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AST-31.1: Categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Related Technologies

AST 9 — Critical Identify

Mechanisms exist to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Control Question: Does the organization categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT)?

General (3)
Framework Mapping Values
NIST AI 100-1 (AI RMF) 1.0 MAP 2.0
Shared Assessments SIG 2025 R.9
SCF CORE Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MA&D) AST-31.1

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Level 3 — Well Defined

Asset Management (AST) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist:

  • An IT Asset Management (ITAM) function, or similar function, governs asset management to help ensure compliance with requirements for asset management.
  • An ITAM function, or similar function, maintains an inventory of IT assets, covering both physical and virtual assets, as well as centrally managed asset ownership assignments.
  • Technology assets and data are categorized according to data classification and business criticality criteria.
  • A Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) function oversees supply chain risks including the removal and prevention of certain technology services and/ or equipment designated as supply chain threats by a statutory or regulatory body.
  • Data/process owners document where sensitive/regulated data is stored, transmitted and processed, generating Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and network diagrams to document the flow of data.
  • A data classification process exists to identify categories of data and specific protection requirements.
  • Administrative processes and technologies identify by data classification type to ensure adequate cybersecurity and data protection controls are in place to protect organizational information and individual data privacy.
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT).

Assessment Objectives

  1. AST-31.1_A01 the organization utilizes a defined methodology to categorize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Technologies (AAT) based on data sensitivity and criticality.

Evidence Requirements

E-AST-24 Asset Categorization

Documented evidence of a methodology to categorize technology assets (e.g., criticality and data classification considerations)

Asset Management

Technology Recommendations

Micro/Small

  • Data classification scheme
  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) program
  • Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / autonomous technologies governance program

Small

  • Data classification scheme
  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) program
  • Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / autonomous technologies governance program

Medium

  • Data classification scheme
  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) program
  • Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / autonomous technologies governance program

Large

  • Data classification scheme
  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) program
  • Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / autonomous technologies governance program

Enterprise

  • Data classification scheme
  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) program
  • Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / autonomous technologies governance program

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