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As your independent conformity and regulatory experts in AI, we align innovation seamlessly with global and local compliance, governance, and security standards.

We enable organizations who develop or deploy AI products or services to do so safely and responsibly, in-line with emerging regulation.

Collectively establishing clear guidelines and standards, alongside regulated AI, ensures the rights of individuals are protected whilst fostering innovation. It promotes accountability and minimizes risks, ultimately creating a safer and more beneficial environment for everyone.

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Ensuring that digital trust becomes a cornerstone of the AI landscape

Our goal is the responsible use of AI for the benefit of society.

This process begins with creation of the products, algorithms and data used to train them, through to their practical implementation, ongoing maintenance and continual improvement.

Our proactive approach to AI standards and regulations aims to help develop a safe, inclusive and sustainable future where AI providers can adopt habits of excellence, to build trust without stifling innovation.

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AI Management: How to Create Value and Control Risk

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AI governance moves from ICT teams to the boardroom

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The rise of AI accountability and its impact

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AI training and qualifications

Build practical skills to implement, manage, and audit an AI management system, with flexible training and recognized qualifications.

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ISO/IEC 42001 AI Management System Certification

Build confidence in responsible AI with independent ISO/IEC 42001 certification, helping you manage risk and demonstrate accountability.

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AI Foundation Framework

Build trust in AI adoption with a flexible, modular framework that helps you strengthen governance, manage risk, and demonstrate accountability.

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Independently verify your AI system’s performance, bias, and robustness claims to help demonstrate trust to clients.

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AI Performance assessment for large language models

Understand how your adapted LLM performs with independent testing against measurable criteria for quality, safety, and fitness for purpose.

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EU AI Act Conformity Assessments

Meet EU AI Act requirements for high-risk biometric AI systems with accredited conformity assessment supporting CE certification and EU market access.

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AIUC agentic AI certification

Build enterprise trust in your AI agents through independent audit and testing of safety, security, reliability, and operational controls.

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AI Risk Management assessment

Demonstrate how AI product risks are identified, controlled, and managed through independent assessment against recognised risk frameworks.

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AI in medical devices

Navigate AI requirements for medical devices with expert support across MDR, IVDR, and global AI governance and standards frameworks.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Trusted and responsible AI means designing, developing, deploying and using AI in ways that are safe, fair, transparent and accountable. For organizations that use AI, this includes clear governance, policies and controls to help manage risks such as bias, privacy, security and unintended harm. For organizations that build or supply AI, it also means being able to evidence that systems perform as intended.
BSI helps organizations strengthen confidence in AI through standards, training, testing, assessment and certification services, supporting safe adoption and the positive use of AI in real-world settings. Explore how in our case studies.
AI governance is the system of policies, processes, roles and controls that guides how AI is selected, deployed, monitored and used. It is particularly important for organizations that use or procure AI, including third-party tools, because they remain responsible for how AI affects people, processes and outcomes. Effective governance can help manage risks around fairness, privacy, security, accuracy and accountability. Standards such as ISO/IEC 42001, supported by training and independent certification, can help organizations build confidence and demonstrate responsible AI management.

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Yes. If your organization uses third-party AI tools, you still need appropriate governance. Even when the technology is supplied by someone else, your organization is responsible for how it is selected, deployed, used and overseen. This is particularly important where AI supports decision-making, automation, content generation or customer interactions. Governance helps define policies, roles and controls, supporting responsible use and helping manage risks such as bias, privacy, security, inaccurate outputs and unintended harm.
AI standards provide practical guidance on best practice. AI regulations are legal requirements that organizations must follow. They work together to help ensure the safe and responsible use of AI.

AI standards are often voluntary but can also support compliance with current and emerging regulations. AI standards can be essential to global trade and operations because of interoperability and consensus. They tell you what good looks like and translate a common language globally, regardless of regulatory approach.
AI standards tell you what good AI practice looks like – how to do it – and how to demonstrate trusted AI adoption via testing and certification. They provide structured guidance on governance, risk management and transparency, helping AI systems scale in a controlled, trusted and repeatable way that protects users from harm.

Written by industry, policymakers, civilians, and end users with the objective of building consensus about what good should look like, AI standards address global challenges to support AI to scale at pace, responsibly.
You can get access to a variety of AI standards through a cost -effective subscription with BSI Knowledge.
AI standards support transparency and explainability by providing agreed guidance on how AI systems should be documented, monitored and communicated. Encouraging an open approach to AI adoption, they help organizations define roles, assess risks, record decisions and provide clearer information about how AI systems are developed and used. This helps organizations explain to stakeholder, customers and regulators how AI systems work, how decisions are made and who is accountable for their use.

There is a broad catalogue of standards available to support AI transparency and explainability across different use cases, which you can explore on BSI Knowledge.
If your organization builds, develops or supplies AI systems, independent testing and assessment can help demonstrate that your AI performs as intended. This can support claims around accuracy, reliability, fairness or other defined outcomes.

BSI’s AI Performance service uses internationally recognized methodologies, aligned with relevant standards, to provide a consistent approach to evaluating the performance of an AI system. This helps AI providers substantiate performance claims and build confidence with customers, regulators and other stakeholders.

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There are several AI frameworks available to help with compliance. These include NIST AI risk management framework, OECD AI Principles, and ISO/IEC 42001 AI management systems. While regulations and compliance requirements are still developing; these frameworks outline important guardrails to demonstrate safe and responsible AI development and use. This includes addressing issues such as bias, explainability, transparency, trustworthiness, security and privacy.

BSI has also developed the AI Foundation Framework to help organizations get control of AI quickly and effectively, starting from where they are today. A flexible modular approach based on recognized standards it addresses key aspects of responsible AI adoption and risk management.

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Yes, BSI offers training and qualifications that help organizations build the skills needed for effective AI governance.

BSI training programmes provide a clear pathway from understanding AI risk and oversight to achieving recognized proof of competence, including:

Training in AI standards, AI governance and AI risk management

Courses to implement and manage an AI Management System (AIMS)

Auditor training to assess and improve AI systems

AI governance qualifications, validating real-world capability

By combining training with formal qualifications, organizations can demonstrate trusted and responsible AI practices, support certification, and build the expertise needed to scale AI effectively.
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Start by identifying where AI is used, who is responsible for it and what risks it may create. Organizations that use or procure AI can build capability through training and governance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 42001, supported by policies, controls and certification where appropriate. Organizations that build or supply AI may also need independent testing to substantiate performance claims. BSI supports responsible AI through standards, training, testing, assessment and certification, helping organizations adopt or provide AI with greater confidence.