ISO 42001 Artificial Intelligence Management System Lead Auditor Training

This lead auditor course prepares experienced auditors to plan, lead and report certification audits of an AI management system against ISO/IEC 42001, in line with ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1.

It covers audit team leadership, stage 1 and stage 2 certification audits, audit strategy for organisations with many AI systems, and the judgement required to grade findings consistently.

Objectives

• Lead an audit team through a full certification audit cycle
• Conduct stage 1 readiness and stage 2 implementation audits
• Build an audit plan and strategy proportionate to AI risk and impact
• Direct evidence collection across technical and governance functions
• Reach and defend consistent grading decisions
• Manage opening and closing meetings, conflict and audit reporting
• Evaluate corrective action and make certification recommendations

Course outline

• ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 requirements for audit leadership
• Competence, impartiality and audit team composition for AI audits
• Stage 1: documentation review, scope confirmation and readiness
• Stage 2: implementation, effectiveness and sampling across AI systems
• Auditing high-impact AI systems and automated decision-making
• Auditing the AI lifecycle from objective to decommissioning
• Auditing third-party models, foundation models and AI supply chains
• Interviewing technical specialists and senior management
• Nonconformity grading, calibration and defending decisions
• Audit reporting, corrective action review and certification recommendation
• Surveillance, recertification and scope changes
• Practical audit exercises and role play

Who should attend

• Experienced auditors extending scope to AI
• Lead auditors of ISO 27001 or ISO 9001
• Certification body auditors
• Senior compliance and risk professionals
• Consultants preparing organisations for certification

Learning outcomes

Participants will be able to lead a certification audit of an AI management system, direct an audit team, grade findings consistently, and make a defensible certification recommendation.