42001 Partners

Practical AI governance. A clear path to ISO/IEC 42001.

Advisory support for organizations that need to understand their AI use, strengthen governance, and prepare for an AI management system—without turning the work into a paperwork exercise.

Turn the standard into decisions your team can act on.

ISO/IEC 42001 gives organizations a structured way to govern AI responsibly. The work starts with knowing what AI is in use, where risk sits, who owns the decisions, and what evidence is missing.

Each engagement is designed to leave your team with usable outputs: a prioritized plan, a working inventory, clear governance documents, or focused readiness findings.

Important: These services are advisory preparation support. Formal ISO/IEC 42001 certification audits are performed by accredited certification bodies.

Four ways to move forward

Start with the specific governance problem in front of you. Every engagement has a defined scope, tangible deliverable, and a clear next step.

01

AI Governance Gap Assessment

See how your current governance measures up and where to focus first.

2–3 weeks $2,500–$7,500

What’s included

  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Review of existing policies and controls
  • Clause-by-clause scoring against ISO/IEC 42001
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap

Deliverable

Gap report plus a 90-day action plan.

Best for

Companies considering certification or facing AI governance questionnaires from enterprise customers.

02

AI System Inventory & Risk Mapping

Build a defensible view of where AI is actually used and what needs attention.

2–4 weeks $2,500–$7,500

What’s included

  • Discovery across departments, including shadow AI
  • Catalog of each system’s owner, data, and business impact
  • Clear, consistent risk ratings

Deliverable

Living AI inventory and risk register.

Best for

Organizations that cannot yet answer, “Where is AI actually used here?”

03

AI Policy & Documentation Sprint

Put a coherent governance foundation in place without dragging the process out.

1–2 weeks $2,000–$5,000

What’s included

  • AI policy drafting
  • Roles and accountability
  • Acceptable-use guidelines
  • Alignment with existing ISO 27001 documentation, where present

Deliverable

Board-ready policy pack.

Best for

Companies that need governance documents quickly for procurement, EU AI Act pressure, or investor diligence.

04

Certification Readiness Review

Pressure-test your preparation before the certification body begins Stage 1.

1–2 weeks $3,000–$10,000

What’s included

  • Advisory mock review against the standard
  • Evidence check
  • Findings report with fixes to complete before the certification audit

Deliverable

Readiness report.

Best for

Companies a couple of months from their Stage 1 audit. This is advisory preparation support, not a formal internal audit.

Useful evidence, clear priorities, no theater.

01

Understand

Clarify your context, current practices, AI use, and immediate pressures.

02

Prioritize

Separate important gaps from noise and sequence the work sensibly.

03

Prepare

Leave with documents, evidence, and next actions your team can use.

Start with the governance question you need to answer.

Share where your organization is today, what is creating pressure, and what a useful outcome would look like. We can identify the most sensible starting point.

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