AIMS design
Connect scope, roles, AI risk criteria and governance processes.
ISO 42001 Implementation
ISO 42001 implementation is the work of putting an artificial intelligence management system (AIMS) into operation so it meets ISO/IEC 42001:2023. Umbrella Tech acts as your ISO 42001 consultant, turning gap findings into working AI governance: approvals for new AI uses, supplier review, risk and impact assessments, deployment and monitoring controls, and the records that show the system running.
The problem
The challenge we help you address
A gap register shows what ISO/IEC 42001 expects, but someone has to design processes people will use, connect them to how AI is bought and deployed, and keep the records. Without that, AI governance stays a document rather than a habit.
The outcome
What the engagement should deliver
An operating AIMS tied to your actual AI use, with clear owners, assessments completed for in-scope AI systems, selected Annex A controls in place, and internal audit and management review done. Your team can then run the system and decide whether to seek certification.
How we can help
Lifecycle controls
Establish approvals, supplier review, deployment checks and monitoring for AI systems.
Risk and impact assessment
Run the first assessments with your team and set the pattern for future ones.
Operating records
Prepare templates, registers and review routines tied to real AI use.
Audit preparation
Complete internal audit and management review and organise evidence.
How we deliver
How the work runs
01
Confirm scope and gaps
Start from a recent gap analysis or a short review and agree the AIMS scope.
02
Build the processes
Design the approval, assessment and supplier processes and the documents behind them.
03
Put them to work
Run the processes on current AI systems and capture the records.
04
Evaluate and hand over
Complete internal audit and management review and hand ownership to your team.
ISO/IEC 42001
ISO/IEC 42001 defines requirements for an artificial intelligence management system (AIMS). It can be integrated with an existing ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system.
About ISO/IEC 42001 services →Preparing for certification
We support readiness and implementation. Certification is voluntary and assessed separately by an independent certification body. Scope, operating evidence and unresolved gaps affect the path to that audit.
Gap assessmentUmbrella Tech
Remediation and implementationUmbrella Tech with your team
Operate and build evidenceYour organisation
External certification or assessmentIndependent body
Frequently asked questions
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What is ISO 42001 implementation?
It is establishing and operating the policy, roles, processes, controls and records ISO/IEC 42001 requires for the AI your organisation develops, provides or uses.
When should a business use it?
After an ISO 42001 Gap Assessment, or when AI is central enough to your products or customers that informal governance is no longer enough. We can work from another provider's assessment after confirming it reflects current AI use.
What does implementation include?
AIMS design, AI risk and impact assessment processes, supplier and approval controls, monitoring, templates and registers, staff guidance, internal audit, management review and evidence preparation.
How long does a project take?
It depends on the number of AI systems in scope, whether you build or only use AI, and whether an existing management system can be extended. We confirm scope and timing in discovery.
What are the main security or governance considerations?
AI systems often process sensitive information, so data handling, access and supplier terms need attention alongside governance. Responsibility for approving new AI uses must be clear, and the AIMS should connect with information security controls rather than duplicate them.
Plan the next improvement
Share your gap analysis or describe your AI use, and we will plan the work to get an AIMS operating.