Secure AI
Adoption.
Optivity helps boards and executives adopt AI safely. We bring twenty years of cybersecurity discipline to a technology your organisation cannot afford to deploy carelessly, or to ignore.
Two decades across APAC enterprise cybersecurity
Built on twenty years inside the world's leading enterprise security vendors, advising governments, banks, insurers, and ASX-listed organisations across the region.
AI is moving faster than your governance can.
Boards want adoption. Risk teams want assurance. Regulators want evidence. Most organisations have none of the three, and the gap is widening every quarter.
Shadow AI is already in your business
Staff are using public LLMs with corporate data. Procurement is signing AI features in renewals nobody flags. The exposure exists whether you've governed it or not.
Regulators are no longer waiting
APRA, the OAIC, ASIC, and global frameworks like ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act now expect demonstrable AI controls. "We're working on it" is no longer an answer.
Most consultancies sell tools, not safety
The market is dominated by implementation partners who profit from deployment volume. Optivity profits from getting it right, the first time, with risk owned by the organisation, not deferred.
Three pillars. One outcome.
Every Optivity engagement sits on a foundation of advisory, governance, and education. They reinforce each other, and together they make AI adoption defensible.
AI Adoption Advisory
Board and executive guidance from where you are today to a target operating model. Roadmaps, business cases, and use-case selection grounded in your strategy, not a vendor's.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Frameworks aligned to ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and APAC regulatory guidance. Use-case registers, risk classification, control libraries, and assurance you can show auditors.
Policies & Education
Acceptable-use, data-handling, and procurement policies your people will actually follow. Tailored education from board level down to frontline teams.
Seven engagements, sequenced for any maturity level.
From a two-week readiness assessment to a four-month governance and compliance build, our services are designed to slot into where your organisation actually is, not where a vendor wishes you were.
AI Readiness Assessment
A focused diagnostic across strategy, governance, data, technology, people, and risk. Establishes where you are, what to fix first, and what good looks like for your organisation.
S2 / FoundationsAI Foundations Programme
The starter governance and adoption build. Policies, use-case register, risk framework, and a 90-day execution plan that gives your board confidence to greenlight the next phase.
S3 / ReadyAI Ready Programme
An end-to-end adoption build covering strategy, operating model, governance, capability uplift, and pilot delivery. The flagship engagement for organisations getting serious.
S4 / GovernanceAI Governance & Compliance
A full GRC programme aligned to ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF. Designed for regulated sectors where evidence, attestation, and audit-readiness are not optional.
S5 / LineageData Readiness for AI
Assessment, governance, quality and lineage, and architecture for AI-ready data. Because most failed AI initiatives are actually failed data initiatives in disguise.
S6 / AssuranceAI Assurance & Audit
Independent review of AI controls, deployments, and governance. Delivered to internal-audit standards with strict independence, suitable for board, audit committee, and regulator.
Custom / BespokeBespoke Advisory
Custom, fixed-fee engagements for one-off board briefings, vendor reviews, incident response, and regulator preparation - when a productised programme isn't the fit.