The need for responsible, trustworthy, and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic over the past couple of years, prompting the release of regulations such as NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework to help organizations secure the evolving tech. Additional standards have emerged to address the need to implement safeguards addressing the security, safety, privacy, fairness, transparency, and data quality of AI systems throughout their life cycle—including ISO/IEC 42001. ISO is already well-known among those interested and invested in cybersecurity, as it offers frameworks for the implementation of different management systems that can help you improve different aspects of your organization. Through the establishment of ISO 42001 in late 2023—ISO merged into the AI game, introducing best practices for an AI management system (AIMS).

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Introduction ISO/IEC 27001:2015 (ISO 27001) certification is becoming more of a conversation in most major businesses in the United States. To provide some depth, there was a 20% increase in ISO 27001 certificates maintained globally (comparing the numbers from 2014 to 2015 as noted in the recent ISO survey). As for North America, there was a 78% growth rate in ISO 27001 certificates maintained, compared to those in North America in 2014. So it is clear evidence that the compliance effort known as ISO 27001 is making its imprint on organizations in the United States. However, it’s just the beginning. Globally, there are 27,563 ISO 27001 certificates maintained, of which only 1247 are maintained in the United States; that is 4.5% of all ISO 27001 certificates.

As the world becomes increasingly digital, governments around the world are taking measures to ensure the safety and security of their citizens' data.

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When it comes to ISO 27001, implementing a holistic information security management system (ISMS) in order to meet the standard is difficult—particularly where the internal audit requirement is concerned. As an experienced ISO Certification Body, we consistently hear feedback that the internal audit function is a particularly tricky part of the ISO 27001 standard.

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