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Assurance produced continuously from telemetry rather than at a point in time; the control's status is a live query, not an annual sign-off. It is Level 5 of the maturity model.

Developed in
ch. 05, Pattern: Continuous Assurance Telemetry
Chapters
ch. 04, The Stack · ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 07, Maturity Model
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

13 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Continuous assurance: mentions per chapter26 mentions of the term across 13 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter01 Definition: 5 mentions01 Definition503 Values & Principles: 2 mentions03 Values & Principles204 The Stack: 3 mentions04 The Stack305 Patterns: 1 mention05 Patterns106 The Role: 2 mentions06 The Role207 Maturity Model: 2 mentions07 Maturity Model208 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions08 Regulatory Map311 AI Defined: 3 mentions11 AI Defined313 Risk Management: 1 mention13 Risk Management116 Fairness & XAI: 1 mention16 Fairness & XAI117 Incidents: 1 mention17 Incidents118 EU AI Act: 1 mention18 EU AI Act122 Principles & Standards: 1 mention22 Principles & Standards1No mentions in the other 10 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Continuous assurance: mentions per chapter26 mentions of the term across 13 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter0001 Definition: 5 mentions5010203 Values & Principles: 2 mentions20304 The Stack: 3 mentions30405 Patterns: 1 mention10506 The Role: 2 mentions20607 Maturity Model: 2 mentions20708 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions3081011 AI Defined: 3 mentions3111213 Risk Management: 1 mention113141516 Fairness & XAI: 1 mention11617 Incidents: 1 mention11718 EU AI Act: 1 mention11819202122 Principles & Standards: 1 mention12223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Continuous assurance per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition5No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles2No
04 The Stack3Yes
05 Patterns1Yes
06 The Role2No
07 Maturity Model2Yes
08 Regulatory Map3No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined3No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management1No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI1No
17 Incidents1No
18 EU AI Act1No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards1No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

14 pattern pages use the term; the 10 that use it most:

Continuous assurance: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern03 Evals04 Runtime Controls05 AssuranceContinuous assuranceRelated terms (1)Evidence record · RelatedEvidence recordPatterns using it most (6)Adversarial Red-Team Suite, 1 mention · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteContinuous Assurance Telemetry, 2 mentions · Uses the termContinuous Assurance TelemetryDrift & Fairness Monitor, 2 mentions · Uses the termDrift & Fairness MonitorEval Gate in CI, 1 mention · Uses the termEval Gate in CIMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 3 mentions · Uses the termMachine-Readable EvidenceRuntime Guardrail, 2 mentions · Uses the termRuntime Guardrail
Continuous assurance: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern03 Evals04 Runtime Controls05 AssuranceRelated terms (1)Evidence record · RelatedEvidence recordPatterns using it most (6)Adversarial Red-Team Suite, 1 mention · Uses the termAdversarial Red-Team SuiteContinuous Assurance Telemetry, 2 mentions · Uses the termContinuous Assurance TelemetryDrift & Fairness Monitor, 2 mentions · Uses the termDrift & Fairness MonitorEval Gate in CI, 1 mention · Uses the termEval Gate in CIMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 3 mentions · Uses the termMachine-Readable EvidenceRuntime Guardrail, 2 mentions · Uses the termRuntime GuardrailContinuousassurance
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Continuous assurance
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsEvidence recordRelated
Patterns using it mostAdversarial Red-Team Suite, 1 mentionUses the term
Patterns using it mostContinuous Assurance Telemetry, 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostDrift & Fairness Monitor, 2 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostEval Gate in CI, 1 mentionUses the term
Patterns using it mostMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 3 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using it mostRuntime Guardrail, 2 mentionsUses the term
  • Evidence record

    The signed, structured record a control writes each time it decides: which control, about which system version, what it decided, against which metric…

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026continuousassurance,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Continuous assurance}},
  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/continuous-assurance}
}