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AI Security·Updated 2026-10-21

What is ISO/IEC 42001?

Short answer

ISO/IEC 42001 is an international standard that specifies requirements for an AI management system: the policies, roles, risk assessments and controls an organization uses to develop or use AI responsibly. Organizations can be certified against it, much as with ISO/IEC 27001 for information security.

The details

Organizations that already run an ISO 27001 management system can reuse much of that structure, such as internal audit and management review, when adding AI governance.

Terms explained

ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the international standard for an information security management system (ISMS), against which organizations can be independently certified.
ISO/IEC 42001
ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for an artificial intelligence management system (AIMS).

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