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Managing AI Use Cases

✅ Feature availability: You need to be on a current Vanta plan and have an AI governance framework enabled to use AI Governance features.

The AI use cases page in Vanta is where you create and manage your organization's AI use cases as part of AI Governance in Vanta. From this page, you can document how AI tools are used in your organization, link related framework controls, and link related AI Impact Assessments. This central view makes it easier for teams to stay compliant with AI governance regulations like the EU AI Act and prepare for audits under ISO 42001.

Creating AI use cases

AI use cases describe the different ways your organization creates or uses AI tools—the systems that you're using, why you use them, who manages them, and its oversight model.

Adding an AI use case

To add an AI use case:

  1. On the AI use cases page, click the Create use case button.

  2. Fill out the required field: use case name.

  3. Click the Create button.

  4. Fill out the use case details.

Deleting an AI use case

To delete an AI use case:

  1. Open the use case

  2. Click the ••• more menu.

  3. Select Delete.

  4. Review the warning to confirm you understand the action is permanent, then click the Delete button.

Once deleted, the use case will be removed from any linked impact assessments.

Editing AI use case details

Once you've created use cases, keep them up to date by reviewing and completing their details. From the AI use cases tab, select a use case to update its fields, manage linked controls, or manage any linked impact assessments.

Filling out the fields

Vanta provides a number of fields to document your AI use.

  • Only the AI use case name is required to create a use case.

  • You can set the role of your organization as a deployer or supplier of this AI use case.

  • You can set one or more owners within the organization who own the deployment, risk assessment, or approval of AI use.

  • You can document the purpose of the AI system, including what the AI is performing for the business, data inputs and outputs, and escalation rules.

Linking controls

To link a framework control to an AI use case:

  1. Open the use case details.

  2. Scroll to the Assessments section.

  3. Click Add new.

  4. From here you can:

    • Search for the control that you want to link to

    • Select the control to link it to the use case

Linking assessments

To link an AI impact assessment to an AI use case:

  1. Open the use case details.

  2. Scroll to the Assessments section.

  3. Click Add new.

  4. From here you can:

    • Create new assessment, which will be added to the Assessments tab.

    • Select an existing assessment to link it to the use case

Using your AI use cases

On the AI use cases page, you can view your use cases.

From this page, you can:

  • Search or filter use cases

  • Open a use case to review its details

  • Edit use case information as your use changes

  • Delete use cases that are no longer in use