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4SC | Four Signals Certificate
in AI Governance

The practitioner certificate in AI governance for board directors

4SC is the Four Signals Certificate, a 12-hour practitioner credential in AI governance for board directors and board-ready executives, issued by Reed Group Consulting LLC. 4SC designates holders of the Four Signals Certificate — a practitioner methodology for assessing how organizations govern AI at the physical-digital boundary.

12
Program Hours
4
Core Modules
3
Rating Tiers
Curriculum

What the Program Covers

Four modules. Twelve hours. (Some waived for NACD.D, ICD.D, QRM, and other relevant credential holders.) Each module builds on the last — from governance theory to applied methodology to board mechanics to live crisis simulation.

Module 01
The Governance Imperative
Why AI governance is a board-level obligation, not a technology question. The legal, fiduciary, and reputational stakes — and why most boards are already behind.
3 Hours
Module 02
The Four Signals Framework
Applied methodology across all four dimensions — Ownership, Exposure, Authority, Response. Case-based exercises. Rating each dimension: Governed, Exposed, or Ungoverned.
3 Hours
Module 03
Board Mechanics
Committee structure, disclosure obligations, director qualifications, oversight cadence. What a governed board looks like — and how to get there from where you are now.
3 Hours
Module 04
Meridian Capstone
A live board simulation. Participants govern Meridian, a fictional company, through an AI governance crisis in real time. Decisions, trade-offs, accountability — no script.
3 Hours
Methodology

The Four Signals Framework

Every governance question in the program traces back to one of four dimensions. Organizations that cannot answer all four are ungoverned — regardless of how many policies they have on file.

I
Ownership

Who is accountable for each AI system in production, and do they know it?

II
Exposure

What data, systems, and decision points are touched by AI, and who can see them?

III
Authority

Where does the AI decide, where does the human decide, and is that boundary written down?

IV
Response

If an AI system fails in a way that causes harm, what happens in the first four hours?

Who It's For

Built for Directors and Those Who Advise Them

4SC is not a compliance checklist or a vendor-led awareness course. It is a governance certificate for people with board-level accountability — or those building toward it.

Sitting Directors
Board members at organizations that have deployed AI without formal governance infrastructure — financial services, healthcare, manufacturing.
Audit Committee Chairs
Finance and audit professionals navigating AI disclosure obligations and risk committee oversight responsibilities.
Board-Ready Executives
Senior leaders preparing for board service who need demonstrable governance competency in AI — not an AI literacy certificate.
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4SC and Four Signals Certificate are marks of Reed Group Consulting LLC.