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Glossary · ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · clause 4.4

AI management system (AIMS)

Definition

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · clause 4.4

The policies, roles, processes and controls through which an organisation governs its development or use of AI systems, built on the same clause structure as ISO/IEC 27001 and certifiable against ISO/IEC 42001, published in December 2023. It covers AI-specific risks (bias, transparency, safety, accountability) alongside security, and expects you to assess impacts on individuals and society as well as on the organisation. It is the only certifiable AI governance standard, and the main route companies use to show EU AI Act readiness.

Also called ISO 42001 certificationAI governance management system

In other laws

LawTermNote
ISO/IEC 27001Information security management system (ISMS)Same clause structure; many organisations run the two as one integrated system with one Statement of Applicability.
EU AI Act (Reg. (EU) 2024/1689)Quality management system, Art. 17Required for providers of high-risk AI systems; an AIMS is a way to build it, not a legal presumption of conformity.

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