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title: "Trustworthy characteristics (NIST)"
description: "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…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/trustworthy-characteristics-nist
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
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updated: 2026-09-24
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# Trustworthy characteristics (NIST)

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/principles-and-standards#the-seven-trustworthy-characteristics)
- Chapters: [ch. 22, Principles & Standards](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/principles-and-standards)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-trustworthy-characteristics-nist

## Sources

[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)