lessons learned.
- Validate all controls, assessments, and recommendations against the organization’s own policies, standards, and risk appetite.
This repository is provided as a practical toolkit and learning resource for information security and AI governance work.
Organizations and individuals are encouraged to adopt, adapt, or modify any part of this toolkit based on what is appropriate for their size, sector, risk profile, workforce, regulatory obligations, internal policies, technical environment, and operational needs.
This toolkit is not intended to be prescriptive or to replace legal, regulatory, compliance, privacy, audit, or professional security advice. Each organization should review the materials carefully and apply them in a way that aligns with its governance structure, business objectives, security controls, and risk appetite.
Prepared by Chinyere Chinekezi
Cybersecurity, GRC, and AI Governance Professional
- GitHub Portfolio: Information Security & AI Governance Toolkit
- LinkedIn: Chinyere Chinekezi