Activate or update NIST Risk Management Framework

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title: Activate or update NIST Risk Management Framework
description: Activate or update NIST Risk Management Framework to install its citations, control objectives, and risk statements on your instance so they can be used in assessments and mapped to your AI assets.
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product: AI Risk Management
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Activate or update NIST Risk Management Framework

Activate or update NIST Risk Management Framework to install its citations, control objectives, and risk statements on your instance so they can be used in assessments and mapped to your AI assets.

## Before you begin

Install the AI Risk and Compliance content application before activating a framework. For more information, see [Install AI Risk and Compliance content](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/ai-risk-management/install-ai-risk-content-pack.md).

Role required: sn\_grc\_ai\_gov.ai\_risk\_and\_compliance\_manager

## About this task

Activating the NIST Risk Management Framework installs the framework's citations, control objectives, and risk statements into your instance. You select which citations and control objectives are relevant to your organization — you don't need to install the entire framework. After the framework is activated, select **Update** to add or remove citations in the future.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **AI Risk and Compliance Workspace**.

2.  Select the AI Risk and Compliance Content icon \[Omitted image "unified-content-mgmt-icon.png"\] Alt text: on the AI Risk and Compliance Workspace.

3.  Select **Activate** on the NIST Risk Management Framework card.

    **Note:** Verify that you have selected the correct version of the NIST Risk Management Framework before proceeding.

4.  Read the disclaimer statement and select **Agree**.

5.  Select the citations to include and select **Next**.

    **Note:** Only citations with a status of **Ready** can be selected.

6.  Select the control objectives to include and select **Next**.

    The control objectives displayed are based on the citations selected in the preceding step.

7.  Select the risk statements to include and select **Next**.

    **Note:** Only risk statements with a status of **Ready** can be selected.

8.  Verify the selected citations, control objectives, and risk statements on the summary page.

9.  Select **Submit**.

    The selected citations, control objectives, and risk statements are installed on your instance and are available for use in assessments and risk mappings.

10. Modify the activated NIST Risk Management Framework by selecting **Update** on the framework card.

    The **Update** button appears on the NIST Risk Management Framework card only after the framework is activated. Repeat steps 5 through 9 to add or remove citations, control objectives, and risk statements.


## Result

The selected NIST Risk Management Framework citations, control objectives, and risk statements are installed on your instance and are available for use in assessments and risk mappings.

## What to do next

The installed citations, control objectives, and risk statements are available for use in assessments and to map to your AI assets.

To activate additional frameworks, see [Activate or update EU Artificial Intelligence Act](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/ai-risk-management/activate-or-update-eu-artificial-intelligence-act.md), [Activate or update the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/ai-risk-management/activate-or-update-colorado-ai-act.md), or [Activate or update the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act \(SB 53\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/ai-risk-management/activate-or-update-sb53.md).

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