ISO 42001 AI Management System Consulting & Certification
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI Management System certification and ongoing AI governance support for B2B SaaS and consulting firms.
Comprehensive ISO 42001 AIMS Consulting & End-to-End AI Governance Certification Build
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the first international management system standard for Artificial Intelligence. Published in December 2023, it specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an AI Management System (AIMS). The standard follows the same Annex SL high-level structure as ISO 27001 and ISO 27701, so Clauses 4 through 10 are familiar to any organization with a mature ISMS. Annex A contains 38 controls across nine areas (A.2 through A.10) covering AI policy, internal organization, AI System Impact Assessment, AI system lifecycle, data for AI, transparency to interested parties, use of AI systems, and third-party AI relationships. Accredited certification runs three years with annual surveillance, identical mechanics to ISO 27001.
Security Consultants can deliver ISO 42001 as a structural extension of your existing ISO 27001 ISMS, not as a parallel program. We confirm the AI roles you hold (provider, producer, user, customer, partner), inventory every in-scope AI system including third-party integrations and foundation model APIs, extend the risk methodology with AI-specific risk types (bias, fairness, transparency, safety, environmental, human rights), and run the AI System Impact Assessment per Clause 6.1.4 across each in-scope system. We build the model card and technical documentation stack, implement the applicable Annex A controls, and author the integrated Statement of Applicability. Our vCISO subscription operates one risk process, one audit cycle, one management review covering both ISMS and AIMS. Where the EU AI Act applies, the ISO 42001 evidence base carries forward to conformity assessment readiness.
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AI System Impact Assessment per Clause 6.1.4
The AISIA is the artifact ISO 42001 auditors expect, and the one most early implementations get wrong by writing one document covering the whole organization. We run an AISIA per in-scope AI system, document intended use, foreseeable misuse, impacted stakeholders, and the human oversight design, then refresh it on every material change.
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Integration with ISO 27001, Not a Parallel Program
Almost every organization pursuing ISO 42001 already holds or is building ISO 27001. We extend the ISMS rather than rebuild it: one risk methodology with AI extensions, one Statement of Applicability covering both standards, one internal audit, one management review. Saved cycles fund the new AI-specific controls in Annex A.
AI Risk Methodology Beyond Security
ISO 42001 auditors test for bias, fairness, transparency, safety, environmental, and human rights risk types that a security risk register does not address. We extend your methodology with AI-specific risk categories, document treatment decisions per AI system, and build the evidence trail certification body auditors look for.
EU AI Act Conformity Assessment Bridge
ISO 42001 supports but does not satisfy the EU AI Act. The evidence base reduces the gap to Article 43 conformity assessment substantially: Annex A model lifecycle, transparency, and data governance controls populate Annex IV technical documentation. We design the AIMS to carry forward to AI Act readiness.
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Project Kick-Off & Setup
We start with a project kick-off where the manager sets up your engagement in our project management platform. We confirm whether ISO 42001 will extend an existing ISO 27001 ISMS or stand alone, define milestones, name a senior AI governance owner, and agree the communication plan.
AI Role Determination & System Inventory
We confirm the AI roles you hold for each AI system (provider, producer, user, customer, partner) and inventory every AI system in operation including third-party AI integrations, foundation model APIs, and embedded AI features in SaaS tools. The inventory drives scope, applicability, and impact assessment.
AI Risk Methodology & System Impact Assessment
We extend your risk methodology with AI-specific risk types (bias, fairness, transparency, safety, environmental, human rights) and run the AI System Impact Assessment per Clause 6.1.4 for each in-scope AI system. Each AISIA documents intended use, foreseeable misuse, impacted stakeholders, and the human oversight design.
Annex A Control Implementation & Documentation Stack
We implement the applicable Annex A controls across all nine areas (A.2 Policies through A.10 Third-Party Relationships), build the model card and technical documentation per AI system, document training data provenance and quality records, and author the Statement of Applicability covering all 38 controls with applicability decisions and justifications.
Internal Audit, Management Review & Stage 1 / Stage 2 Certification
We run the internal audit across Clauses 4 to 10 and applicable Annex A controls, conduct the management review with documented outputs, and represent the AIMS through Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification body audits. Where ISMS and AIMS run integrated, a single audit cycle covers both standards.
Post-Certification Operations, vCISO & Ongoing Assurance
After certification, our vCISO subscription operates AISIA refresh on new systems and material changes, continuous AI system monitoring with documented thresholds, quarterly AI governance forum, annual surveillance audit readiness, and EU AI Act regulatory tracking where applicable. The AIMS extends the ISMS, not duplicates it.
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