ISO/IEC 42001 · AI Governance

The AI management system, built for certification.

SŌVAI implements ISO/IEC 42001 for European organizations — connecting policy, risk, controls, and oversight into one system a certification body can audit.

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Policy Risk Controls Oversight Audit AIMS

AI governance is more than another policy. It's connecting AI inventory, responsibilities, risk assessment, controls, evidence, and management oversight into one system that actually operates — and that an auditor can follow. That's what SŌVAI builds.

What SŌVAI delivers

Five engagements. One certification-ready system.

Each produces a concrete deliverable your auditors and stakeholders can review.

01

Readiness Assessment

Your current practices assessed clause by clause against ISO/IEC 42001, with gaps ranked by effort and risk. The recommended entry point.

DeliverableFindings report + prioritized roadmap to conformity.
02

AIMS Implementation

The management system built end to end: scope, policy, roles, risk processes, and Annex A controls, wired into how you operate.

DeliverableDocumented AIMS: policies, procedures, controls, records.
03

AI Risk & Impact Assessment

AI risks identified, evaluated, and treated, plus the impact assessments the standard requires — aligned with your DPIA process.

DeliverableAI risk register + system impact assessments.
04

AI Governance

Oversight that holds after go-live: accountable roles, decision rights, and integration with the ISO systems you already run.

DeliverableGovernance model, RACI, oversight cadence.
05

Certification Readiness

An internal audit, a completeness review against the standard, and a remediation plan — so the certification audit holds no surprises.

DeliverableInternal audit report + remediation plan.
Start here

ISO/IEC 42001 Readiness Assessment

A short, fixed-scope engagement that tells you exactly how far you are from certification — before committing to a full implementation.

Typical engagement: 3–5 days

Request a readiness assessment
  • Current-state review
  • Interviews with key stakeholders
  • Clause-by-clause gap assessment
  • Annex A control review
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Management debrief
The engagement path

A sequence, not a scramble.

ISO/IEC 42001 is delivered in order — each stage builds the evidence the next depends on.

01

Scope & gap

Define what the system covers, then measure the distance to the standard.

02

Design the AIMS

Policy, objectives, roles, and the processes that make it operable, not paper-only.

03

Assess risk

Run risk and impact assessments; place controls where the evidence points.

04

Stand up governance

Oversight and accountability that keep the system alive after handover.

05

Certification readiness

Internal audit and remediation, so the accredited body confirms what you know.

Frameworks addressed

Built to the references that matter in Europe.

ISO/IEC 42001 is the backbone. Where obligations reach further, the system is designed to connect.

ISO/IEC 42001
AI Management System
The core standard SŌVAI implements and prepares you to certify against.
EU AI Act
Regulatory readiness
Obligations mapped into the AIMS operationally. Legal opinions stay with your counsel.
GDPR
Data protection alignment
AI impact assessments connected to your existing DPIA practice.
ISO/IEC 27001
System integration
Where an ISMS exists, the AIMS is built on top rather than in parallel.
NIST AI RMF
Risk framework alignment
A shared vocabulary for AI risk across jurisdictions and stakeholders.
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