DAGS Governing Body

Stewards of the Deployment AI Governance Standard

Our Mandate

The DAGS Governing Body is responsible for the stewardship, maintenance, and authoritative interpretation of the Deployment AI Governance Standard. Its mandate is to preserve the integrity of the standard’s deployment-layer controls and ensure their consistent meaning, scope, and applicability over time.

The Standard

DAGS defines the normative controls required to govern AI at the point of deployment—where systems are integrated, configured, operated, and exposed to real-world risk. It addresses how AI is actually used in production, rather than how models are trained or organizations are structured.

What DAGS Governs

Defining the Standard

Authority

The DAGS Governing Body retains sole interpretive authority over the standard, including its scope, requirements, and meaning. It maintains the canonical text, manages versioning, and issues authoritative clarifications; it does not provide consulting, certification, or implementation services.

Relationship to Service Providers

DAGS is independent of any consulting, assessment, or implementation services. Service providers may reference or apply the standard, but they do not define it, interpret it, or act on behalf of the Governing Body.

Independent,
Standards-First,
Not a Consulting Firm.

DAGS is an independent normative standard that defines the deployment-layer controls required to govern AI systems in real-world operation.

DAGS Steward

Paul Mitchell is the steward of the Deployment AI Governance Standard (DAGS) and Managing Director of Sentient Risk Advisory, where he focuses on AI governance architecture, implementation, and runtime control.

Contact Us

For inquiries related to the standard, licensing, or interpretive matters, contact: [email protected]