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T08 AI Audit Checklist

Verification required. This is a working template, not a regulator-approved form. Where it names a regional instrument, the claim comes from secondary sources and is a pointer to check, not a confirmed legal requirement. This is not legal advice.

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Use with the Evidence Register. Result: Effective (E), Partially effective (P), Ineffective (I), Not tested (N).

Audit: __ System(s): _ Period: Auditor: Criteria in scope (and their verification status): ___

1. Governance

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
1.1 AI policy approved, dated within review cycle AI-CTRL-012
1.2 Roles and accountability named incl. executive owner AI-CTRL-012
1.3 Board or executive reporting on AI risk in period AI-CTRL-037
1.4 Regulator and jurisdiction register current (T11) AI-CTRL-013
1.5 Ethics review or equivalent for high-impact systems AI-CTRL-012

2. Inventory and tiering

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
2.1 Inventory exists with owner, purpose, tier, vendor, location AI-CTRL-011
2.2 Completeness: 5 discovered systems appear in register AI-CTRL-011
2.3 Tier decisions follow documented criteria (T01) AI-CTRL-011
2.4 Vendor-embedded AI included AI-CTRL-011, AI-CTRL-014

3. Privacy and regulatory

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
3.1 Lawful basis recorded for personal data use AI-CTRL-013
3.2 Impact assessment completed before go-live (T02) AI-CTRL-013, AI-CTRL-037
3.3 Rights handling process tested AI-CTRL-017
3.4 Notices in Arabic and English where required (T06) AI-CTRL-013

4. Residency

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
4.1 Attestation (T04) current and signed AI-CTRL-007
4.2 Attestation matches cloud configuration (logs, backups, vector stores) AI-CTRL-007
4.3 Transfers have a recorded legal view AI-CTRL-007, AI-CTRL-013

5. Vendors

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
5.1 Due diligence (T03) before contract AI-CTRL-014
5.2 Contract has training-use restriction, sub-processor notice, incident SLA, audit rights AI-CTRL-014
5.3 Model-change notices handled AI-CTRL-014

6. Oversight and safety

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
6.1 Human approval step exists for high-impact decisions AI-CTRL-023
6.2 Reviewer challenge evidenced (not rubber-stamp) AI-CTRL-023
6.3 Kill switch tested in period AI-CTRL-025
6.4 Accuracy, safety and robustness tests current, incl. Arabic AI-CTRL-039
6.5 Prompt-injection and exfiltration testing for generative or agentic systems AI-CTRL-005, AI-CTRL-039

7. Fairness (AI-CTRL-041)

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
7.1 High-impact decisions defined AI-CTRL-041
7.2 Bias test current (pre-release, annual, on change) AI-CTRL-041
7.3 Re-performance of one test AI-CTRL-041
7.4 Explanation record traced for sample AI-CTRL-041

8. Incident

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
8.1 Playbook includes AI incident types AI-CTRL-035
8.2 Notification matrix complete (T05) AI-CTRL-035
8.3 Exercise held in period AI-CTRL-035
8.4 Incidents in period notified on time AI-CTRL-035

9. Evidence and assurance

# Test Control Result Evidence ref Note
9.1 Evidence retained and retrievable AI-CTRL-038
9.2 Previous findings closed AI-CTRL-038

Summary

Total tests: ___ E: ___ P: ___ I: ___ N: ___

Top findings:

Limitations: criteria summarised from secondary sources; no legal opinion.