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Trustworthy characteristics (NIST)

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The seven characteristics of trustworthy AI in the NIST AI RMF: valid and reliable; safe; secure and resilient; accountable and transparent; explainable and interpretable; privacy-enhanced; fair with harmful bias managed 1. Valid and reliable is the base; accountable and transparent spans the others.

Developed in
ch. 22, The seven trustworthy characteristics
Chapters
ch. 22, Principles & Standards
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

  • Trustworthy AI

    A banner used by other people's frameworks, notably the EU High-Level Expert Group and NIST, whose seven trustworthy characteristics make it concrete.

  • 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…

  • Fairness

    The property that a system's outcomes and errors do not unjustifiably disadvantage people or groups.

  • Bias

    A systematic error that favours or disadvantages some people or outcomes.

Sources

  1. [1] 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)

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Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026trustworthycharacteristicsnist,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Trustworthy characteristics (NIST)}},
  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/trustworthy-characteristics-nist}
}