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Audit-ready evidence

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Evidence emitted as a by-product of the build in a form an auditor can read directly (machine-readable, signed, timestamped), so the audit is a query, not a collection project.

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ch. 01, Three clarifiers
Chapters
ch. 01, Definition · ch. 04, The Stack
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

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  • AI governance engineering

    The application of engineering practice (systems thinking, product thinking and code) to the governance of AI systems; measured by realised risk reduction and…

  • OSCAL

    The Open Security Controls Assessment Language, a NIST machine-readable format for controls, assessments and evidence, used here as the format for audit-ready…

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Audit-ready evidence. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/audit-ready-evidence. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026auditreadyevidence,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Audit-ready evidence}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/audit-ready-evidence}
}