AIUC-1
E002

AI failure plan for harmful outputs

Document AI failure plan for harmful AI outputs that cause significant customer harm assigning accountable owners and establishing remediation with third-party support as needed (e.g. legal, PR, insurers)

Keywords
Incident Response
Emergency Response
Harmful Outputs
Hallucinations
Vendors
Application
Mandatory
Frequency
Every 12 months
Type
Preventative
Crosswalks
Article 20: Corrective Actions and Duty of Information
Article 73: Reporting of Serious Incidents
A.8.4: Communication of incidents
GOVERN 4.3: Testing and incident sharing
MANAGE 1.3: Risk response planning
MANAGE 4.3: Incident communication

Control activities

Implementing customer communication protocols. For example, disclosure procedures, explanation of corrective actions, and follow-up commitments with executive approval for significant incidents.

Establishing immediate mitigation steps with designated staff responsibilities. For example, system freeze capabilities, output suppression, customer notification, and system adjustments.

Defining harmful output categories with reference to risk taxonomy. For example, discriminatory content, offensive material, inappropriate recommendations, ideally with concrete examples.

Coordinating external support engagement. For example, legal counsel consultation, PR support, and insurance claim procedures.

Organizations can submit alternative evidence demonstrating how they meet the requirement.

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