The AI Vendor Wants Production Data for a Pilot

Use NIST CSF GV.SC as the decision frame: supply-chain risk expectations must be established, communicated, and monitored before dependency grows. The right move is not to block AI by default or to accept every promise; it is to constrain the pilot so the business can learn without creating an uncontrolled data dependency. Mechanically, you reduce exposure first, then expand only after evidence and contract terms support the next step. In practice, the reviewer should write the dependency, evidence gap, risk treatment, accountable owner, and follow-up trigger in the decision record. That is what makes the decision inspectable after the meeting…

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