Operationalizing Regulations into Code: A Model to Enhance Governance and Compliance in LLM Selection for Software Engineering

[2608.27703] Operationalizing Regulations into Code: A Model to Enhance Governance and Compliance in LLM Selection for Software Engineering Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Computer Science > Software Engineering arXiv:2608.27703 (cs) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Operationalizing Regulations into Code: A Model to Enhance Governance and Compliance in LLM Selection for Software Engineering Authors: Jonysberg Quintino , Hermano Moura , Filipe Calegário View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) can improve developer productivity, but it also introduces security, privacy, and compliance risks during model selection. Regulations and frameworks such as the EU AI Act, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (RMF), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), and ISO/IEC 42001 establish obligations that are often difficult to translate into operational criteria for technical decision-making. This paper proposes a model to support governance and compliance in LLM selection for software engineering projects. The model is developed through Design Science Research (DSR) and is structured in three layers: (i) regulatory requirements, (ii) organizational governance capabilities, instantiated by a multi-criteria decision matrix with knock-out and weighted scoring criteria, and (iii) productivity and sustainability outcomes, operationalized by the LLM governance assessment protocol (PAG-LLM). A regulatory feedback loop connects operational results back to the normative layer, enabling iterative refinement of the model. A pilot evaluation with 20 adversarial scenarios based on Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) and the OWASP Top 10 suggests distinct risk profiles between commercial cloud-based LLMs and local open-source LLMs. The results provide preliminary evidence that regulatory disqualification logic, particularly K.O. criteria, can prevent the selection of technically competitive models that nonetheless pose unacceptable compliance risks, demonstrating the feasibility of governance-oriented LLM selection in software engineering projects. Comments: 7 pages Subjects: Software Engineering (cs.SE) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27703 [cs.SE] (or arXiv:2608.27703v1 [cs.SE] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27703 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Jonysberg Quintino [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:39:59 UTC (343 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Additional Features Audio Summary Current browse context: cs.SE < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)

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