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ISO 42001 Gap Assessment Checklist

A clause-by-clause checklist for assessing your AI management system against ISO/IEC 42001, written by a Lead Auditor.

What is inside

An Excel workbook with three tabs. Assessment carries all 31 assessable items across clauses 4 to 10 and Annex A, each with what an auditor expects to see and where organisations usually fall short, plus columns for maturity, evidence reference, owner and target date. Summary scores itself: overall readiness, a band, and a breakdown by clause. How to use explains the maturity scale and the weighting.

Items that most often decide a certification outcome are weighted double, so a strong score elsewhere cannot mask a gap in the inventory, the impact assessment, internal audit or management review.

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