The ISO/IEC standard (2023) that specifies requirements for an AI management system, certifiable by accredited bodies 1. As of 2026-09-24 it is not a harmonised standard under the AI Act, so certification gives no presumption of conformity 2.
- Developed in
- ch. 22, The management-system trio
ch. 08, ISO/IEC 42001, 42005 and 42006 - Chapters
- ch. 07, Maturity Model · ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 22, Principles & Standards
- Compared side by side
- ISO 42001 vs EU AI Act · NIST AI RMF vs ISO 42001
- Source
- 2 numbered references, listed below
Where it is used
19 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.
- 00 · Preface Opening 4 mentions
- 01 · Definition The limits of the eval gate 1 mention
- 02 · Why Now The five problems, with the evidence 4 mentions
- 03 · Values & Principles The eight values 2 mentions
- 04 · The Stack Layer 01: Govern-as-Code 9 mentions
- 06 · The Role What the role owns, by workflow 3 mentions
- 07 · Maturity Model Opening 6 mentions
- 08 · Regulatory Map Opening 10 mentions
- 10 · Reading List Regulation and standards 2 mentions
- 11 · AI Defined What you can do this week 1 mention
- 12 · Governance Program Opening 14 mentions
- 13 · Risk Management NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 23894 on the stack 3 mentions
- 14 · Development Opening 4 mentions
- 15 · Deployment Vendor contracts and licence terms 3 mentions
- 17 · Incidents Incident, hazard, issue and serious incident 3 mentions
- 18 · EU AI Act Provider duties beyond the requirements 2 mentions
- 19 · Privacy & AI Principles applied to AI 3 mentions
- 22 · Principles & Standards Opening 9 mentions
- 23 · AI Agents What you can do this week 1 mention
Patterns that use this term
33 pattern pages use the term; the 10 that use it most:
- Framework Crosswalk 4 mentions
- Incident Pipeline 3 mentions
- FRIA-as-Code 3 mentions
- Vendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate 3 mentions
- Use-Case Intake & Risk Tiering 3 mentions
- Dataset Admission Gate 3 mentions
- Sanctioned AI Gateway 3 mentions
- Staged Rollout with Rollback Criteria 3 mentions
- Drift & Fairness Monitor 3 mentions
- Downstream Use Register 3 mentions
Related terms
Sources
- [1] ISO/IEC 42001:2023, AI management systems (referenced by identifier only; requirements for an AI management system; clause 10.2 nonconformity and corrective action). ISO/IEC. 2023. https://www.iso.org/standard/81230.html (verified: secondary)
- [2] Standardisation of the AI Act (no harmonised standard yet referenced in the Official Journal, so no presumption of conformity from any standard, ISO/IEC 42001 included; page last updated 2026-08-03; none found in the Publications Office index on 2026-09-24). European Commission. 2026-08-03. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-act-standardisation (verified: primary)
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