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ISO/IEC 42006 and how to choose who certifies your AI management system

A certificate is only as good as the body that issued it. Since 2025 there is a standard for the certifiers of ISO/IEC 42001, and buyers can ask about it.

By IAIM Editorial · · Last reviewed · 4 min read

Sources

  1. ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems (opens in a new tab) iso.org
  2. ISO/IEC 42006:2025, Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of AI management systems (July 2025) (opens in a new tab) iso.org
  3. ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Artificial intelligence: Management system (opens in a new tab) iso.org

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