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Cybersecurity solutionISO 27001

AI Governance & Security (EU AI Act)

Inventory, classify, and govern your AI systems under the EU AI Act, with security controls proportional to each system's risk tier.

ISO 27001NIS2GDPR
Regulatory framework
ISO 27001
Target sector
Banking · Healthcare · Public sector · SaaS · HR
Typical timeline
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HodeiShield
Complementary
100%AI systems inventoriedInternal analysisInternal Hodeitek analysis: methodological commitment of our AI governance process, not an external certification.
ISO 42001AI management systemRegulatory sourceISO/IEC 42001:2023 standard.

The challenge

The EU AI Act is the first comprehensive law regulating the use of artificial intelligence. It classifies systems by risk tier — unacceptable, high, limited, and minimal — and assigns growing obligations as risk rises: risk management, data governance, technical documentation, human oversight, robustness, and cybersecurity.

Most organizations already use more AI than they think: in-house models, third-party APIs, AI features embedded in the software they buy, and increasingly generative AI in the hands of their teams. Without an inventory, it is impossible to know which systems fall into the high-risk category or which obligations apply.

AI governance is not just a legal exercise: AI systems introduce their own security risks — data poisoning, model extraction, prompt injection — that require specific technical controls. Treating conformity and security as a single program is what turns a regulatory obligation into a trust advantage.

What makes us different

Four pillars that apply to every service and every solution, not a one-off slogan.

Offensive + defensive + AI

The same team that attacks in the pentest runs the SOC and builds the AI models. Offensive insight informs defense, and AI is applied where we already operate, not bolted on as an extra layer.

Compliance in weeks, not months

HodeiShield, our own platform, automates continuous assessment, control mapping, and evidence generation — so manual work no longer sets the pace of regulatory compliance.

Sovereignty and proximity

Infrastructure on OVHcloud (France/EU). You speak with the people who sign off on the work, not an account manager who forwards your request to another department.

Our own product

HodeiShield isn't a third-party product we resell: we build and operate it ourselves, and that's what lets us offer faster compliance and evidence that's always current.

Our approach

We start by building your organization's AI system inventory — in-house models, third-party APIs, and embedded features — and classify each one by EU AI Act risk tier. For high-risk systems, we map the specific obligations of Annex III and Articles 9 to 15.

We design the governance framework: roles and responsibilities, AI acceptable-use policies, model lifecycle management, and decision records. We align the program with ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management system) and ISO 27001, so that AI governance builds on the security controls you already have.

On the technical side, we assess and harden the security of the AI systems themselves: training-data validation and lineage, defense against prompt injection and model extraction, meaningful human oversight, and monitoring of model behavior in production. The result is a living, auditable conformity file, not a document that ages.

How we deliver

Structured methodology for measurable outcomes.

Inventory & Risk Classification

We catalog all your AI systems (in-house, third-party, and embedded) and classify them by EU AI Act risk tier, identifying which are high-risk and which obligations apply.

Governance Framework

We define roles, acceptable-use policies, model lifecycle management, and decision records, aligned with ISO/IEC 42001 and ISO 27001.

AI System Security

We harden technical security: data lineage, defense against prompt injection and model extraction, human oversight, and model monitoring in production.

Benefits

Tangible outcomes for your organization.

Avoid EU AI Act penalty risk by knowing, from day one, which AI systems you run and which risk tier each falls into
Save the effort of building a governance framework from scratch: we reuse the controls you already have from ISO 27001 instead of duplicating them
Cut your reaction time to an audit or regulatory request with a conformity file that stays current, instead of being rebuilt at the last minute
Lower the technical risk of the AI system itself by controlling data, prompts, models, and human oversight before it becomes an incident
Avoid finding out about a high-risk obligation when it's already an audit finding, instead of while it's still a plan item

Methodology: how we implement it

Discovery, execution, delivery and follow-up — a clear path to continuous operation.

Discovery

AI inventory

AI system discovery and risk-tier classification.

Execution

Governance

Policies, roles, ISO 42001, and high-risk obligations.

Delivery

Technical security

Data, prompt, and model defense; human oversight.

Follow-up

Continuous conformity

Model monitoring and an always-current conformity file.

Operational example

A real scenario of how we work, not a marketing figure.

HR wants to adopt an AI-based CV screening tool. Before purchasing it, the inventory is checked: the system falls under Annex III of the AI Act (employment) and is classified as high-risk, which triggers the human-oversight checklist, technical documentation, and decision logging before it's used on a single real candidate.

Compared to a generalist integrator

No names — here's how we work differently, with verifiable facts.

CriteriaGeneralist integratorHodeitek
FocusDozens of business lines; cybersecurity is just one of them100% cybersecurity and AI
Point of contactAn account manager who forwards your request to another departmentDirect contact with the founders
Regulatory complianceOne-off reports per regulation, manual evidence managementHodeiShield automates evidence and cross-framework NIS2/ENS/DORA mapping
ProductResells third-party licensesBuilds and operates HodeiShield, its own platform

Frequently asked questions

What's your response SLA?
First response within 24 business hours of reaching out. If what you need is an exposure assessment, we deliver it in full within 48 business hours.
What is the EU AI Act?
It is the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation EU 2024/1689), the first comprehensive law regulating AI use. It classifies systems by risk tier and assigns proportional obligations, with staggered application between 2025 and 2027.
What are the AI Act risk tiers?
Four: unacceptable risk (prohibited practices), high risk (strict obligations), limited risk (transparency obligations), and minimal risk (no specific obligations). The classification determines which controls you must implement.
How do I know if my AI system is high-risk?
High-risk systems are those listed in Annex III (employment, credit, biometrics, critical infrastructure, etc.) and those acting as a safety component of a regulated product. Inventory and classification identify which of your systems qualify.
What is ISO/IEC 42001?
It is the international standard for an AI management system (AIMS). It provides the governance framework — roles, policies, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement — that supports AI Act conformity.
What security risks do AI systems have?
AI-specific risks such as training-data poisoning, model extraction or theft, prompt injection, and data leakage through responses. They require specific technical controls in addition to governance.
How is AI governance priced?
We don't publish a fixed rate: it depends on the number of AI systems to inventory and how many turn out to be high-risk. After the initial inventory, you receive a proposal with defined scope and price.
How are you different from a generalist integrator?
A generalist integrator rarely masters both AI regulation and the technical security of models at once; at Hodeitek the team works exclusively on cybersecurity and AI, covering both fronts with direct access to the founders.
Does AI risk change by sector?
The framework (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) is the same, but the risk changes: in industry, AI over OT systems requires validating the physical safety of automated decisions too; in financial services, scoring and other uses fall into the AI Act's high-risk category; the public sector adds ENS traceability requirements; and for SMEs, the first step is usually inventorying which third-party models the team is already using, sometimes without realizing it, before they can be governed.

Govern your AI with conformity and trust

Talk to our team to evaluate how this solution can protect your organization.

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