ISO 42001 Consulting · AI Management Systems

ISO 42001 consulting: AI governance you can prove

ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard for managing artificial intelligence responsibly. We take you from gap assessment through AI impact assessment, controls and internal audit to certification readiness — we prepare you; an accredited certification body issues the certificate.

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AI inventory Impact assessment AIMS AI controls Internal audit Certification ready Accountable AI We prepare, you certify
AIgovernance you can prove
2risks: AI + data
1plan for both
Eight steps to certification-ready AIMS
01Gap assessmentWhere your AI governance stands today.
02AI inventoryEvery AI system found and recorded.
03Impact assessmentAI risks and impacts assessed.
04AIMS designGovernance documentation written for your team.
05Internal auditManagement review before the certifier.
Why it helps you grow

AI buyers are starting to ask how you govern it

As AI moves from demo to production, enterprises, investors and partners want evidence that your AI is developed, deployed and monitored deliberately — not accidentally.

Passes enterprise AI reviews

Large customers now run AI governance questionnaires before adopting AI features. A certified management system answers them in one document.

Structures AI development

Inventory, impact assessment, data governance and monitoring turn AI work from heroics into a repeatable, reviewable process.

Reduces AI risk early

Systematic impact assessment finds bias, privacy, security and misuse risks before your users, press or regulators do.

Supports regulatory readiness

Governance practices demanded by emerging AI regulation — inventory, impact assessment, human oversight, monitoring — are what ISO 42001 operationalises.

Pairs with ISO 27001

Information security and AI governance share policies, risk processes and audits. Many clients run both systems side by side.

Differentiates responsibly

In markets flooded with AI claims, a third-party-audited management system is proof you take the responsibility seriously.

In plain language

What ISO 42001 actually asks you to do

ISO/IEC 42001, published in 2023, is the first international standard for managing artificial intelligence. Like ISO 27001, it does not certify individual AI systems as "good" — it certifies your management system: the policies, processes, controls and evidence you use to develop, deploy and operate AI responsibly.

The outcome is an AI Management System — an AIMS. You establish AI policy and objectives, assess the impact of your AI systems, control data and the lifecycle, keep humans in the loop where they matter, monitor how AI behaves in production, and improve continuously. A certification body audits the AIMS and, if it meets the standard, issues a certificate valid for three years with annual surveillance audits.

Because AI is what we build as well as what we consult on, our controls are designed against real AI systems — assistants, chatbots, calling bots and document pipelines — not abstract checklists.

How AI governance comes together
  1. 01InventoryEvery AI system and model recorded.
  2. 02Impact assessmentWho is affected, and how.
  3. 03ControlsGuardrails tied to real systems.
  4. 04Certification-readyPrepared for an accredited body.
Who issues the certificate?

An accredited certification body

We prepare you and support you through the audit. Certification body fees are separate from our consulting fee, and the selection of the body is yours — we advise on accredited options and help you request quotes.

CyberSwipe provides readiness and implementation support. We do not certify you ourselves, and we keep that distinction explicit.
ISO 42001 vs ISO 27001

Two standards, one management-system approach

If you already run an ISMS, much of the machinery of ISO 42001 will feel familiar.

  ISO 27001 ISO 42001
SubjectInformation securityArtificial intelligence management
System certifiedISMS — Information Security Management SystemAIMS — AI Management System
What is auditedYour security policies, risk process and Annex A controlsYour AI policies, impact assessment and Annex A AI controls
Issued byAn accredited certification body — three-year certificate with annual surveillance audits
TogetherShared management-system machinery (policy, risk, audit, review) — running both saves effort
The service, step by step

Eight steps to certification-ready AIMS

Each step has a clear activity, a concrete deliverable and a benefit — so progress is visible and auditable at every stage.

01

Gap assessment

We review your AI systems, teams, documentation and practices against ISO 42001 clauses and Annex A controls. You get a gap report showing what you already meet, what is missing and a prioritised action plan — so you know where you stand before spending on implementation.

02

AI system inventory

We build a register of your AI systems: purpose, data, models, users, decisions influenced and owners. You get the inventory every other AIMS activity depends on — and often a surprise or two about AI already running in production.

03

AI impact and risk assessment

For each system, we assess impacts and risks — accuracy, bias and fairness, privacy, security, safety and potential misuse — by likelihood and impact, and decide treatments. You get impact assessments and a prioritised risk treatment plan.

04

AIMS design and documentation

We write or tailor the documents the standard expects: AI policy, objectives, impact assessment procedure, data governance, system lifecycle procedures, human oversight rules, documentation and monitoring requirements — written for your company, not copied templates.

05

Implementation support

We help put the controls into practice: review gates before AI releases, data quality checks, evaluation testing, human review for high-stakes decisions, and production monitoring. You get controls working in daily operations — which is what auditors verify.

06

Awareness training

Short sessions for all staff and deeper workshops for product, engineering and data teams on the AIMS, impact assessment and incident handling. People are where AI governance succeeds or fails.

07

Internal audit and management review

We perform a mock audit and help leadership hold the required management review — so surprises are found and fixed before the real certification audit.

08

Certification audit support

We help you choose an accredited certification body, prepare for Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits and close any findings — a smoother audit and a faster path to your certificate.

Typical timeline

How long ISO 42001 takes

Typically 3 to 6 months, depending on how many AI systems are in scope and how mature your documentation is. Durations below are typical — we confirm a fixed-scope plan and price after the gap assessment.

Phase Typical duration
Gap assessment and AI inventory1 to 2 weeks
Impact and risk assessment2 to 3 weeks
Documentation and implementation6 to 10 weeks
Internal audit and review1 to 2 weeks
Certification audit2 to 4 weeks, depending on the certification body
Who benefits most

Built for organisations that put AI into real use

If AI influences decisions your customers, users or regulators care about, governance stops being optional.

AI product companies

Certified governance is a differentiator when enterprise buyers compare you against unproven competitors.

SaaS adding AI features

Assistants, search and automation inside an established product still need inventory, impact assessment and monitoring.

Enterprises deploying AI

Internal AI adoption at scale needs ownership, policies and review gates — or every team improvises.

Regulated industries

Finance, healthcare and education need documented oversight before AI touches consequential decisions.

AI-first startups

Investor and customer due diligence increasingly asks how AI is governed — early structure avoids a scramble later.

Companies answering AI questionnaires

Vendor assessments asking for your AI policy, risk process and monitoring approach are answered by one certified system.

Why work with us

We build AI systems — and the governance around them

Practitioners, not just auditors

We build chatbots, calling assistants and document pipelines for a living, so impact assessments and controls reflect how AI projects really ship.

One team for AI and security

Security and AI governance overlap in data, model access and monitoring. One team covering both keeps evidence consistent.

Plain-language documentation

Policies and procedures written so your engineers and product managers will actually follow them — not consulting filler.

Fixed-scope packages

Fixed-scope packages with clear timelines. We quote after the gap assessment; certification body fees are separate.

AI governance

AI governance you can prove

ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard for managing AI responsibly — we take you from gap assessment through impact assessment and controls to certification readiness.

We prepare; a body certifies.
Built by people who build AI.
Controls tied to real systems.
A team reviewing AI governance and controls AI governance
Before and after ISO/IEC 42001
AI used with no governance
  • No idea where AI touches decisions
  • Risk to people unexamined
  • No accountability when it fails
  • Customers left uneasy
AI governance you can show
  • Every AI use recorded and assessed
  • Impact on people evaluated
  • Clear ownership and controls
  • Evidence customers trust
FAQs

ISO 42001 questions, answered

An international standard, published in 2023, for managing artificial intelligence responsibly. Certification covers your AI Management System — policy, processes, impact assessment, controls and evidence — not an individual AI model.

ISO 27001 certifies how you protect information; ISO 42001 certifies how you manage AI. Both are management-system standards with the same shape — policy, risk, controls, audit, improvement — so running them together saves effort.

An accredited certification body. We prepare you and support you through the audit; the certificate is valid for three years with annual surveillance audits.

If enterprise buyers, investors or partners ask how you govern AI — yes. Even without a customer asking, the inventory and impact-assessment discipline catches problems early. We scale the AIMS to your size.

No regulation is "certified" by a private standard. What ISO 42001 gives you is the governance machinery — inventory, impact assessment, oversight, monitoring, documentation — that AI regulations around the world increasingly expect you to demonstrate.

Typically 3 to 6 months, depending on the number of AI systems in scope and your current documentation maturity.

It depends on size, scope and current maturity. We provide a fixed quote after the gap assessment. Certification body fees are separate.

Yes. Shared policies, risk processes and audit cycles make a combined programme more efficient than two separate ones — many clients run them side by side.

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Prove your AI is governed, not just impressive.

A gap assessment tells you what ISO 42001 requires for your AI systems, what you already meet and the shortest path to certification readiness. The first conversation is free and there is no obligation.