ICO AIMS 42001:2023 FND

Every organisation that builds or buys artificial intelligence is now expected to show it has the technology under control. The EU AI Act made that a legal question, not only a good practice. ISO/IEC 42001 is the answer the market settled on: the first international standard for an AI management system, the framework that lets a company prove its AI is governed rather than improvised.

This foundation course takes you through that standard over two instructor led days. You learn the vocabulary, the structure of the management system, the controls in Annex A and the guidance in Annex B, and enough about artificial intelligence itself to apply all of it. You leave able to read the standard, follow a certification project and speak with auditors on equal terms.

Who this course is for

• Quality, compliance and risk managers whose organisation is introducing AI
• IT and data leads asked to bring AI projects under a management system
• Consultants and project managers preparing for an ISO/IEC 42001 certification
• Anyone already familiar with ISO 9001 or ISO/IEC 27001 who now needs the AI counterpart
• Future AIMS Officers and AIMS Auditors, for whom this is the first step

What you will learn

• Use the terms of ISO/IEC 42001 precisely: management system, policy, objective, risk, control, conformity, impact assessment
• Explain how an AI management system is built, from the context of the organisation through planning and operation to continual improvement
• Work with Annex A: what the control objectives cover and how a Statement of Applicability is put together
• Apply Annex B guidance to choose and justify controls for a real AI use case
• Describe how AI systems are built and trained, enough to judge where the risks sit
• Place the EU AI Act, the GDPR and related obligations next to the standard and see where each applies

Course outline

Day one, the management system

• How the course and the exam are structured
• Terms and definitions, the shared vocabulary the standard depends on
• The AI management system in full: context, leadership, planning, support, operation, evaluation, improvement

Day two, controls, AI and the law

• Annex A, the normative control objectives and controls
• Annex B, implementation guidance for AI controls
• Introduction to artificial intelligence: how the systems you are governing actually work
• AI laws and relevant regulations, with the EU AI Act at the centre
• Exam preparation and sample questions

Prerequisites

None. The course is built as an entry point. Experience with any ISO management system helps but is not required, and no technical or programming background is assumed.

Exam and certification

The course prepares you for the ICO AIMS 42001:2023 FND examination, awarded by ICO International Certification Organization GmbH. It is an accredited certification exam, not a certificate of attendance.

• 30 multiple choice questions, where one, several or all options may be correct
• 45 minutes, closed book
• Pass mark of 60 percent
• Taken online, at a time and place you choose

The exam is available as an optional add on to the course. Full details are published by the awarding body at ico-cert.org.

What is included

• Two days, 12 hours, of instructor led training in English, delivered online or on site
• Small groups, never more than 28 participants
• Complete course materials, exercises and sample exam questions
• Worked examples from European organisations in every block
• Certificate of attendance, with the ICO AIMS 42001:2023 FND exam as an optional add on