ISO 42001

ISO 42001, evidenced.

ISO/IEC 42001 is the first management system standard for AI. Certifying it means proving your AI management system runs in practice. Northbeams supplies the evidence layer: what AI is in use, who uses it, and what your controls do about it.

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What it is

A management system for AI, the way ISO 27001 is for security.

ISO/IEC 42001 sets out how an organization governs AI: policies, roles, risk assessment, controls, and continual improvement. It is certifiable by an accredited body. The hard part is not writing the policy. It is showing, with evidence, that the system operates.

Which controls map to Northbeams data

Where our evidence lands in your AI management system.

These are the areas where Northbeams data does real work. Your certification scope is set with your auditor.

AI inventory and context
A live register of the AI tools in use across browser, desktop, CLI, and MCP, sorted by risk. The inventory an AI management system assumes you keep.
Risk and impact
On-device classification flags credentials, PII, source code, and customer data, each with a severity and an estimated exposure value. Evidence for your risk assessments.
Operational controls
One-click block, allow, or sandbox by tool, team, and model, plus Model Governance. Proof the controls exist and are enforced, not just documented.
Monitoring and records
Every event on one immutable, signed log with per-user attribution. The audit trail that shows the system operates over time.
Feeds your GRC platform

The AI evidence layer your GRC tool was missing.

Northbeams does not replace your management system or your GRC platform. It supplies the AI-specific evidence those tools cannot collect on their own.

  • •Works alongside Vanta, Drata, OneTrust, and Scytale for evidence automation
  • •One-click export mapped to the controls your auditor tests
  • •Immutable signed logs, unlimited history, 7-year retention on Enterprise
  • •Streams to Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel for your SOC
ISO 42001 certification is issued by an accredited certification body after an audit. Northbeams is not that audit and does not certify you. The evidence pack is part of your evidence library, the material you and your auditor work from. We are a tool, not an AI provider, so your scope depends on how your organization uses AI.
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Coming from another framework?

ISO 42001 rarely stands alone. Two common paths in:

Certifiable, international
ISO 42001 is an auditable, certifiable standard recognized internationally. NIST AI RMF, by contrast, is a voluntary framework you self-attest to.

Bring evidence to your ISO 42001 audit.

Inventory, attribution, and signed logs. One export. See it free.

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