Decision Standards Institute
The governance layer for autonomous systems
DSI 001 is the system-level governance classification and evidence layer institutions use before they insure, fund, approve, procure, lend to, or rely on autonomous systems.
The question is not whether you use AI. It is whether your governance can survive review.
One standard, two roles, kept apart
The separation below is what keeps a GBI result portable and credible at claim time, for the same reason an audit is credible: the auditor does not prepare the accounts.
Decision Standards Institute
Publishes and maintains the standard. Hosts the framework, the public crosswalks and the registers. Does not assess.
Accredited assessors
Deliver the assessment, independently of the standard. The conversion endpoint, kept separate by design.
What the classification means
State 00
Unclassified
No external governance signal.
State 01
Assessed
Entry classification, 60-day reliance window.
State 02
Compliant
GBI at or below 2.50, valid 12 months.
State 03
Certified
GBI at or below 1.75, a 24-month cycle.
Your path to a classification
If you run an autonomous system and want a classification you can show, the path has six steps. Preparation and assessment are separate parties by design.
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See where you standIndependent, your choice
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Build the evidenceYou, or independent readiness support
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Get independently assessedAccredited assessor
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Receive your classificationAccredited assessor
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Maintain itYou and your assessor
See the full path →
Who uses it
Boards
Discharge the duty for an autonomous system
The evidence a board needs to answer who held authority, what they knew, what they did.
Explore Insurers
Price the risk instead of excluding it
A governance signal underwriting can evaluate, refer, condition or price.
Explore Investors
Diligence the governance the buyer inherits
Evidence relevant to valuation, IC review, conditions, monitoring and exit.
Explore Enterprise procurement
Assess the system, not just the vendor
A portable, system-level signal for embedded AI vendors.
Explore Regulators
A classification layer across regimes
Mapped to each regime, with its limits stated.
Explore The standard
Six dimensions, one score
How the GBI is built, and what DSI 001 adds to ISO 42001, SOC 2 and NIST.
Explore Status and limits. A GBI result carries evidential value only when issued by an accredited DSI 001 assessor against the methodology; self-scored or indicative figures are not DSI 001 results. DSI 001 does not determine legal compliance, regulatory approval, insurability, creditworthiness, or the discharge of fiduciary duties. It provides a scoped governance classification and evidence record that may be relevant to those analyses.