A documented deactivation procedure with clear authority: Which control best enables this?
A documented deactivation procedure with clear triggers and authority enables rapid, controlled shutdown when performance degrades.
The question
Monitoring detects that a deployed AI system's performance has degraded to a level that could harm users, and the organization must be able to stop it quickly and in a controlled way. Which control best enables this?
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- A quarterly steering-committee review that deliberates whether the underperforming system should eventually be considered for possible retirement in a future budget cycle review.Plausible but wrong because a slow periodic review cannot deliver the rapid shutdown the situation demands.
- A requirement that any shutdown be unanimously approved by every business unit, ensuring that no single team can unilaterally disrupt the shared service.Plausible but wrong because unanimous approval introduces delay that defeats a time-critical deactivation.
- A documented deactivation ('kill switch') procedure with clear authority and defined triggers, enabling a rapid, controlled shutdown when performance thresholds are breached. ✓Correct because a predefined deactivation procedure lets the organization stop the system quickly and accountably.
- An automatic full data deletion that erases all logs the moment the system is paused, so that no residual records of the failure remain in storage afterward.Wrong because destroying logs eliminates the evidence needed for incident analysis and accountability.
The trap
Assuming deactivation can wait for a periodic committee or unanimous sign-off during a time-critical failure. How to remember it
A documented deactivation procedure with clear triggers and authority enables rapid, controlled shutdown when performance degrades.
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