Framework Implementation
The ISO 42001/42005 AI Management Starter Kit
Most organizations don't fail at AI governance because they lack good intentions. They fail because governance only becomes visible when something goes wrong, and by then, the gaps are impossible to hide.
Our ISO 42001/42005 AI Management System Starter Kit closes that gap, setting you on the path to certifiable AI governance.
Who Is This Toolkit For?
AI governance doesn't live with one team. It moves across the AI Owner who carries accountability for the use case, the technology team that builds and operates it, the legal and compliance groups reviewing regulatory exposure, information security reviewing access and resilience, the procurement department vetting vendors, and the AI Governance Committee that has to sign off on the highest-risk decisions.
When each group works from a different spreadsheet—or worse, fails to keep any documented evidence at all—the result is inconsistent oversight, audit gaps, and decisions nobody can reconstruct later.
Standards 42001 and 42005 give all of these groups a shared structure to work from. The result is documentation and systems that certification bodies recognize, that customers and regulators increasingly ask about, and that scales whether you are governing three AI systems or three hundred.
This Starter Kit is built for AI Owners, Technology/Data teams, Privacy/Legal/Compliance, Information Security, Procurement/Vendor Management, and AI Governance Committees who need working documents, not just a reading of the standards, to operate ISO 42001 and ISO 42005 day to day.
What Is Included In The Toolkit
✔ Template (.docx, .pdf): The AI Governance Policy Template
✔ Template (.xlsx): ISO 42001 Gap Analysis Workbook
✔ Template (.xlsx): ISO 42001 Statement of Applicability Workbook
✔ Template (.xlsx): ISO 42005 AI Impact Assessment Process Workbook
✔ Template (.xlsx): AI System Impact Assessment Template
✔ User Guide (.pdf): The ISO 42001/42005 AI Management System Starter Kit – User Guide
Why Start Now?
ISO/IEC 42001, is the world’s first certifiable standard for AI management systems. ISO/IEC 42005, followed as the companion standard for AI system impact assessments, designed to plug directly into the governance structure that ISO 42001 establishes.
Implementing dense, certifiable standards can be an intimidating undertaking. Users are often left wondering—where do we even start? That’s where our Starter Kit comes in.
We’ve designed our ISO 42001 templates to operate as the vertical layer: they set the organization-wide rules, roles, accountability, and controls. Our ISO 42005 templates, in contrast, operate at the horizontal layer: they apply rules consistently to each individual AI system throughout its lifecycle. In simple terms, ISO 42001 sets the rules, and ISO 42005 makes sure those rules are followed for every specific system.
Together, the two standards turn AI governance from a set of internal principles into a structure that an external certification body—or that important customer's due diligence questionnaire—can actually evaluate.
The cost of waiting is not a fine, it’s lost ground. Vendor risk questionnaires, cyber insurance underwriting, and enterprise RFPs increasingly ask for proof of AI governance maturity, and "we're working on it" is rarely an acceptable answer once a deal is on the table. Organizations that wait until a customer, auditor, or insurer forces the question are starting their AI management system from zero at the worst possible time. Don’t fall into that trap.
Suggested Use Cases
Use the ISO 42001/42005 AI Management System Starter Kit to stand up an AI management system, document your readiness, and keep every AI system's impact assessment consistent and evidenced. It can be used for:
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Establishing Governance Foundation: Do you have an AI governance policy that defines roles, approval gates, records, and incident reporting before AI projects move forward?
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Identify Governance Gaps: Where are the gaps between your current AI practices and ISO 42001 requirements, and what improvement actions close them?
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Analyzing AI Impacts and Risks: Do you have a defined process for when and how AI impact assessments are triggered, performed, approved, and reviewed?
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Document System Level Evidence: For any specific AI system, tool, vendor solution, or pilot, can you show exactly what was assessed and what was found?
Learn More:
(1) AI Governance Policy Template
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Purpose: Establishes the organization's AI governance rules, roles, approval gates, records, monitoring expectations, and incident reporting requirements.
The Policy Template helps provide:
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A documented policy structure that assigns ownership.
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Defined approval gates and escalation paths for new AI systems, material changes, and high-impact use cases.
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Monitoring and incident reporting requirements.
Example Use Case: An organization rolling out its first AI governance program needs a policy that goes beyond a values statement. This template gives the AI Governance Committee a documented rulebook to point to when a business unit asks, "who approves this, and what do we need before launch?"
Simple Artifacts to Produce: (1) an approved AI governance policy with named role owners; (2) an approval-gate map by project stage; and (3) an incident reporting and monitoring procedure.
(2) ISO 42001 Gap Analysis Workbook
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Purpose: Helps assess organization level readiness and identify improvement actions across AI governance, risk, controls, evidence, and oversight.
The Gap Analysis Workbook helps provide:
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A structured readiness review mapped to ISO 42001 requirements, with current-state, target-state, and gap fields for each area.
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A prioritized action list with owners, target dates, and status tracking.
Example Use Case: Before committing to a certification timeline, an organization needs an honest picture of where it stands. The Gap Analysis Workbook gives the AI Governance Committee a defensible starting point instead of a guess.
Simple Artifacts to Produce: (1) a documented readiness baseline against ISO 42001 requirements; (2) a prioritized remediation action list with owners and dates; and (3) a certification-readiness summary for leadership.
(3) ISO 42001 Statement of Applicability Workbook
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Purpose: Records applicable control areas, ownership, status, rationale, and evidence references.
This Statement of Applicability Workbook helps provide:
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A control-by-control record of what applies, what doesn't, and why.
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Ownership fields so each control has a named accountable party, not a shared assumption.
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Evidence references that link each control back to the documentation that supports it.
Example Use Case: When an external auditor asks "show me your Statement of Applicability," the AI Owner and Information Security team need more than a verbal answer. This workbook turns that conversation into a documented, evidence-backed record.
Simple Artifacts to Produce: (1) a complete Statement of Applicability with ownership assigned per control; (2) an evidence reference log; and (3) an audit-ready export for certification bodies or customer due diligence.
(4) ISO 42005 AI Impact Assessment Process Workbook
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Purpose: Defines how AI impact assessments are triggered, performed, approved, evidenced, and reviewed.
This Impact Assessment Workbook helps provide:
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Trigger criteria for when an AI impact assessment is required.
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A defined approval workflow connecting the AI Owner, Technology/Data team, Privacy/Legal/Compliance, and the AI Governance Committee.
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Review cadence and reassessment triggers so impact assessments don't go stale.
Example Use Case: A compliance lead is frequently asked, "does this AI tool need an assessment, and if so, by whom?" This workbook answers that question consistently, instead of leaving it to be decided every time a new system shows up.
Simple Artifacts to Produce: (1) a documented trigger and intake process for impact assessments; (2) an approval workflow with named roles; and (3) a review and reassessment schedule.
(5) AI System Impact Assessment Template
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Purpose: Supports a direct assessment of one AI system, tool, vendor solution, pilot, or material change.
This System Impact Assessment Template helps provide:
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A structured assessment covering intended use, affected individuals, data flows, risk factors, and safeguards for a specific AI system.
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Fields for findings, mitigations, and an approval or risk-acceptance decision.
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A documentation trail that links back to the Process Workbook so each assessment follows the same defined process.
Example Use Case: A vendor pitches a new AI-enabled tool. Instead of a fragmented email thread between Legal, Security, and Procurement, this template gives the AI Owner one document that captures what the system does, what was found, and what was decided.
Simple Artifacts to Produce: (1) a completed system-level impact assessment covering purpose, data, risk factors, and safeguards; (2) a findings and mitigation record with an action tracker; and (3) a readiness dashboard and documented approval or risk-acceptance decision.
How Our Toolkits Work
To obtain instant access, add the ISO 42001/42005 AI Management System Starter Kit to your shopping cart and proceed to our Checkout page. Upon completion of purchase, you will be able to immediately download the toolkit on your User Dashboard.
We can also separately invoice you or your organization prior to submitting payment, if desired. This allows us to add your organization’s tax-related information, purchase order numbers, or any other additional information needed by your organization onto the invoice. To find out more, please reach out to us at hello@privacybootcamp.com.
After payment, you will have three months to download your toolkit. The use of our toolkits, and any specific document contained therein, is subject to our Terms and Conditions.
How Our Toolkits Work
To obtain instant access, add the ISO 42001/42005 AI Management System Starter Kit to your shopping cart and proceed to our Checkout page. Upon completion of purchase, you will be able to immediately download the toolkit on your User Dashboard.
We can also separately invoice you or your organization prior to submitting payment, if desired. This allows us to add your organization’s tax-related information, purchase order numbers, or any other additional information needed by your organization onto the invoice. To find out more, please reach out to us at hello@privacybootcamp.com.
After payment, you will have three months to download your toolkit. The use of our toolkits, and any specific document contained therein, is subject to our Terms and Conditions.