# Resources

Everything below is free to use and share under **CC BY 4.0**. Each item opens in your browser to read, or downloads as a PDF.

## The executive pack

A short set of forwardable documents for leadership, security, risk, and audit.

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<div style="font-weight:700;font-size:16px;color:#e2e8f0;margin-bottom:6px;">Executive Deck</div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:#8892a4;margin-bottom:14px;line-height:1.5;">The 13-slide briefing: the case for AI control, the ten pillars, risk tiers, and adoption.</div>
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<div style="font-weight:700;font-size:16px;color:#e2e8f0;margin-bottom:6px;">Executive Brief</div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:#8892a4;margin-bottom:14px;line-height:1.5;">The whole argument on a single forwardable page.</div>
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<div style="font-size:13px;color:#8892a4;margin-bottom:14px;line-height:1.5;">Ten real failures, the business consequence of each, and the control that prevents it.</div>
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<div style="font-weight:700;font-size:16px;color:#e2e8f0;margin-bottom:6px;">Adoption &amp; Maturity</div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:#8892a4;margin-bottom:14px;line-height:1.5;">A four-stage adoption roadmap plus a five-level maturity self-check.</div>
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<div style="font-weight:700;font-size:16px;color:#e2e8f0;margin-bottom:6px;">Regulator Crosswalk</div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:#8892a4;margin-bottom:14px;line-height:1.5;">ACA mapped to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act, SR 11-7, NYDFS, and OWASP.</div>
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## Training

The full **Practitioner Course** — 12 modules, ~2.5 hours — is on the [Training](/explore/training) page, free to view and download, with an on-demand video course coming to Coursera.

## The specification &amp; tools

The full model, the reusable templates, and the machine-readable catalogue — all part of the open specification.

- Start with the [Executive Summary](/architecture/foundation/01-executive-summary), then the [Core Thesis](/architecture/foundation/03-core-thesis)
- [Quickstart](/architecture/quickstart) — walk a single AI use case end to end
- [Templates](/architecture/templates-and-examples/templates) and [worked Examples](/architecture/templates-and-examples/examples)
- [Machine-readable catalogue](/architecture/machine-readable-catalogue/controls-readme) and [Evidence Schema](/architecture/machine-readable-catalogue/evidence-schema)
- On GitHub: [ai-control-architecture](https://github.com/ai-ankqush/ai-control-architecture) · [aca-tools (MCP server)](https://github.com/ai-ankqush/aca-tools)

*Everything here is licensed CC BY 4.0 and stewarded by [Neo Control](https://neocontrol.ai). Slides are also available as editable source on request.*