AI management system

ISO 42001 consulting for your AI management system

ISO/IEC 42001 gives you a formal, auditable way to govern AI. We assess your gaps, help you build the AI management system and prepare you for the certification audit, working alongside ISO 27001 if you already have it.

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  • Gap assessment against ISO/IEC 42001:2023
  • Implementation support and audit preparation
  • Integrates with an existing ISO 27001 program
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What is ISO 42001

The international standard for AI management systems

ISO/IEC 42001:2023, published in December 2023, sets requirements for an artificial intelligence management system, or AIMS. It applies to organizations that develop, provide or use AI systems, and it covers how you set AI policy and objectives, assess AI risk and impact, run and monitor AI systems and keep improving.

Like ISO 27001, it is a management system standard. The core clauses describe how the system works, and Annex A lists reference controls you select through a Statement of Applicability based on your own risk and impact assessments. You justify any control you leave out.

  • AI policy, roles and leadership commitment
  • AI risk assessment and treatment
  • AI system impact assessment
  • Controls across the AI system lifecycle
  • Monitoring, internal audit and management review
  • Continual improvement

What’s included

ISO 42001 implementation support

Take the full path to certification or the pieces you need.

Gap assessment

A review of your current AI governance, policies and controls against every clause and the Annex A controls, with a prioritized remediation plan.

Scope and context

Define which AI systems, roles and business units the AIMS covers, and whether you act as an AI developer, provider or user.

Risk and impact assessment

Set up the AI risk assessment and AI system impact assessment methods the standard requires, and run the first cycle with you.

Policies and documentation

AI policy, objectives, procedures and the Statement of Applicability, tailored to how your organization builds and uses AI.

Internal audit

An internal audit of the AIMS and support for management review, so you enter the certification audit with evidence ready.

Certification audit support

Preparation for your accredited certification body’s audit, help answering findings and ongoing support through surveillance audits.

The path to certification

From gap assessment to certification audit

Triden prepares you for certification. The certificate itself is issued by an accredited certification body after its own audit.

1

Gap assessment

We measure your current state against ISO/IEC 42001 and agree on scope, priorities and a realistic plan.

2

Build the AIMS

We help you put policy, roles, risk and impact assessment, controls and documentation in place.

3

Operate and audit

You run the AIMS long enough to produce records, and we perform an internal audit and support management review.

4

Certification audit

An accredited certification body audits your AIMS. We help you prepare, respond to findings and stay ready for surveillance audits.

ISO 42001 and ISO 27001

Build on the ISO 27001 program you already have

ISO/IEC 42001 follows the same harmonized structure as ISO 27001, with matching clauses for context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement. If you already run an ISO 27001 information security management system, much of the management system work is familiar.

The two can run as one integrated program, sharing document control, internal audit and management review. ISO 42001 adds what is specific to AI, such as impact assessment, data for AI systems, the AI system lifecycle and responsible use. We map the overlap so you don’t do the same work twice.

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FAQ

ISO 42001 questions

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the international standard for an artificial intelligence management system. It sets requirements for governing how an organization develops, provides or uses AI, including risk and impact assessment, controls and continual improvement.

No. Certification is issued by an accredited third-party certification body after its own audit. Triden prepares you, from gap assessment and implementation through internal audit and support during the certification audit.

NIST AI RMF is a voluntary US framework for managing AI risk, organized around four functions: govern, map, measure and manage. ISO/IEC 42001 is an international management system standard you can be certified against. Many organizations use both, and our AI governance work maps one to the other.

No. ISO 42001 can be implemented on its own. If you already hold ISO 27001, the shared structure means you can reuse much of your management system and run them as one integrated program.

It depends on how many AI systems are in scope, how mature your current governance is and whether you already run an ISO management system. The AIMS also needs to operate for a period before the certification audit. We give you a realistic plan after the gap assessment.

Cost depends on your scope, the number of AI systems and locations, your starting maturity and how much of the implementation you want us to deliver. Certification body fees are separate. We scope the work after a short call.

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Start your ISO 42001 gap assessment

Tell us about your AI systems and any ISO programs you already run. An advisor will reply by email to scope the work.

  • Scoping call with a GRC advisor
  • A plan that builds on ISO 27001 where you have it

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