Board Governance Roadmap- Sample Brief

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

Priority	Remediation Item	Owner	Due Date	Status
Critical	Add SLA documentation for escalation queue	Product Lead	30 days	Pending
Critical	Update refusal pattern for medical advice prompts	Compliance Lead	45 days	Pending
Minor	Define log retention schedule	IT Security	60 days	Pending
Minor	Validate rollback procedure for config updates	Product Lead	90 days	Pending

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.