We help organisations deploying AI build a defensible governance programme: model inventory, risk classification, evaluation, monitoring and alignment to ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act.
In depth
A four-layer view of this service.
Context, scope, delivery and impact — written for buyers, boards, auditors and search engines alike.
Layer 01 — Context
Context & Why It Matters
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Enterprise AI adoption — generative AI, agentic systems, predictive models, RAG pipelines — has outpaced governance in most organisations.
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is now the certifiable AI Management System standard, the EU AI Act came into force August 2024 (with high-risk obligations from 2026), and regional regulators (UAE Office for AI, SDAIA AI Ethics Principles, India's MeitY Responsible AI, CBUAE AI/ML Guidance) all expect documented oversight.
Boards face material legal, reputational and prudential risk from ungoverned AI.
Layer 02 — Scope
Scope & What It Covers
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Coverage includes AI system inventory and discovery, risk classification under ISO 42001, EU AI Act (prohibited, high-risk, limited, minimal) and NIST AI RMF (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage), use-case approval workflows, model cards and data sheets, evaluation and red-teaming (bias, robustness, jailbreak, prompt-injection, hallucination), monitoring (drift, performance, abuse), human-in-the-loop design, third-party model risk (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, in-house), and AIMS audit readiness for ISO/IEC 42001 certification.
Layer 03 — Approach
Our Approach & Delivery
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ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementers, supported by data scientists and ML engineers, run a four-stage delivery: inventory, classify, govern, certify.
We embed governance into your existing model lifecycle (MLOps, LLMOps), set up an AI governance committee, deploy evaluation harnesses (Garak, PyRIT, Promptfoo, Inspect AI, OpenAI Evals), and prepare the AIMS for external certification by accredited bodies (BSI, TÜV, DNV) — currently a competitive differentiator.
Layer 04 — Impact
Business Impact & Outcomes
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Organisations gain regulator-defensible AI governance, demonstrable due care under the EU AI Act and emerging GCC rules, faster and safer AI deployment (because approval is a workflow not a roadblock), and audit-ready evidence for board, investor, customer and regulator scrutiny.
ISO/IEC 42001 certification is increasingly cited in enterprise RFPs for AI vendors.
At a glance
Process flow, compliance checklist and benefits.
A visual breakdown of how the engagement runs, what evidence we leave behind, and the business outcomes you can defend at the board.
Process flow
How we deliver AI Governance & ISO 42001.
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Inventory
Discover all AI and ML systems across the estate.
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Classify
Risk-tier each system using ISO 42001 and EU AI Act criteria.
Every item below is part of an audit-ready AI Governance & ISO 42001 programme — what regulators, certification bodies and enterprise buyers expect to see.
Scope and applicability statement
Confirmed boundaries for AI Governance & ISO 42001 across entities, locations and systems.
Gap assessment report
Current-state diagnostic with prioritised, owner-tagged findings.
Policy and procedure suite
Approved by top management, version-controlled and communicated to staff.
Risk register and treatment plan
Threats, controls, residual risk and accepted exceptions documented.
Awareness and role-based training
Attendance, content and assessment evidence retained.
Evidence repository
Central, auditor-accessible, timestamped artefacts per control.
Internal audit and management review
Independent assurance run before any external assessment.
Continuous improvement log
Findings, corrective actions and re-test evidence tracked to closure.
Benefits
What you walk away with.
AI risk register and high-risk model registry
Model evaluation and red-teaming protocols
ISO 42001 certification readiness
Board and regulator-ready AI governance reporting
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Does ISO 42001 replace ISO 27001?+
No — they are complementary. 27001 secures information, 42001 governs AI systems.
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