SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules apply to AI-generated risk assessments. The board report must be defensible.
Enterprise security and GRC platforms deploy AI for security policy drafting, risk assessment summaries, board reporting, vulnerability management narratives, incident classification, and third-party risk documentation. SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules (2023) require material cybersecurity risk reporting — and AI-generated risk assessments that inform board reporting must be defensible. NIST CSF 2.0, NIST SP 800-53, and ISO 27001 apply to AI-assisted security governance. EU NIS2 Directive and DORA (financial sector) add cross-border requirements. When SEC examines the basis for a cybersecurity disclosure and the risk assessment was AI-generated, the provenance chain must demonstrate that the assessment met the same rigor standard as a human-prepared one.
What Ontic Does Here
Ontic's Refinery enforces vulnerability management narrative governance, incident classification compliance, and third-party risk documentation accuracy as deterministic guardrails. The Clean Room produces SEC disclosure evidence packages, board-level risk reporting with audit trail, and regulatory examination readiness files with full provenance. The CISO's board report is backed by governed evidence, not AI-generated summaries.
Recommended Deployment
Studio
Assists judgment
- •Security policy drafting
- •Risk assessment summaries
- •Board reporting assist
Refinery
Enforces authority
- •Vulnerability management narrative governance
- •Incident classification compliance
- •Third-party risk documentation
Clean Room
Enforces defensibility
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- •SEC disclosure evidence packages
- •Board-level risk reporting with audit trail
- •Regulatory examination readiness files
Expansion path: clean_room (primary) | refinery for customer-facing documentation
Regulatory Context
SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules (2023) require material risk reporting including AI-assisted risk assessments. NIST CSF 2.0 provides the cybersecurity governance framework. NIST SP 800-53 specifies the controls. ISO 27001 certification requirements are expanding to include AI governance. EU NIS2 Directive imposes cybersecurity governance for essential entities. DORA applies to financial sector cybersecurity AI. FedRAMP applies to government-facing security platforms.
Applicable Frameworks
Common Objections
"We're a GRC platform. We provide governance tools to our customers. We don't need governance for our own AI."
The cobbler's children. If the GRC platform's own AI-generated risk assessments inform SEC disclosures and board reporting, those assessments must be as defensible as the governance the platform provides to clients. When SEC examines the basis for a disclosure and the CISO points to an AI-generated summary, the question is whether the summary's provenance meets the same standard the platform enforces for its customers. Ontic ensures it does.
Evidence
- →SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules active since December 2023
- →NIST CSF 2.0 AI governance requirements expanding
- →Board-level cybersecurity reporting increasingly scrutinized by regulators
- →GRC platform customers are asking vendors about their own AI governance
Questions to Consider
- ?Are AI-generated risk assessments informing SEC cybersecurity disclosures or board reporting?
- ?Could the CISO produce the provenance chain for any AI-generated risk assessment in the board report?
- ?Does the platform's own AI governance meet the standard it enforces for customers?
Primary Buyer
CISO / Chief Risk Officer / VP Product
Deal Size
Enterprise ($150K+ ACV)
Implementation
High — Months with dedicated team
Start With
Clean Room
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