Not long ago, companies had the luxury of time. If something went wrong with their systems, their data, or even their people, they could say, “Let’s audit this next quarter.”  A few meetings, a long report, some damage control… and life moved on. That world is gone. In 2026, everything moves fast — especially problems powered by AI. A biased hiring tool can reject hundreds of candidates in one afternoon. An automated loan system can quietly block an entire neighborhood before