🏛️ NIST AI RMF 1.0 · GOVERN / MAP / MEASURE / MANAGE

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The framework is 40+ pages of federal prose. Your board wants one answer: “are we aligned, and where are the gaps?” GOVERNBOX.ai turns NIST AI RMF into generated, cited policies and a live crosswalk that scores your coverage across all four functions — in plain language, in under an hour.

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The framework, made operational

Every NIST AI RMF function, covered by a working module

NIST AI RMF compliance is not a PDF you file away — it is a set of practices you have to be able to prove. Each function maps to modules you actually run:

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GOVERN — policies & accountability

Generated AI Use Policy, Acceptable Use Standard, and AI Committee Charter — every clause cites a control mapped to specific GOVERN references. Staff attestations prove who agreed to what, and when.

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MAP — inventory & context

The AI Use Case Log gives every AI system a UC-### id, a named owner, data sensitivity, and a review date — including the shadow AI staff adopted without sign-off.

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MEASURE — risk & assessment

A likelihood × impact Risk Register and a 7-section AI Impact Assessment questionnaire keep testing, bias, and performance concerns documented per system, not in someone's head.

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MANAGE — monitoring & response

Incident log with severity codes, training plan with sign-off tracking, review-date alerts, and a quarterly board report that rolls it all up automatically.

Proof, not promises

A live NIST AI RMF crosswalk — coverage scores and a gap list

Because every generated clause cites a control, and every control carries its NIST references, the crosswalk can compute — not estimate — your coverage.

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Coverage % per function

See GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, and MANAGE each scored against your approved documents — the single slide your board actually wants.

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Click-to-expand references

Every covered reference (GOVERN-1.1, MAP-1.5, ...) expands to show exactly which policy clause satisfies it, in plain language.

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Gaps with a path to close

Uncovered references are listed honestly as gaps — each with the module or document that closes it, and an expert-help option when you want it.

Built by a 2x Federal CIO, CTO, and Chief AI Officer with hands-on NIST SP 800-53 and AI governance implementation across federal agencies — the control library behind every document is the moat, and it is authored by a practitioner, not scraped from templates.

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  • ✓AI Readiness Scorecard
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  • ✓NIST AI RMF preview
  • ✓Preview AI Use Policy
  • ✓Dashboard overview
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  • ✓AI Use Case Inventory
  • ✓Training Module + Project Management
  • ✓Risk Register, Impact Assessments, Incidents
  • ✓AI Agents inventory
  • ✓Quarterly Board Report
  • ✓Regulatory horizon feed ("What's Changing")
  • ✓Organization Profile + dashboard
  • ◦Up to 2 records per module (2 projects, unlimited board tasks)
  • ◦Preview all 10 policy generators (locked until paid)
Starter
$3,500/yr
or $339/mo billed monthly
  • ✓Everything in Free
  • ✓AI Use Policy + AI Acceptable Use Standard
  • ✓NIST AI RMF + ISO 42001 + Colorado AI Act crosswalk
  • ✓Risk Register + Impact Assessments
  • ✓Incident log, Training plan, full Board Report
  • ✓AI Cost Tracking & Roll-Up (per use case + program office)
  • ✓AI Agents inventory (basic registration)
  • ✓AI Project Management — up to 2 concurrent projects
  • ✓Governance Badge + live public Trust Page
  • ✓Employee Attestation Portal — unlimited signers
  • ✓Regulatory horizon feed
  • ✓Word + PDF export
  • ✓3 seats (up to 5)
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$12,000/yr
equates to $1,000 per month
  • ✓Everything in Starter
  • ✓+ CCPA data-privacy framework
  • ✓NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 / CSF 2.0 crosswalk
  • ✓Risk heat map
  • ✓Full Impact Assessments — auto-populates Risk Register
  • ✓AI Project Management — up to 5 concurrent projects
  • ✓AI Strategic Plan + CAIO Position Statement wizards
  • ✓Privacy Policy (CCPA-grounded)
  • ✓AI Incident Response Plan + Vendor AI Risk Assessment
  • ✓Branded document exports
  • ✓5 seats (up to 10)
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$25,000/yr
  • ✓Everything in Pro
  • ✓+ EU AI Act framework (risk tiering, Art. 5 & Art. 73 reporting)
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  • ✓AI Agents zero-trust checklist + scoring
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  • ✓Priority support
  • ✓Enterprise SSO (SAML / OIDC)
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NIST AI RMF questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the NIST AI Risk Management Framework?
NIST AI RMF 1.0 is the U.S. government's voluntary framework for managing AI risk, organized into four functions: GOVERN (policies, roles, accountability), MAP (inventory and context for each AI system), MEASURE (testing, bias, and performance), and MANAGE (monitoring, incidents, and response). It has quickly become the de facto baseline U.S. boards, insurers, and enterprise customers ask vendors and partners about.
Is NIST AI RMF compliance mandatory?
The framework itself is voluntary — but it is increasingly referenced by state AI laws (like Colorado's AI Act, which treats NIST AI RMF alignment as evidence of reasonable care), federal procurement, cyber insurers, and enterprise vendor-risk questionnaires. Aligning now is the cheapest way to answer all of those at once.
What should NIST AI RMF compliance software actually do?
Three things: (1) generate the governance documents the framework calls for — with every clause traceable to a real control, not a generic template; (2) show you exactly which GOVERN/MAP/MEASURE/MANAGE requirements your approved policies cover and which are still gaps; and (3) run the operational side — AI inventory, risk register, training, incident log — so you can prove the framework is practiced, not just printed.
How does the GOVERNBOX.ai NIST crosswalk work?
Every policy we generate cites the specific controls it implements, and each control is mapped to NIST AI RMF references (like GOVERN-1.1 or MAP-1.5). The crosswalk scans your approved documents and computes live coverage per function, listing each covered reference with a plain-language summary — and each gap with a concrete way to close it.
How much does NIST AI RMF software cost?
GOVERNBOX.ai starts free: the AI Readiness Scorecard and a NIST AI RMF preview cost nothing. Full document generation and the NIST crosswalk are included in the Starter plan at $3,500/yr — which equates to $291.66 per month, a fraction of a single consultant engagement. A 15-day free trial (credit card required) lets you work the operational modules before you commit.
Who built the control library behind this?
The library was authored by Jim Tunnessen, a 2x Federal CIO, CTO, and Chief AI Officer with hands-on NIST SP 800-53 and AI governance implementation experience across federal agencies — the same frameworks used in real federal AI governance work, not adapted marketing templates.

NIST AI RMF alignment your board can see — in under an hour.

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