Citation: Reh, J. M. (2026). AI Governance in Regulated Industries: Closing the Lifecycle Accountability Gap (v1.0) [Research Report]. Cijara Group.

AI Governance in Regulated Industries: Closing the Lifecycle Accountability Gap

Regulated enterprises approve AI systems once and review them annually, while the systems themselves make decisions continuously and change behavior between reviews. This report maps that lifecycle accountability gap across model, data, and agent layers, assesses the resulting legal exposure under existing regulatory regimes, and sets out the control structures — continuous evidence capture, decision provenance, and accountable ownership — required to close it.