ISO/IEC 42001 Readiness
Turn AI governance into an audit-ready management system.
A sleek, practical pathway for defining your Artificial Intelligence Management System scope, closing ISO 42001 gaps, and organising the evidence leaders, customers and auditors will ask for.
Designed for organisations developing, providing or using AI systems, especially teams that need governance, risk, security and assurance to move together.
AIMS readiness board
Scope in progress
4
readiness workstreams
12+
evidence artefacts
Scope and context
Systems, users, suppliers and certification boundaries.
AI risk and impact
Risk decisions, treatment plans and impact assessment logic.
Oversight and accountability
Human review, ownership, escalation and monitoring routines.
Evidence and audit prep
Artefacts that prove the management system is operating.
AIMS scope
Gap register
Risk plan
Evidence pack
READINESS MAP
Everything needed for ISO 42001, organised into a practical operating model.
Instead of treating readiness as a document chase, Praxis maps ISO 42001 into the places your organisation already makes decisions: scope, risk, control ownership, monitoring and evidence.
Where the engagement starts
AIMS scope before artefacts.
The fastest way to waste ISO 42001 effort is to build controls before agreeing what AI systems, teams and suppliers are actually in scope. We start by making those boundaries visible.
Which AI systems and vendors are inside the AIMS?
Who owns risk acceptance, oversight and improvement?
What evidence proves the controls are operating?
Which gaps block internal audit or certification readiness?
Scope and context
Define organisational context, stakeholders, AI systems, external dependencies and the boundaries for certification readiness.
Risk and impact
Map current AI practices against ISO/IEC 42001 clauses, Annex A control themes and AI lifecycle risk decisions.
Controls in operation
Turn policy intent into oversight, human review, supplier checks, incident pathways and monitoring routines.
Evidence and assurance
Organise registers, decisions, approvals and review artefacts so internal audit and certification conversations are defensible.
OPERATING RHYTHM
From requirement to repeatable behaviour.
ISO 42001 readiness is most valuable when it becomes a rhythm your teams can maintain: review, approve, monitor, improve and evidence.
risk decisions
owners
evidence
01
Define the AIMS scope
Confirm organisational context, AI systems, stakeholders, suppliers and the boundary for readiness work.
Scope statement
02
Assess ISO 42001 gaps
Review current practices against the management-system clauses, Annex A control themes and AI lifecycle risks.
Gap register
03
Implement practical controls
Build policies, approval gates, human oversight, supplier review and incident pathways that fit the organisation.
Control plan
04
Collect evidence as you operate
Capture decisions, reviews, monitoring outcomes and improvement actions so readiness is not a last-minute scramble.
Evidence pack
05
Test readiness
Run a readiness check, close priority gaps and prepare leaders for internal audit or external certification conversations.
Readiness report
EVIDENCE ROOM
The useful output is not a binder. It is a living evidence system.
A readiness engagement should leave you with concrete artefacts buyers can use: governance records, risk decisions, operating routines and audit preparation.
Governance
AIMS scope and context
AI policy and responsibilities
Leadership review cadence
Continual improvement actions
Risk
AI risk and impact method
Risk acceptance records
Supplier and tool assessment
High-risk use-case escalation
Operations
Human oversight routines
Monitoring and incident pathways
Training and guidance records
Change review triggers
Assurance
Internal audit preparation
Management review inputs
Evidence pack for assessors
Gap closure roadmap
FIT FOR PURPOSE
Built for teams that need AI assurance without overengineering it.
Start with the AI systems that matter most, reuse existing security and governance foundations where they help, and scale the management system as adoption matures.
AI vendors
Prepare for customer due diligence, procurement reviews and future certification expectations with clearer controls and evidence.
Enterprise adopters
Govern the third-party AI tools, pilots and internal use cases already spreading across business teams.
Regulated teams
Connect AI governance to security, privacy, operational risk and assurance expectations in a way executives can monitor.
Ready to make ISO 42001 practical?
We’ll help you define scope, close priority gaps and build the evidence system needed for responsible AI governance and certification readiness.
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