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Governing AI Risk: The RIVER Charter - An Enterprise Resilience Standard

Author: Alex Golbin
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781041095651

Published In: September 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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THE AI CRISIS IS FICTIONAL. THE BLUEPRINT IS REAL.

By 2038, autonomous agents will manage trillions of dollars in global assets. But when speed outpaces governance, efficiency becomes fragility. Governing AI Risk blends a near-future thriller with a field manual for leaders who can’t afford blind spots. Follow the fictional journey of Aaron Goldcrest, a successful venture capitalist, as his team confronts cascading failures in the agentic economy—and learn how the RIVER Charter™ standard helps global organizations stay resilient. Featuring All-Entity Risk Management (AERM™), the Cognitive Handshake™ for auditable human–AI decisions, and DataCapital Protocol™ for blockchain-grade data lineage.

“In a world of AI agents, trust becomes an active utility and execution is the differentiator. RIVER turns risk into momentum by giving teams the rails to move safely at breakneck speed. A pragmatic playbook for the next decade of finance and beyond.” — Brad Levy, CEO of ThetaRay

“This book should be required reading for every board member and C-suite executive who still believes cybersecurity is someone else’s problem. The river of risk is rising, and those who don’t learn to navigate these new currents will find themselves in dangerous waters.” — Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Co-Founder & CEO, SecurityScorecard

“Enterprise AI transformation isn’t about deploying technology—it’s about reimagining how data, people, and systems create value together. Golbin’s framework provides leaders with the essential roadmap for navigating this transformation responsibly and profitably.” — Swamy Kocherlakota, Executive Vice President of Agentic AI Security, Zscaler

“In my world, we don’t build a global financial system on promises; we build it on verifiable cryptographic controls. We build for survival—treating the worst case not as a possibility but an inevitability: segregated custody so one vault’s failure doesn’t drain the rest, redundant cutover paths so there are three ways home, and phishing-resistant approvals so an attacker stalls out.” — Jeff Lunglhofer, CISO, Coinbase; former CISO, BNY

Part 1: Introduction to the Hybrid Era

Chapter 1: The Day the Desert Drowned: A Cautionary Tale of Bull-in-China Shop AI

Chapter 2: The Horizon Pitch: Revealing the Five Phases of AI Adoption to the Board

Chapter 3: A Legacy Forged in Loss: From Risk Debt to Data Capital

Chapter 4: Seeds of Wisdom, Seeds of Ruin: Early Warnings from the Dawn of the Agentic Era

Chapter 5: The Sugar Avalanche: When Efficiency Triggers Systemic Collapse

Strategic Debrief: 2026 Implications for Part 1

Part 2: Evolving Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Chapter 6: The RIVER: A New Framework for Enterprise Risk Management

Chapter 7: The Antibody Paradox: Data Governance in the Age of AI

Chapter 8: Digital Asbestos: Taming Shadow IT in the Citizen-Developer Era

Chapter 9: The Shared Sin: A Case Study in Technology Risk Governance

Chapter 10: The Deadlock: From Third-Party Risk to All-Entity Risk Management (AERM)

Chapter 11: The Cognitive Handshake™. Leading Through a High-Stakes Ransomware Crisis

Chapter 12: Black Thursday: Beyond Backups to True Enterprise Resilience

Chapter 13: The Antidote: The Principles of Antifragile Governance

Strategic Debrief: 2026 Implications for Part 2

Part 3: Enablers and Regulatory Implications

Chapter 14: The Double-Edged Sword: How Enabling Tech Shapes Resilience and Risk

Chapter 15: The RIVER Charter™: Forging the Global AI Governance Blueprint (Geneva, 2039)

Strategic Debrief: 2026 Implications for Part 3

Part 4: Strategic Industry Adoption

Chapter 16: The Bridge to Singularity: Adopting the RIVER Framework for Resilient Growth.

Chapter 17: The E-Shaped Professional: A New Blueprint for Talent in the AI Era

Chapter 18: A Tale of Two Ecosystems: A Guide to Resilient Vendor Integration

Strategic Debrief: 2026 Implications for Part 4

Part 5: The Way Forward

Chapter 19: The Gardener's Paradox: When Systems Cross into Phase 5

Chapter 20: The 2026 Imperative: Your Board's Roadmap to AI Resilience

Afterword by Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy (Co-Founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard)

Appendices.

Appendix A: Anatomy of a Collapse

Appendix B: The Five Phases of AI Adoption

Appendix C: The DataCapital Protocol

Appendix D: The Convergence Assessment Checklist

Appendix E: The RIVER Framework in Principle

Appendix F: The RIVER Framework: A Crosswalk to Global Standards

Appendix G: The All-Entity Risk Management (AERM) Framework

Appendix H: The Cognitive Handshake Audit (CHA) Playbook

Appendix I: The RIVER Framework in Practice: A Leader's Guide

Appendix J: The Board's 90-Day RIVER Readiness Toolkit

Appendix K: Evolving Roles in the RIVER-Guided Enterprise

Appendix L: The Cognitive Handshake Audit (CHA) — Integration Decision

Appendix M: Governance Roles & Accountability: A Framework for the Board and the C-Suite

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