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ISO 42001 Certification
Artificial intelligence,governed and certified.
ISO 42001 certification is independent proof that your organisation manages artificial intelligence responsibly, through an AI Management System (AIMS). Published in 2023, ISO/IEC 42001 is the world's first management system standard for artificial intelligence. Certiva Global provides independent ISO 42001 certification and surveillance audits, operating in compliance with ISO/IEC 17021-1.
What it proves
What ISO 42001 certification proves.
AI Management System
ISO/IEC 42001 sets out structured requirements for overseeing artificial intelligence ethically and securely, with an emphasis on risk controls, transparency, and legal alignment. Certification against it confirms that your organisation treats AI as something to be governed, not just deployed. It shows that you have identified the risks specific to AI, such as bias, lack of transparency, and loss of human oversight, and that you manage them through defined roles, policies, and controls.
For customers, partners, and regulators, an ISO 42001 certificate is independent evidence that AI in your organisation operates within a framework of accountability, rather than an internal assurance that it does.
Who it is for
Who needs ISO 42001 certification.
ISO 42001 applies to any organisation that develops, provides, or uses AI systems and needs to demonstrate that it does so responsibly. This includes IT and software companies that build or embed AI in their products, healthcare organisations applying AI to clinical or operational decisions, and banking and financial services organisations using AI in areas such as credit, fraud detection, and customer service.
It is equally relevant to any organisation answerable for how its AI behaves.
The certification process
Two stages, then a three-year cycle.
Certiva Global certifies ISO 42001 through a clear, two-stage audit.
Compliant with ISO/IEC 17021-1
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Stage 1
The auditor reviews the design of your AI management system, confirming that the scope, policies, roles, and AI risk assessment are in place and ready for assessment.
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Stage 2
The auditor gathers evidence that the system operates in practice, examining how AI risks are identified and treated, how human oversight is exercised, and how governance holds across the AI lifecycle. If the evidence supports certification, the certificate is issued.
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Surveillance & recertification
Certification then runs on a three-year cycle, maintained by surveillance audits, normally annual, with recertification at the end of the cycle.
Standards that fit together
How ISO 42001 relates to ISO 27001.
ISO 42001 shares the same management system structure as ISO 27001, the information security standard, so the two fit together rather than duplicate each other. If you already hold ISO 27001, much of the discipline that ISO 42001 expects will be familiar, including risk assessment, defined roles, documented controls, and management review.
Many AI risks also touch information security, so the two standards reinforce one another, and Certiva Global can assess them together as an integrated system where that suits your organisation.
One coordinated audit
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security management
Risk assessment, defined roles, documented controls, and management review.
ISO/IEC 42001
AI management
The same management system discipline, applied to how AI is developed, provided, and used.
Certiva Global can assess them together as an integrated system where that suits your organisation.
Why Certiva Global
Why choose Certiva Global.
Certiva Global is an independent international certification body based in Hyderabad, serving organisations worldwide and operating in compliance with ISO/IEC 17021-1.
We audit, we do not advise
We assess and certify only, we do not design or run your AI management system, and that independence is what gives your certificate its value.
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