
How Do Companies Audit AI Usage?
Companies audit AI usage by first building a complete inventory of every AI system in use — including unsanctioned "shadow AI" tools and autonomous agents employees or teams adopted without approval — then assessing each one against a recognized framework like the NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001, testing whether controls actually function in practice, and producing documented, audit-ready evidence rather than a policy statement alone.







![What Is a Consent Management Platform? (And Why You Need One) [2026]](https://images.prismic.io/secure-privacy/ahb_-LK9tuLqEL_o_cmp.png?auto=format,compress)


