Mercury Security

Board Governance Roadmap — Sample Brief
(Illustrative Example, 2025)

This sample demonstrates the format and level of detail provided to boards at the conclusion of a 4-Week Audit → Governance Sprint. Actual deliverables will be specific to your organization, systems, and evidence.

Executive Summary

Our audit assessed [Sample AI Agent] for compliance readiness under the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, GDPR, and ISO/IEC 42001. The system demonstrates strong baseline functionality but requires targeted remediation to meet governance expectations.

Overall status: Conditional Pass

• 7 minor remediation items
• 2 critical remediation items (pre-go-live blockers)
• 90-day roadmap established with named owners

Key Findings (High-Level)

1. Transparency
   • Strength: 97% of responses included correct source citations or disclaimers.
   • Gap: 1 instance of hallucinated citation observed; remediation owner assigned.
2. Guardrails & Safety
   • Strength: 95% refusal accuracy across prohibited prompts.
   • Gap: 2 unsafe completions on medical advice prompts → escalation required.
3. Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
   • Strength: Escalation thresholds configured, handoff tested successfully.
   • Gap: Missing documentation of SLAs for escalation queue.
4. Logging & Retention
   • Strength: Logs captured with full metadata, hash-integrity confirmed.
   • Gap: Retention schedule undefined; requires alignment with GDPR Art. 5.

90-Day Roadmap

Next Steps

• Review and approve remediation owners and deadlines.
• Schedule 60-day interim review to confirm progress.
• Add quarterly governance review cadence post-remediation.

✅ This brief is designed for board-level oversight: clear findings, specific actions, named accountability, and timelines. Full technical evidence is included in the separate Evidence Pack.