05/29/2026
EC-Council's Adopt. Defend. Govern. (ADG) AI Framework was shaped by the people who lead AI in the real world.
EC-Council thanks the members of the AI Advisory Board, whose insights, challenges, and real-world experience helped shape every pillar of this framework. Because of their contributions, the ADG Framework does not just define governance; it helps operationalize it.
Explore the framework here: https://bit.ly/4dCLcnb
The ADG AI Framework is a practitioner-led modular framework for designing, implementing, and governing AI stacks through defined minimum controls to establish strong foundations.
The framework maps:
• 9 governance surfaces
• 12 minimum controls
• 4 harm classes
• 4 industry threat catalogs
• 9 deployment pattern overlays
• 3 autonomy tiers
Not aspirational guidance, but audit-ready proof.
To our AI Advisory Board: thank you for helping us build the framework the industry needed.