[ The T.E.S.T. Standard™ ]
T.E.S.T.
The standard for thinking about AI trust.
A PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED BY LITE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Explore the four letters ↓[ The Four Pillars of the Standard ]
Four questions every organization must answer before trusting AI.
[ T — Touch · Risk readout ]
Does it access sensitive data?
Evaluate data exposure risk. Map every student, employee, or customer touchpoint and classify input data sensitivity before integration.
NIST AI RMF · MAPShadow AI
Employees paste customer records, contracts and code into tools nobody approved.
Over-permissioned copilots
AI assistants inherit access to every inbox, drive and file a user can see.
Unclassified data
Without classification, nothing tells AI what it should never touch.
Vendor reach
AI features inside existing SaaS quietly gain access to your systems of record.
[ 60-Second AI Risk Scoring Engine ]
Score any AI tool
before you deploy it.
Rate each pillar from 1 (low exposure) to 5 (high exposure). T + E + S + T = Risk Score (4–20).
T — Touch Does it access sensitive data?
5/5E — Execute Can it take actions or decide?
2/5S — Store Is data stored or sent externally?
4/5T — Trust Can it be audited & defended?
3/5Total risk score
14/20
Moderate Risk
Proceed with Controls
Deploy only after adding active human oversight and compliance safeguards.
4–8
Proceed
9–14
Proceed with Controls
15–20
Do Not Deploy
[ NIST AI RMF Alignment ]
Why this works
for the board.
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework is the federal gold standard. T.E.S.T. turns its four core functions into workflows your team can run — and defend in front of regulators, auditors and boards.
Establish AI risk governance: policies, roles, accountability structures, and organizational culture.
How T.E.S.T. delivers this
Can this AI be audited, defended, and documented? Trust maps directly to governance accountability, ensuring every AI tool has a defensible chain of oversight.
Identify and categorize AI context, intended use, stakeholders, and potential impacts.
How T.E.S.T. delivers this
Does this AI interact with sensitive or regulated data? Touch maps AI access scope to real stakeholder risk, identifying who and what is affected before deployment.
Analyze and assess AI risks using quantitative and qualitative methods.
How T.E.S.T. delivers this
Can it act autonomously? Where does data go? Execute and Store quantify the two highest-risk dimensions of AI deployment with a 1–5 scoring scale.
Prioritize and address AI risks; implement response plans and monitor ongoing performance.
How T.E.S.T. delivers this
The total T.E.S.T. score drives the decision: Proceed, Proceed with Controls, or Do Not Deploy, turning measurement into action.
[ Free Resource ]
The T.E.S.T. Standard™ Checklist
The 60-second scoring engine plus the full 20-point governance audit, mapped to NIST AI RMF. Built for educational and enterprise leaders.
[ Why T.E.S.T. exists ]
AI is artificial.You are the intelligence.™
[ Ready? ]
Ready to TEST
your organization?
[ System Scan · 12 Questions · 3 Minutes ]
What's your
AI risk score?
Answer twelve questions across Touch, Execute, Store and Trust. Get an instant T.E.S.T. score, your biggest exposure, and what to do next.
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