ISO 42001 Gap Analysis. Know exactly where you stand.
Before you invest in building an AI Management System, you need to know what is already in place and what is missing. Our ISO 42001 gap analysis gives you a clause-by-clause assessment, a maturity score, and a prioritised remediation roadmap.
Six deliverables. One complete gap picture.
Clause-by-Clause Assessment
A structured review of your current AI governance practices against every clause of ISO 42001, producing a clear conformity rating for each requirement.
Maturity Scoring
Each gap is scored by severity and effort to remediate, giving you a realistic view of how much work is required and where to focus first.
Remediation Roadmap
A prioritised action plan with realistic timelines, resource requirements, and dependencies mapped out so your team knows exactly what to do next.
ISO 27001 Alignment Review
If you hold ISO 27001, we identify which controls already satisfy ISO 42001 requirements, reducing duplication and accelerating your path to certification.
Critical Gap Identification
Immediate flagging of any gaps that would result in a major non-conformity at audit, so you can address the highest-risk items without delay.
Executive Briefing
A clear, non-technical summary of findings for your board or senior leadership team, including estimated investment and timeline to certification.
From document review to remediation roadmap. Six structured steps.
Document Review
We review your existing AI policies, risk frameworks, data governance documentation, and any relevant ISO management system documentation.
Stakeholder Interviews
Structured interviews with AI owners, data teams, legal and compliance, and senior leadership to understand current governance practices in reality versus on paper.
Technical Controls Review
Assessment of technical controls around your AI systems, including data quality processes, model monitoring, and access controls.
Gap Scoring
Each identified gap is scored against a consistent framework covering severity, likelihood of audit failure, and estimated remediation effort.
Roadmap Development
We build a phased remediation roadmap that sequences work logically, respects your resource constraints, and targets certification within your desired timeframe.
Findings Presentation
We present findings to your project team and leadership, answer questions, and agree the remediation plan before moving to AIMS design.
Organisations that needed clarity. Before they committed.
SaaS platform pre-certification
A UK SaaS business with AI features across their product suite needed to understand their ISO 42001 readiness before committing to a certification timeline. Our gap analysis identified 23 gaps, of which 4 were critical. We delivered a 12-week remediation roadmap that kept their certification target on track.
Council AI governance review
A local authority using AI for planning applications, benefits processing, and resident communications needed a gap analysis before their procurement team could approve further AI investment. Our report gave them the governance baseline their procurement policy required.
University AI management review
A UK university deploying AI across admissions, student support, and research needed to assess their governance maturity before ISO 42001 became a supplier requirement. Our gap analysis identified the three policy areas requiring immediate attention.
Get a clear picture of your ISO 42001 readiness. Fixed price. Four weeks.
Our fixed-price gap analysis gives you a complete clause-by-clause assessment, a maturity score, and a prioritised remediation roadmap. Everything you need to make an informed decision about your ISO 42001 programme.