Our Method
A governance-first approach to enterprise AI.
Every OIA engagement follows a three-step progression — from diagnostic to governance-hardened. Each step builds on the last, so you move from exposed to audit-ready with zero guesswork.
- 1
Readiness Scan
A 30-minute diagnostic to baseline one AI workflow.
- •Pick one live AI workflow to assess
- •Define success criteria and failure modes
- •Review current governance posture and compliance gaps
- •Map the next step: Sprint or Hardening engagement
- 2
AI Readiness Sprint
Two-week engagement to map your complete governance landscape.
- •Runtime Governance Audit across all AI systems
- •Compliance Gap Map against SOC 2 AI, ISO 42001, EU AI Act
- •Risk-Prioritized Remediation Roadmap
- •Stakeholder-Ready Summary Deck for leadership
- 3
AI Hardening Engagement
6–10 week engagement to build and enforce runtime governance systems.
- •Custom Governance Policies tailored to your AI stack
- •Runtime Monitoring Playbooks for ongoing enforcement
- •Incident Response Protocols for governance failures
- •Drift Detection + Escalation Triggers
- •Audit-Ready Documentation Suite
Deliverable Excerpts
Sanitized fragments from live governance artifacts.
These excerpts show how OIA operationalizes governance using structured outputs from the Runtime Governance Audit, Compliance Gap Map, Runtime Monitoring Playbook, and Stakeholder Summary deck.
Sample Failure-Mode Taxonomy (Excerpt)
| Failure mode | Detection signal | Control | Severity | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy citation mismatch | Guardrail trigger spike in compliance category | Policy source pinning + citation validator | P1 | Governance lead |
| Tool parameter misuse | Invalid tool-call ratio above threshold | Tool schema validation + execution allow-list | P2 | Agent engineering |
| Escalation loop | Repeat escalation on same intent cluster | Escalation cooldown + handoff rubric updates | P2 | Operations |
| Prompt injection attempt | Adversarial pattern match in user input | Input sanitization + isolation policy | P1 | Security |
| Drifted response quality | Eval pass-rate decline over 7-day window | Drift alerts + regression test gate | P3 | ML quality |
Excerpt from Runtime Governance Audit taxonomy structure.
Sample Monitoring KPI Thresholds (Excerpt)
| KPI | Warning threshold | Critical threshold | Trigger action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drift rate | >2.5% (7-day shift) | >5.0% (7-day shift) | Freeze prompt release and trigger RCA |
| p95 latency | >2.2s | >3.0s | Fail over workflow and throttle non-critical traffic |
| Guardrail trigger rate | >4.0% of sessions | >7.0% of sessions | Escalate to governance lead and quarantine affected intents |
| Escalation rate | >18% of sessions | >25% of sessions | Open incident and retrain routing policy |
Excerpt from Runtime Monitoring Playbook control thresholds.
Artifact Outputs You Receive
- •Runtime Governance Audit excerpt pack (system map, failure taxonomy, control ownership)
- •Compliance Gap Map workbook aligned to SOC 2 AI, ISO 42001, and EU AI Act controls
- •Risk-Prioritized Remediation Roadmap sequenced for 30/60/90-day execution
- •Stakeholder-Ready Summary Deck with decision log, residual risk, and sign-off path
- •Runtime Monitoring Playbook with KPI thresholds, escalation matrix, and response SLAs
Runtime Incident Workflow
- Detection: Drift, guardrail, or anomaly signal crosses defined threshold.
- Triage: Incident classified (P1-P4) against governance severity matrix.
- Containment: Affected agent or workflow halted or restricted.
- Escalation: Notification path triggered (T+15, T+60, or T+24 SLA).
- Root Cause Analysis: Control map and evaluation logs reconciled.
- Remediation: Policy, guardrail, or monitoring control updated.
- Verification: Post-fix validation run plus KPI return to baseline.
The OIA Difference
We ship governance systems, not slide decks.
Measurable
Every engagement produces governance metrics you can track — compliance coverage, risk reduction, and audit readiness scores.
Repeatable
We build governance systems and enforcement infrastructure that you own and can operate continuously.
Governance-Ready
Runtime enforcement, drift detection, and audit-ready documentation — governance that holds under pressure.
Start Here
30 minutes to map your governance roadmap.
The Readiness Scan is a 30-minute diagnostic where we pick one AI workflow, review your governance posture, identify compliance gaps, and map the next step.