NIST AI RMF

The NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework 1.0 (NIST AI 100-1, January 2023): voluntary guidance organised as a Core of four functions (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage) with categories and subcategories, plus profiles and a companion Playbook 12.

Developed in
ch. 22, NIST AI RMF 1.0 in depth
ch. 08, NIST AI RMF
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 22, Principles & Standards
Compared side by side
NIST AI RMF vs ISO 42001 · NIST AI RMF vs EU AI Act
Source
2 numbered references, listed below

Where it is used

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

Patterns that use this term

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

Sources

  1. [1] NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0 (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage); OSCAL. NIST. 2023. https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework (verified: primary)
  2. [2] Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), NIST AI 100-1 (risk tolerance and residual risk; seven trustworthy characteristics; transparency answers "what happened", explainability "how", interpretability "why"; MAP 1.1 intended purposes; MANAGE 1.1 go/no-go determination; profiles). NIST. 2023-01-26. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1 (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026nistairmf,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{NIST AI RMF}},
  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/nist-ai-rmf}
}