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ISO 42001
The AI governance certification that clears enterprise AI committees.
We certify your AI management system under ISO 42001 end to end — scoping, AIMS build-out, internal audit, certification — so you can sell into enterprises whose AI committees demand proof, without slowing your model roadmap.
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What is ISO 42001?
ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard for AI management systems (AIMS) — the AI equivalent of ISO 27001. It certifies that your organization governs how it builds and operates AI: risk assessment, data governance, model lifecycle management, and human oversight. Enterprises increasingly use it to clear AI vendors through procurement and internal AI review committees.
What you get
Internal audit included
Our internal auditor — a former U.S. Navy SEAL and Intel security expert — runs your internal audit, so certification doesn't stall at the step most teams outsource last.
Built to clear AI committees
We turn the certificate into sales ammunition: AI questionnaire answers, model documentation, and the language your buyer's risk team expects to hear.
Pairs with SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Shared controls get mapped once and reused. If you're pursuing SOC 2 in parallel, the programs reinforce each other instead of competing for your team's time.
How it works
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Scope
Free readiness check, then ~1 week.We inventory your AI systems, map where you stand against the standard, and hand you a written plan: what an AIMS means for your company, the timeline, and the price.
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Build the AIMS
Sized to your AI footprint.We stand up the management system — AI risk assessments, data governance, lifecycle controls, human oversight — and run the internal audit ourselves when it's ready.
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Certify
External audit + response.We coordinate the certification body, sit in every audit session, and answer the findings. You walk away with the certificate and the collateral to sell with it.
ISO 42001 questions, answered
What's the difference between ISO 42001 and ISO 27001?
ISO 27001 certifies how you manage information security. ISO 42001 certifies how you govern AI — model risk, data governance, human oversight, and the AI lifecycle. They share management-system structure, so work done for one accelerates the other.
Who needs ISO 42001?
Companies selling AI products into enterprises — especially in regulated industries — where buyer AI committees now ask questions SOC 2 doesn't answer: training data provenance, model risk, misuse handling, and oversight. The certificate answers them once, credibly.
How long does ISO 42001 certification take?
It depends on how mature your AI lifecycle already is and on certification-body scheduling. Because we run everything end to end — including the internal audit — our clients move materially faster than teams coordinating separate consultants and auditors. Your readiness check comes back with a real timeline.
What does it cost?
We bill in 15-minute increments with an optional monthly cap, so the upper bound is known before we start. The certification body's fee is separate, and we help you choose one.
Is SOC 2 enough, or do we need ISO 42001 too?
SOC 2 covers security controls. ISO 42001 covers how you govern AI. If your buyers' AI committees are asking about training data, model risk, or human oversight, SOC 2 won't close that conversation — that's exactly the gap ISO 42001 exists to fill.
Your buyer's AI committee has questions. ISO 42001 is the answer that ends the meeting.
Certify your AI. Keep shipping it.
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