December 1, 2025
As artificial intelligence becomes more common in the workplace, the risks around how it’s used are growing just as quickly. It only takes one untrained employee feeding sensitive data into an AI tool, and suddenly you’re dealing with a data protection breach, a private information leak, or a targeted cyber-attack.
ISO 42001 is the world’s first AI management system standard. It is designed to help organisations use AI responsibly, with proper governance, security and compliance frameworks in place. If your business, or your clients businesses are adopting AI, ISO 42001 helps you to do so with confidence and structure.
An ISO 42001 certification provides a full framework for managing AI safely. This reduces legal and data protection risks, while remaining audit-friendly. The certification provides reassurance to clients, regulators and partners that you are taking AI seriously, and doing things properly.
Why obtain the ISO 42001 certification?
- Strengthened Reputation - Shows clients, partners and regulators that you’re using AI responsibly and transparently
- Reduces legal and compliance risks - Helps you stay aligned with GDPR and other evolving data protection and AI-related regulations
- Builds internal trust, confidence and accountability - ensures your team knows how to use AI tools safely, reducing the risk of costly mistakes, and giving staff the confidence to embrace AI into their roles and modernise processes and workflows
- Improves data security - encourages structured controls around AI usage, minimising exposure to cyber threats and data leaks
- Supports audit readiness - Demonstrates good governance and clear policies which is critical in audits or regulatory reviews
- Gives you a competitive edge - sets you apart from others in your sector who haven’t formalised their AI approach
- Future-proofs your organisation - as AI regulation grows, being certified means you are one step ahead
- Boosts client and stakeholder confidence - provides assurance that your use of AI is safe, fair and well managed
- Enables scalable AI adoption - lays the groundwork for expanding AI use across the business in a controlled and structured way.
- Promotes ethical AI usage - encourages the development of transparent, accountable systems that align with wider ESG goals
How Bruce & Butler can help:
Our team of Responsible AI specialists will guide you through the entire certification process. We will work with you from initial gap analysis, through to implementation, internal audit and ongoing management. No matter whether you are looking to introduce AI for the first time, or you are just tightening up existing controls, we will make sure you are fully prepared.
For more information about the ISO 42001 certification, or to find out how your organisation can start using AI responsibly, get in touch with our team of Responsible AI experts