Starting at
$15K+
~2 weeks
Rapid Readiness Review
One tool, near-term gate. Critical and high findings documented for approvers.
Learn more about Rapid Readiness Review →Buyer-side · Not vendor implementation
Independent AI implementation assurance for enterprise deployments.
Approvals need traceable evidence, not a vendor marketing pack. Mayhem Shield performs buyer-side implementation assurance: we assess how the implementation will actually operate in your environment and document findings, evidence, and review conditions that support defensible approval decisions before production launch.
We do not sell the AI product under review. We do not implement or operate it. We are paid only by the buyer. Never by the vendor. We provide an independent assessment of readiness and risk for governance, architecture, security, and approval stakeholders.
Findings registers & evidence requestsGate conditions: POC, pilot, productionArchitecture & trust-boundary viewsNo product resale · no implementation delivery
At a glance
What you receive.
Decision-ready artifacts for governance, architecture, security, and approval forums: traceable findings, evidence expectations, and gate-level conditions. Depth varies by package. View sample deliverables →
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Outputs: Written position, findings register, evidence requests, remediation priorities, aligned to your gates.
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Scope: Tool classification, architecture and trust boundaries, workflows as actually deployed.
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Gates: Clear criteria for POC, pilot, and production where those gates apply.
Buyer-side assurance stays separate from vendor-side implementation work.
What we do
A consulting practice, not a product.
Structured assessments and file-ready outputs for teams who must stand behind a production decision.
Assess how the tool is implemented in your enterprise: not a resale, integration project, or operate service for that product.
Architecture- and evidence-based findings: where controls hold, where material weaknesses remain, and what proof is required.
Outputs mapped to your gates: severity-calibrated control findings, evidence requests, and approval conditions as scoped.
The frameworkInspect the full framework on GitHub →
Structured review logic, mapped to your gates.
Phases, evidence rules, severity, and gate criteria are defined in advance, not invented per engagement. Same assurance pattern across implementation categories and overlays.
Classification
Tool, overlay, and deployment category set before scoping. Determines review depth and applicable control set.
Evidence rules
Documentation, interviews, artifacts specified up front. Findings require evidence, not assertion.
Severity calibration
Critical, high, medium, advisory tied to production risk, not vendor marketing language.
Gate conditions
POC, pilot, production outputs distinguish what must close before advancing.
Packaged offers
Three ways to engage.
Pick the package matching the decision you need. Scoped review depth and timeline scale with category, overlays, and deployment conditions.
Starting at
$35K+
~4–5 weeks
Full Deployment Assurance
One production-bound tool. Full architecture traceability, full review depth, named remediation.
Learn more about Full Deployment Assurance →Starting at
$60K+
~8–12 weeks
Portfolio Program
Three or more tools, same assurance standard, sequenced reviews with shared evidence.
Learn more about Portfolio Program →How an engagement works
Scope. Evidence. Findings. Handoff.
Packages differ in depth; the flow stays consistent. Before the review starts, we scope against real inputs - not a generic checklist.
What we need at intake.
Five input categories collected before analysis begins. Gaps become targeted evidence requests during the engagement.
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Architecture diagrams
Deployment model, data flow, trust boundaries
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Questionnaire responses
Use case, features, providers, integrations
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Policies and standards
Security, governance, retention, identity
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Evidence artifacts
Configs, screenshots, exports, logs
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System metadata
Hostnames, APIs, data classes, regions
Then the four-step flow
Every engagement follows the same structure.
Packages differ in depth; the flow stays consistent. Four steps: discovery and scoping, evidence and interviews, analysis and artifacts, and findings and handoff. Your governance, architecture, and security forums receive outputs in formats they recognize, with evidence traceable back to the deployment as it actually operates.
Review the full engagement lifecycle →Built for enterprise review environments
Why enterprises hire an independent review.
Approvers carry personal and organizational risk when they sign off. Vendor materials alone rarely answer how the system will behave with your identities, data, and integrations. This work is a structured implementation assurance model: explicit review logic, documented outputs, and evidence tied to the deployment. Not generic advisory slides or a product sales process.
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Decision-ready outputs
Findings registers, evidence requests, remediation sequencing, and gate-level outputs suited to security, architecture, risk, and approval forums.
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Grounded in how you operate
Identity, data paths, integrations, workflows, and go-live facts, tested against the deployment as it will run in your environment.
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Structured review logic
Phases, evidence rules, severity, and gates are defined in advance: repeatable criteria, not a one-off narrative.
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Consistent across deployment types
Same assurance pattern applies across implementation categories and overlays (e.g. RAG, agentic) with consistent treatment of control outcomes.
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Inspectable methodology
Review structure and public-safe templates are in the Mayhem Shield Framework, readable without a sales call.
Mayhem Shield Framework → →Who this is for
Organizations preparing to expand or productionize an enterprise AI tool where security, privacy, legal, or architecture approval is still open, and stakeholders need traceable evidence, not narrative decks alone.
Typical buying and steering roles
Security architecturePrivacy and legalAI program leadershipRisk and complianceInternal auditPlatform or transformation leadershipEnterprise architectureProduction or operations approval owners
Ready to start?
Discovery calls take twenty minutes.
We confirm deployment fit, outline review scope, and match you to the right packaged offer. No engagement starts until you decide to proceed.