ISO/IEC 42001
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — Artificial Intelligence Management System
The certifiable management system standard for AI: an AIMS that governs how an organization develops and uses AI responsibly, with Annex A controls.
32 individual requirements seeded and assessable in AIXYRA.
ISO/IEC 42001 does for AI what ISO/IEC 27001 did for information security: it defines a certifiable management system — an AIMS — covering policy, roles, risk assessment, impact assessment, lifecycle controls, and continual improvement for AI. Organizations pursue certification to demonstrate responsible AI practices to customers, partners, and regulators.
Certification audits ask for evidence: an inventory of AI systems in scope, documented risk and impact assessments, defined roles, and records that controls actually operate. Assembling that evidence from spreadsheets and wikis is the hard part; maintaining it continuously is harder.
Who it applies to
Organizations of any size that develop, provide, or use AI systems and want an auditable, certifiable management system around them.
Key requirement themes
AI system inventory & scope
An AIMS starts with knowing which AI systems are in scope, their purpose, and their owners.
Risk & impact assessment
Documented, repeatable assessment of AI risks and impacts on individuals and society, kept current across the lifecycle.
Lifecycle controls
Annex A controls spanning data, development, deployment, monitoring, and third-party AI — operated, not just written down.
Continual improvement
Management review, internal audit, and corrective action — evidence that the system learns.
Orientation for evaluators — not legal advice. Consult counsel for obligations specific to your organization.
How AIXYRA helps
- The eight-entity registry with lifecycle stages and version history is the AI inventory an AIMS audit asks for first
- Governance workflows and checkgates give risk and impact assessments a defined, repeatable, recorded process
- Risk scoring dimensions align to ISO/IEC 42001 control areas, and assessments map to seeded articles with evidence
- The tamper-evident audit trail and exportable audit reports turn 'show me the records' into a button
ISO/IEC 42001 FAQ
Can you get certified against ISO/IEC 42001?
Yes — ISO/IEC 42001 is a certifiable management system standard, audited by accredited certification bodies like ISO/IEC 27001. Certification demonstrates to customers and regulators that responsible AI practices are systematic rather than ad hoc.
Does AIXYRA make an organization ISO/IEC 42001 compliant?
No tool alone does — certification covers your management system, people, and processes. AIXYRA provides the operational backbone: the AI inventory, assessment workflows, risk scoring, monitoring triggers, and audit evidence that an AIMS needs to run and to pass audit.
Assess your AI systems against ISO/IEC 42001
ISO/IEC 42001 ships built into AIXYRA — and the same assessment maps to every other enabled framework at once.