Case Study

Establishing Lifecycle AI Risk Management for Defense Operations

Summary

A leading defense contractor uses Credo AI to standardize AI risk management and ensure continuous compliance across more than 100 AI systems, embedding responsible AI practices into the full development lifecycle.

The Challenge

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The organization needed to operationalize AI governance across highly sensitive, regulated environments. With AI models spanning multiple mission areas, maintaining compliance with internal and external policies was critical. Manual processes for documenting and reviewing AI risk were inconsistent and time-intensive, making it difficult to ensure accountability and continuous monitoring at scale.

The Solution

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By adopting Credo AI’s Governance Platform, the company established an end-to-end AI risk and compliance framework. Custom Policy Packs enforced internal standards for AI use and development, while automated workflows streamlined reviews for 100+ AI use cases. Through continuous governance cycles, all active use cases are re-evaluated periodically or upon modification—ensuring that every model remains compliant, accountable, and aligned with the organization’s ethical and security standards.

"Using the Credo AI Platform, Mastercard is able to manage AI risk and responsibly implement generative AI – with better speed and scale than ever before. Features like AI Registry and Vendor Registry have allowed us to maintain control of all AI use cases, to ensure all of our AI at Mastercard aligns to our governance frameworks and principles."