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ISO/IEC 42005:2025, the AI system impact-assessment standard (a companion to the AI Act's Article 27 FRIA and to ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.5), giving a structured method for assessing an AI system's impacts on people and society 1.

Developed in
ch. 08, ISO/IEC 42001, 42005 and 42006
ch. 14, Impact assessments compared
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 14, Development
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

5 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

2 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

  • AI system impact assessment

    An assessment of how an AI system and its foreseeable applications may affect individuals, groups and society, performed across the lifecycle and updated as…

  • Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA)

    The assessment Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making requires before a federal automated decision system goes into production.

  • Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)

    An independent audit, required within the year before an employer uses an automated employment decision tool in New York City, that reports selection or…

  • ISO/IEC 42001

    The ISO/IEC standard (2023) that specifies requirements for an AI management system, certifiable by accredited bodies.

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

  • FRIA

    Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment: the AI Act Article 27 assessment of a high-risk system's impact on rights, maintained here as a versioned, reviewable…

Sources

  1. [1] ISO/IEC 42005:2025, AI system impact assessment (companion to Art. 27 and ISO 42001 Annex A.5). ISO/IEC. 2025-05. https://www.iso.org/standard/44545.html (verified: secondary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). ISO/IEC 42005. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/iso-iec-42005. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026isoiec42005,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{ISO/IEC 42005}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/iso-iec-42005}
}