Launched
Aug 2, 2024
The EU AI Act entered into force.
For deployers of AI systems
EU AI Act Implementation Guide
AI adoption is accelerating. So is the pressure to understand where AI is being used, what data it can access and whether it meets the requirements of the EU AI Act. For organisations deploying AI, compliance starts with visibility. You need to understand your AI systems, identify their risk category and put the right controls around data, access, monitoring and oversight. The EU AI Act Implementation Guide cuts through the complexity, explaining the requirements that matter to deployers and the practical steps organisations can take to govern AI and protect the data behind it.
The EU AI Act is already in force.
Now is the time to act on EU AI governance — if you wait, you are already late. Some of the key dates are outlined below.
Transparency
Aug 2, 2026
Transparency obligations began to apply.
Enforced
Dec 2, 2027
High-risk obligations apply to standalone Annex III AI systems.
Stopping breaches
4000+
Security breaches stopped per month
Inside the guide
What you’ll find in the guide
A practical overview for security teams deploying AI.
Understand the Act
Make sense of the regulation and how it applies.
Make sense of the regulation and how it applies.
- Risk categories and key dates
- Articles, annexes, and guidance
- Scope and penalties
Know your obligations
Identify the requirements that matter.
Identify the requirements that matter.
- Human oversight and input data
- Monitoring and incident reporting
- Transparency and record keeping
Build practical controls
Turn requirements into security practices.
Turn requirements into security practices.
- Inventory AI systems and data
- Enforce least privilege
- Monitor AI and assess risk
Reduce your blast radius
Focus on the permissions and exposed data that could increase the impact of a breach.
Accelerate compliance
Bring data discovery, access visibility, and activity monitoring together to support your compliance program.
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