Concept dictionary
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework is a voluntary framework from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for helping organizations govern, map, measure, and manage risks from AI systems.
- Review state
- Reviewed in POC
- Freshness
- Current
- Version
- 2
Also called
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- NIST AI RMF
- AI RMF
Remember it this wayGovern the work, map the context, measure the risk, manage what follows.
In plain language
The AI RMF provides shared language and organized functions for incorporating trustworthiness and risk management into AI design, development, use, and evaluation.
Why it matters
It can help different roles coordinate without pretending one checklist fits every system. Organizations still need to adapt it to their context, authority, risk, and evidence.
Example
A company uses the Govern, Map, Measure, and Manage functions to structure ownership, context analysis, testing, monitoring, and response for an AI use case.
Common misconception
Using the NIST AI RMF is not the same as receiving certification, guaranteeing safety, or satisfying every legal obligation.
Related terms
Sources
- NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)canonical NIST publication defining the voluntary AI risk-management framework.
- NIST, AI Risk Management Frameworkofficial framework landing page and revision-status information.
Learn more
- Consult the current NIST AI RMF and related official profiles and resources.