A complete ISO 42001 programme implementing a certified AI Management System aligned with the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF, demonstrating trustworthy AI practices to customers and regulators.
ISO/IEC 42001 provides a structured framework for managing AI systems responsibly, covering governance, risk, impact assessment, transparency, and continual improvement. As AI regulation accelerates globally (EU AI Act, India's proposed AI policy), ISO 42001 certification gives boards, customers, and regulators a credible, auditable signal that your AI development and deployment meets high standards of safety, fairness, and accountability.
Catalogue all AI systems, classify by risk level, and map ISO 42001 Annex controls applicable to each.
Conduct structured risk assessments per ISO 42001 Annex: safety, fairness, privacy, security, and transparency for each AI system.
Gap-assess against ISO 42001 AIMS requirements; identify gaps in governance, risk management, impact assessment, and transparency.
Assess third-party AI systems: model provenance, training data integrity, and downstream provider AIMS compliance.
Classify AI systems under EU AI Act risk tiers (unacceptable, high, limited, minimal) and map conformity assessment requirements per Article 6.
Map applicable AI regulations (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, India AI policy) to ISO 42001 controls for comprehensive regulatory coverage.
Build AIMS governance framework per Clause 5-7: AI-specific policies, roles, objectives, and performance monitoring.
Conduct impact evaluations per Annex controls: bias assessments, explainability reviews, and fundamental rights analysis for each AI system.
Produce technical documentation, AI system cards, intended purpose statements, and performance limitation disclosures per Clause 7.4.
Map ISO 42001 implementation to EU AI Act obligations; target conformity assessment per Article 43 for high-risk AI systems entering the EU market.
Deliver role-based AI governance training: responsible AI practices, bias awareness, and regulatory obligations for data science, product, engineering, legal, and leadership.
Implement AI-specific security controls: model integrity, adversarial robustness, data pipeline security, and access controls for training and deployment.
Monitor AI performance and fairness post-deployment; log incidents and drive continual improvement for certification and EU AI Act compliance.
Support Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification body audits; provide evidence packages and resolve non-conformities.
Periodically review AI governance controls, risk registers, and impact assessments as new or modified AI systems are introduced.
Prepare for annual surveillance audits with updated AI documentation, evidence packages, and remediation of prior non-conformities.
Maintain AI-specific incident response procedures: model drift, bias incidents, data quality failures, and adversarial attacks with documented remediation.
Drive continual AIMS improvement per Clause 10: corrective actions, AI incident lessons, and emerging responsible AI best practices.
Software companies developing AI-powered products, especially those targeting EU, UK, or enterprise markets where AI governance is increasingly a procurement requirement.
Large organisations deploying AI in HR, lending, healthcare, or other high-impact domains where AI risk governance is required by regulators or board-level policy.
Any organisation placing high-risk AI systems on the EU market needs ISO 42001 as a strong foundation for EU AI Act conformity assessment.
A structured six-phase process from AI system inventory through to ongoing certification maintenance and continual improvement.
Catalogue all AI systems, classify by risk level, and identify ISO 42001 Annex controls applicable to each system.
Establish AI governance structure with policies, roles, and objectives, and design the AI risk assessment and impact assessment framework.
Conduct structured risk assessments and impact evaluations for each AI system, covering safety, fairness, privacy, security, and transparency.
Implement transparency, monitoring, and accountability controls with documented evidence per ISO 42001 requirements and EU AI Act obligations.
Support accredited ISO 42001 certification body Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits, providing evidence packages and resolving any non-conformities.
Ongoing AI performance and fairness monitoring, incident logging, surveillance audit preparation, and continual AIMS improvement to maintain certification.