Glossary term
Glossary term
Governance and Compliance
The common structure used by ISO management system standards. It helps integrate an AIMS with ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 27701, and other management systems. Many organizations can extend existing ISO 27001 or ISO 9001 governance machinery instead of creating a disconnected AI compliance island.
Annex SL provides ten harmonized clauses including Context, Leadership, Planning, Support, Operation, Performance Evaluation, and Improvement, shared across ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 share Annex SL structure, enabling organizations like AWS and Microsoft to integrate AI governance into existing ISMS programs.
BSI and Schellman often run combined audits across Annex SL-aligned standards such as ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 42001 to reduce audit fatigue for clients.