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ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · AI Management System

Get audit-ready for ISO/IEC 42001.

ISO/IEC 42001 is the world's first management system standard for artificial intelligence. Voryntel is your independent auditor. We assess the AI Management System you build, run the gap analysis and internal audit, and verify you're ready, so you meet your certification body with no surprises.

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ISO/IEC 42001
AI Management System
Independent by design. We audit your readiness and never build the AIMS we assess; an accredited registrar issues the certificate.

What it is

A governance system for the AI you build and use.

Published in December 2023, ISO/IEC 42001 sets out how to establish, implement, maintain, and continually improve an Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS). It gives you a repeatable way to identify AI risks, apply controls, monitor performance, and prove accountability across models you develop and third-party AI you deploy.

Built on the same Annex SL structure as ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, it slots into the management systems you already run rather than starting from scratch.

1stThe first certifiable international standard dedicated to AI management.
38Annex A controls spanning the full AI system lifecycle.
PDCAPlan-Do-Check-Act cycle for continual improvement.
Annex SLShares the harmonized structure of ISO 27001 and 9001.

Why certify

Turn "trust us" into something you can evidence.

Certification is proof your AI is governed, not just deployed: proof for regulators, customers, and your own board.

Demonstrate trust

Show customers, partners, and regulators that your AI is safe, transparent, and accountable, backed by an independent certificate, not a promise.

Stay ahead of regulation

Map cleanly to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and emerging obligations. An AIMS gives you the governance record those frameworks expect.

Manage real risk

Surface bias, drift, security, and misuse before they hit production. Every AI risk lands on a named owner and a control you can test.

Win the market

Certification is fast becoming a procurement requirement. Being early is a differentiator that shortens sales cycles and unblocks enterprise deals.

Operate efficiently

Standardized, documented AI processes cut rework and ad-hoc reviews, so teams ship faster within guardrails everyone understands.

Improve continually

The PDCA cycle keeps your AI governance living: monitored, audited, and improving as your models and the risk landscape change.

How we audit your readiness

A clear path from AI sprawl to certification.

We assess your AIMS the way your certification body will: the gap analysis, the internal audit, the readiness verdict. Your team owns the build. Independence is the point.

  1. 01

    Scope & Context

    We confirm the boundaries of your AIMS, the AI systems, use cases, and objectives in scope, so the assessment covers exactly what the certification body will examine.

  2. 02

    Gap Analysis

    A clause-by-clause and Annex A control assessment against ISO/IEC 42001, delivered as a prioritized, honest map of where you conform today and where you don't.

  3. 03

    You Remediate

    Your team owns the build: writing policies, running AI risk and impact assessments, and standing up controls. We stay independent, explaining what each requirement demands without doing the work for you.

  4. 04

    Internal Audit

    We perform your ISO 42001 internal audit as an independent party, testing the AIMS in operation and documenting non-conformities with objective evidence.

  5. 05

    Corrective-Action Review

    You act on the findings; we re-audit to verify each non-conformity is genuinely closed and the evidence will hold up under external scrutiny.

  6. 06

    Readiness Verdict

    A go / no-go readiness report and a mock Stage 2 audit, so you enter the accredited certification audit knowing it will hold, with no surprises on the day.

What you get

Findings, not homework.

Every engagement ends in documented, evidence-based findings you can act on, then show your certification body, your customers, and your board.

Gap Analysis Report

A clause- and control-level scorecard against ISO/IEC 42001, with every gap prioritized for you to remediate.

Pre-Assessment Report

A Stage 1-style documentation and readiness review that mirrors what your certification body checks first.

Independent Internal Audit

A full internal audit against the standard, with objective evidence and clearly stated non-conformities.

Statement of Applicability Review

An independent check of your SoA across all 38 Annex A controls: justified inclusions, exclusions, and gaps.

Non-Conformity Register

A tracked register of findings, with re-audit verification that each one is genuinely closed.

Certification Readiness Verdict

A go / no-go readiness report and mock Stage 2 walkthrough so there are no surprises on audit day.

Aligns and integrates with

  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • ISO/IEC 23894
  • EU AI Act
  • NIST AI RMF
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 31000

Questions

ISO 42001, answered.

Who should certify to ISO 42001?

Any organization that develops, provides, or uses AI, including SaaS and AI-native products, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and public sector bodies. If AI touches your product, operations, or decisions, an AIMS applies to you.

Do you certify us yourselves?

No, and we stay on the auditor's side of the line by design. Accredited certification must come from a separate certification body, and we deliberately don't build your AIMS either. Voryntel is your independent auditor: gap analysis, internal audit, and readiness assessment. Not building the system we audit is exactly what keeps our findings, and your certificate, credible.

How long does it take to get audit-ready?

Most organizations reach readiness in roughly three to six months, depending on the number of AI systems in scope and the maturity of your existing governance. Teams already certified to ISO 27001 tend to move faster because the management-system foundations are shared.

We already have ISO 27001. Does that help?

Significantly. ISO 42001 shares the Annex SL structure with ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, so the management-system foundations you already run carry over rather than being rebuilt. We audit ISO 42001 alongside your existing systems in one integrated assessment, so you get a single coherent picture rather than several.

How does this relate to the EU AI Act?

An ISO 42001 AIMS gives you much of the governance, risk management, and documentation the EU AI Act expects, and a defensible record of due diligence. It isn't automatic legal compliance, but it's the strongest foundation for it, and we map your controls to the obligations that apply to you.

What does the certification audit involve?

Accredited certification is a two-stage external audit: Stage 1 reviews your AIMS documentation and readiness, and Stage 2 tests that your controls operate in practice. After certification, annual surveillance audits confirm you're maintaining and improving the system. We prepare you for all of it.

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Ready to make AI governance provable?

Tell us which AI systems you run and where you want to be. We'll map the path to ISO/IEC 42001 and what readiness looks like for you.

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