REGULATION16 August 2026· 18 min
AI Act Compliance: Technical Audit & Implementation Roadmap
The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024, giving organizations 6 to 36 months to comply depending on risk tier. This premium guide delivers a step-by-step technical audit methodology, quantified compliance costs, and a phased roadmap validated against early adopter case studies.
SOURCES
[1]European Parliament & Council of the EU — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act), Official Journal of the EU, August 2024
[2]European Commission — AI Act Impact Assessment, Staff Working Document SWD(2021)84, updated 2024 annexes
[3]European AI Alliance — Enterprise AI Readiness Survey, Q1 2025 (N=847 EU enterprises)
[4]NIST — AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2023
[5]ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — Artificial Intelligence Management System Standard, International Organization for Standardization
[6]CEN/CENELEC JTC21 — Artificial Intelligence Standardization Roadmap, Version 2.0, 2024
[7]Edelman — AI Trust Barometer: European Consumer Survey on AI Governance, 2024
[8]ENISA — Guidance on AI Cybersecurity for the AI Act, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, 2024