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How do you assess an AI vendor's data use, retention and security before signing?

AI vendors add questions a standard security questionnaire never asked. The scored answer covers training use, retention, subprocessors, model changes and incident terms, and verifies rather than trusts.

mediumNewPreparation tags: JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce, MicrosoftUpdated Nov 2026

AI vendors add questions a standard security questionnaire never asked. The scored answer covers training use, retention, subprocessors, model changes and incident terms, and verifies rather than trusts.

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What would you say before reading the answer?

  1. 01 State the assumptions your answer depends on.
  2. 02 Explain the mechanism and choose a control.
  3. 03 Name a condition that would change your decision.

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Procurement asks security to assess a document management vendor whose product now includes AI summarisation and an assistant that can search all of a customer's files.

  1. Where do you start?
  2. What AI-specific questions do you ask?
  3. What if the assistant searches files the user cannot open?
  4. What if the vendor's answers are good but vague?
  5. What if the AI features were enabled by default in an update?
  6. What would your assessment cover?

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