AI third-party risk management

AI vendor risk questionnaire

The questions to send an AI vendor before you sign. Each one names the framework clause it supports, so a weak answer tells you exactly which obligation is exposed.

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Replace the placeholder

Questions use [Customer] where your organization’s name belongs. The Excel version has a response column, a status dropdown, and a column for evidence references.

Scope it to the vendor

Sections 1 and 2 apply to every AI vendor. Agentic autonomy, GenAI safety, and EU AI Act items apply only when the vendor’s system does those things, so filter before you send.

Ask for evidence, not adjectives

Where a question names a document, such as an AI bill of materials or a red-team summary, request the artifact. A clause reference with no artifact behind it is a finding.

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