ISO 42001 Certification in the Netherlands: EU AI Act Alignment & Certification Roadmap
ISO/IEC 42001 is the only certifiable AI management system standard. For Dutch providers and deployers it produces the governance and control base that overlaps with EU AI Act obligations under AP and RDI supervision. PECB Lead Implementer, Lead Auditor, and AI credential training in Amsterdam.
ISO/IEC 42001 certification in the Netherlands gives an organisation an independently audited AI management system that maps directly onto the governance, risk, and documentation obligations of the EU AI Act — the same obligations that the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) and Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI) will begin coordinating supervision on under the Dutch Uitvoeringswet AI-verordening (Uvai). It is the only certifiable AI management system standard in existence, and for Dutch providers and deployers of high-risk AI it is the fastest way to turn "we govern our AI responsibly" from a claim into evidence a regulator can inspect.
Certification does not replace legal compliance with the AI Act — no ISO standard can — but it substantially reduces the operational distance between the two. This guide covers the Dutch regulatory landscape as it stands in 2026, the specific benefits of ISO 42001 for organisations subject to Dutch and EU supervision, why it is the better anchor certification compared to concept-only credentials, and the three delivery formats reconn offers for the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Implementer course in Amsterdam.
Key Takeaways
Only certifiable AI standard. ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the sole AI management system standard against which a Dutch organisation can obtain third-party accredited certification.
EU AI Act alignment. Clause 6 (risk), Clause 8 (operations), and Annex A/B controls map cleanly to AI Act Articles 9, 10, 15, 17 & 72 — reducing duplicate work.
Dutch supervisor context. The AP and RDI are the coordinating AI supervisors under the draft Uvai; sectoral regulators (AFM, DNB, ACM) supervise within their domains.
High-risk deadline. Under EU AI Act (as amended by Omnibus VII, May 2026), Annex III high-risk obligations apply from 2 December 2027; Annex I from 2 August 2028.
Not harmonised — but useful. ISO 42001 is not (yet) a harmonised standard under the AI Act. Certification does not confer presumption of conformity, but is the strongest available auditable evidence.
Three ways to certify in Amsterdam. Self-Study, eLearning, and Live Online 1-to-1 mentorship with Shenoy — plus a Lead Implementer + Lead Auditor bundle for career acceleration.
On This Page
- Why ISO 42001 Matters for Dutch Organisations Now
- The Dutch AI Regulatory Landscape in 2026
- ISO 42001 vs Alternatives: Why It Is the Better Choice
- Benefits of ISO 42001 for Netherlands-Based Organisations
- Top ISO 42001 Lead Implementer & Lead Auditor Courses in Amsterdam
- Complementary PECB AI Credentials for Netherlands Professionals
- Frequently Asked Questions
Why ISO 42001 Matters for Dutch Organisations Now
The Netherlands sits at the intersection of two things that make AI governance an immediate board-level question: a dense concentration of AI activity around Amsterdam, Eindhoven, and Delft, and a national supervisory design that puts the AP squarely in the coordinating seat for AI oversight. The AP's own 2026–2028 supervisory strategy names AI as one of three headline priorities, alongside mass surveillance and digital resilience — a strong signal that AI audits and information requests will accelerate, not slow, over the next 24 months.
At the same time the EU AI Act's substantive obligations for high-risk systems are landing in stages. Following the Omnibus VII amendments (May 2026), Annex III high-risk obligations now apply from 2 December 2027, and Annex I product-safety AI obligations from 2 August 2028. These deadlines look distant only if the underlying work — risk assessments, data governance evidence, post-market monitoring, incident logging, technical documentation — has already been done. In practice, the organisations that will meet those dates comfortably are the ones building the management system now, not the ones waiting for the deadline.
ISO/IEC 42001 gives Dutch organisations a ready-made scaffolding for that work. It is auditable, third-party certifiable, and its Annex A control set overlaps materially with the operational obligations of the AI Act — which is why reconn positions it as the audit anchor for AI governance, and other credentials as complementary rather than substitutable.
The Dutch AI Regulatory Landscape in 2026
Five components define how AI will be governed in the Netherlands over the next 24 months. Each carries a specific operational implication for organisations designing, procuring, or deploying AI systems.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — the AI Act — entered into force on 2 August 2024 and applies directly across all Member States, the Netherlands included. Prohibited practices have been banned since 2 February 2025 and General Purpose AI obligations since 2 August 2025.
Following the Omnibus VII package adopted in May 2026, the Annex III high-risk deadline has been extended to 2 December 2027 and the Annex I product-safety high-risk deadline to 2 August 2028. A ninth prohibited practice was added, and SME exemptions were extended.
For Dutch providers and deployers the direct-effect character of the Regulation matters: the obligations do not wait for the Dutch implementation law to be in force. The Uvai only establishes who supervises what — not whether the obligations apply.
On 20 April 2026, State Secretary for Digital Economy and Sovereignty Willemijn Aerdts opened public consultation on the draft Uitvoeringswet AI-verordening. The consultation closed on 1 June 2026 and the bill has since moved into the Council of State advisory stage before Tweede Kamer treatment.
The draft adopts a "pure and low-burden" transposition approach: no additional substantive requirements beyond the Regulation itself, and supervisory responsibility mapped onto existing sectoral regulators wherever a clear one exists. Where no clear sectoral supervisor applies, the AP is designated as the residual AI supervisor, supported by a dedicated AI Commissioner/Director.
Eight market-surveillance authorities are named in the draft. Coordination sits with the AP (algorithmic/AI side) and the RDI (technical infrastructure side).
The AP has been operating as coordinating algorithm and AI regulator ahead of the Uvai becoming law. Its 2026 annual plan formalised AI as a top-three supervisory priority for 2026–2028, alongside mass surveillance and digital resilience.
The RDI covers the technical side of AI supervision. Sectoral supervisors keep their turf: the AFM and DNB for financial services AI (credit scoring, fraud, insurance underwriting), the ACM for consumer/market conduct, and the health and youth care inspectorate for clinical AI.
Practical implication: a Dutch organisation operating high-risk AI in a regulated sector will likely face its existing sectoral supervisor first, with the AP and RDI stepping in on cross-sector or residual matters.
Article 57 of the AI Act requires every Member State to establish at least one AI regulatory sandbox by 2 August 2026. The Netherlands' approach, per the current Uvai draft, is a single multi-sectoral sandbox operated jointly by the eight designated market-surveillance authorities, coordinated by the AP and RDI, with a shared digital portal for applications.
For SMEs and start-ups in the Amsterdam and Eindhoven AI ecosystems this is meaningful — it is a supervised route to test high-risk systems before market deployment. Sandbox participation does not remove AI Act obligations, but it does give applicants a structured regulator dialogue that can materially de-risk go-to-market planning.
The GDPR and the Dutch GDPR Implementation Act (Uitvoeringswet Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming, UAVG) remain the primary regime for personal data processing by AI systems in the Netherlands. Where an AI system processes personal data — which most do — GDPR obligations run in parallel with AI Act obligations rather than being displaced.
This is why the AP's role as coordinating AI supervisor is a natural evolution rather than a jurisdictional expansion: the same authority that supervises data governance under the GDPR now supervises algorithmic governance under the AI Act, and the two evidence bases (DPIAs, ROPA, lawful basis analysis) overlap significantly with what an ISO 42001 AI management system produces.
ISO 42001 vs Alternatives: Why It Is the Better Choice
Several AI governance credentials and frameworks are in circulation. They serve different purposes, and understanding the distinction matters more in the Netherlands than in less regulated markets — because the AP will expect auditable evidence, not familiarity with a body of knowledge. The framing reconn uses is ISO 42001 first, other credentials additive.
The NIST AI RMF (AI 100-1) and its Generative AI Profile (NIST AI 600-1) are excellent voluntary frameworks. They provide a shared vocabulary for AI risk — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage — and the Playbook offers granular actionable guidance under each function.
What NIST does not provide is a certification scheme. A Dutch organisation adopting NIST AI RMF can demonstrate alignment, but not certification. For a supervisor asking "show me your evidence", certification against ISO 42001 is a stronger position than self-attestation against NIST.
The pragmatic pattern reconn recommends: use NIST AI RMF operationally to organise day-to-day risk work, and use ISO 42001 as the certification wrapper. They are complementary, not competing.
Credentials such as IAPP's AIGP or ISACA's AAIA/AAIM/AAISM certify individual knowledge of AI governance concepts. They are useful for building AI-literate teams and demonstrating personal competence.
They are not organisation-level certifications. An organisation with several AIGP-holders is not itself certified against anything, and cannot show a supervisor a certificate that says its AI management system has been externally audited.
ISO 42001 Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor certificates sit in the same "individual credential" family as those — with one difference: they certify the professional's ability to implement or audit a certifiable organisational management system. That is the audit-anchor role.
The AI Act is law; ISO 42001 is a management system standard. They are not substitutes. Certification against ISO 42001 does not confer legal compliance with the AI Act, and does not carry a formal presumption of conformity — ISO 42001 is not (as of Q3 2026) listed as a harmonised standard under Article 40.
What certification does provide is auditable evidence that maps onto AI Act obligations: risk management (Article 9), data governance (Article 10), record-keeping (Article 12), technical documentation (Article 11), human oversight (Article 14), post-market monitoring (Article 72), and quality management for providers (Article 17). That evidence base is exactly what a supervisor will ask for.
The pattern to communicate internally: the AI Act tells you what you must do; ISO 42001 gives you a way to show you have done it.
The strongest positioning for an AI governance programme in the Netherlands is to establish ISO 42001 as the organisational spine, and then layer other elements onto it: NIST AI RMF for operational risk taxonomy, sector-specific guidance from the AFM/DNB where financial services AI applies, AIGP-style credentials for team literacy, and internal red-teaming for GPAI.
This "first, not instead" pattern avoids the two failure modes reconn sees most often: (1) treating a concept credential as if it were an organisational certification, and (2) treating self-attested NIST alignment as if it satisfied a supervisor. Neither will, in a Dutch enforcement scenario.
Ready to make ISO 42001 the anchor of your Dutch AI governance programme?
The PECB ISO 42001 Lead Implementer certification qualifies you to implement and manage a certifiable AI management system — the operational spine that AP-facing evidence rests on. reconn delivers it in three formats: Self-Study, eLearning, and Live Online 1-to-1 mentorship with Shenoy.
Benefits of ISO 42001 for Netherlands-Based Organisations
The benefits below are the ones that hold up under regulator, customer, and board scrutiny in a Dutch context. Each has a specific link to something the AP, RDI, or a sectoral supervisor will actually check.
An ISO 42001 certificate signals to the AP, RDI, AFM, DNB, and ACM that an accredited third party has audited the organisation's AI management system against a recognised international standard. This does not replace AI Act obligations, but it substantially reduces the burden of proving governance maturity at inspection.
The documentation the certification demands — AI policy, roles and responsibilities, risk assessment methodology, control statements, monitoring records, management review — is broadly the same documentation a Dutch supervisor will request in an AI-focused audit.
Clause 6.1 (risk and opportunities) and Clause 8 (operation) of ISO 42001, combined with the Annex A controls, map onto AI Act Articles 9 (risk management), 10 (data governance), 11 (technical documentation), 12 (record keeping), 14 (human oversight), 15 (accuracy, robustness, cybersecurity), 17 (QMS), and 72 (post-market monitoring).
The practical effect is that an organisation building an ISO 42001-conformant system is simultaneously building most of what the AI Act's high-risk regime requires, rather than running two parallel programmes.
For organisations planning to enter the Dutch multi-sectoral sandbox once it opens in 2026, an ISO 42001-based management system provides a common documentation baseline that eight different market-surveillance authorities can read. That matters when the sandbox is jointly operated and the applicant may face any of eight coordinating regulators.
It also gives supervisors a shared reference frame — reducing the "explain your governance from scratch" overhead that early sandbox entrants otherwise carry.
Dutch public sector procurement and large enterprise procurement (banks, insurers, telcos, healthcare) increasingly ask about AI governance in RFPs. A certificate from an accredited body is materially easier to point at than a policy pack.
For AI vendors selling into Dutch and broader EU markets, this becomes a commercial gating factor: the question stops being "do you have an AI policy" and starts being "are you certified".
Clause 5 of ISO 42001 places specific accountability on top management — for AI policy, for allocation of resources, and for management review. That gives Dutch boards a defensible governance structure to describe under UAVG obligations, AI Act obligations, and any downstream civil or regulatory claim.
In an environment where the AP has publicly named AI as a supervisory priority, the ability to show a documented board-level AI oversight cadence is not cosmetic — it is defensive.
Most Dutch organisations serious about AI governance already operate an ISO 27001 information security management system, and many have added ISO 27701 for privacy. ISO 42001 shares the same High Level Structure (HLS) — the same clauses for context, leadership, planning, support, operation, evaluation, and improvement.
In practice this means the existing ISMS steering committee, internal audit calendar, and management review cadence can be extended to cover the AIMS rather than duplicated. The integration cost is substantially lower than building from a blank sheet.
Top ISO 42001 Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor Courses in Amsterdam
reconn is a PECB-authorised training partner delivering both the PECB ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor certifications to Amsterdam-based professionals in three formats. Both certifications are proctored by PECB via the PECB Exams app — reconn does not administer or schedule the exam.
Lead Implementer vs Lead Auditor — the difference
Both certifications sit on top of the same standard — ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — but they train two different professional roles that work opposite sides of the AI management system.
Lead Implementer qualifies you to build and operate an AI management system: scoping it, designing the risk methodology, drafting the AI policy, selecting Annex A controls, running the internal audit, and steering the organisation toward third-party certification. It is the "constructor" role. This is the right starting point for CISOs, Heads of AI Governance, Data Protection Officers extending to AI, ISO 27001 Lead Implementers adding AI to scope, and consultants delivering AIMS engagements.
Lead Auditor qualifies you to plan, lead, and report on an ISO 42001 audit — first-party (internal), second-party (supplier), or third-party (certification body). You learn ISO 19011 audit principles, evidence gathering, non-conformity classification, and audit reporting. It is the "verifier" role. This is the right starting point for internal audit teams, third-party assurance professionals, quality managers, and consultants whose engagements are audit-led rather than implementation-led.
| Dimension | Lead Implementer | Lead Auditor |
|---|---|---|
| Role trained | Constructor of the AI management system | Verifier of the AI management system |
| Focus | Clause 4–10 implementation, Annex A control selection, policy and risk methodology | ISO 19011 audit principles, evidence, non-conformity reporting |
| Best suited to | CISOs, Heads of AI Governance, DPOs, ISO 27001 LIs, implementation consultants | Internal audit, third-party assurance, quality managers, audit-led consultants |
| Output on the job | A certifiable AIMS ready for external audit | An audit report against ISO 42001 with findings and conformity decision |
| Exam | PECB Exams app (remote proctored) | PECB Exams app (remote proctored) |
Delivery formats — Self-Study, eLearning, and Live Online 1-to-1
Both the Lead Implementer and the Lead Auditor certifications are available in three delivery formats. The choice between the formats is about how much structure and expert access the learner wants — the certification outcome is identical.
| Dimension | Self-Study | eLearning | Live Online (1-to-1 with Shenoy) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | PECB PDF curriculum | PDF + pre-recorded video | PDF + live sessions + practitioner discussion |
| Pace | Fully self-directed | Self-directed with video structure | Scheduled 1-to-1 with Shenoy |
| Expert access | Email support | Email support | Direct 1-to-1 mentorship with Shenoy |
| Best for | Experienced practitioners who already run an ISMS | Mid-career professionals new to AIMS | Senior leaders and consultants wanting Dutch/AP-context depth |
| Action | Buy LI Buy LA | Buy LI Buy LA | Contact Us |
Option 1 — Self-Study
Self-Study suits Amsterdam-based professionals who already operate an ISO 27001 ISMS and are extending governance to AI, or who have prior audit experience under ISO 19011. The PECB curriculum is delivered as PDFs; the learner sets their own pace. Exam registration is done through the PECB Exams app. reconn provides email support and access to Shenoy for defined implementation questions. This is the fastest and lowest-cost route to certification for someone who does not need a live classroom.
Option 2 — eLearning
eLearning combines the PECB PDF curriculum with pre-recorded video walkthroughs. This suits mid-career professionals — data engineers, DPOs, risk managers, MLOps leads, internal auditors in the Amsterdam and Utrecht ecosystems — who are new to AI management systems as a discipline and benefit from a structured video-led explanation of the clauses, the Annex A controls, or the ISO 19011 audit principles depending on which track they take. Exam registration remains via the PECB Exams app.
Option 3 — Live Online (Private 1-to-1 Mentorship with Shenoy)
The Live Online format is a private 1-to-1 engagement with Shenoy — available for both the Lead Implementer and the Lead Auditor tracks. It is designed for senior leaders, in-house consultants, and heads of governance who want the certification and the practitioner context together: how the standard actually gets deployed against AP-facing evidence expectations, how it dovetails with an existing ISMS, and how to structure Clause 5 accountability so a Dutch board can rely on it. For the Lead Auditor track, the same 1-to-1 depth is applied to audit planning, evidence collection, and reporting under Dutch supervisory conditions.
Sessions are scheduled directly with Shenoy and delivered remotely — Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen — no travel required. Because this format is bespoke to the learner, enrolment is by conversation rather than product page checkout.
The Lead Implementer + Lead Auditor Bundle
For anyone treating AI governance as a career discipline rather than a single project, the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Implementer + Lead Auditor Bundle is the more efficient path. The two certifications cover complementary roles — implementer (building the AIMS) and auditor (verifying it against the standard) — and holding both signals a full-lifecycle competence that reads well to Dutch employers, procurement functions, and PECB certification bodies.
The bundle is materially better value than buying the two certifications separately, and reconn schedules the two courses back-to-back on request. It is the format most consultants and in-house AI governance leads in the Netherlands actually need.
Serious about AI governance as a career? The Lead Implementer + Lead Auditor Bundle covers both sides of the standard.
The reconn PECB ISO 42001 LI + LA Bundle is the standard configuration for consultants, in-house AI governance leads, and Chief AI Officer profiles in the Netherlands. Better value than buying separately, and schedulable back-to-back.
Complementary PECB AI Credentials for Netherlands Professionals
ISO 42001 Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor certify capability at the management system level. PECB also runs three individual credentials that certify capability at the professional, manager, and risk specialist levels. For Netherlands professionals working under AP supervisory expectations, these credentials extend the AI governance toolkit rather than replace it — they sit on top of Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor, consistent with reconn's "first, not instead" positioning.
Which one to add depends on the role. A short comparison of all three is available in Further Reading below (CAIP vs CAIM vs Lead AI Risk Manager).
What it certifies. CAIP is PECB's foundational AI professional credential. It covers AI fundamentals, machine learning concepts, ethical AI, and responsible deployment — the technical vocabulary and fluency a governance-side professional needs to converse credibly with data scientists, MLOps engineers, and product teams while still holding a compliance or oversight role. Shenoy is one of PECB's earliest CAIP-certified professionals globally.
Benefit for Netherlands professionals. Gives DPOs, CISOs, and legal counsel the technical AI literacy to engage the AP and sectoral supervisors (AFM, DNB, ACM) on AI-specific questions without being boxed into a "compliance only" role. This is the credential most often paired with a Data Protection Officer or Head of Governance mandate.
What it certifies. CAIM is the management-track credential. Where CAIP focuses on AI as a technical discipline, CAIM focuses on managing AI initiatives inside an organisation — programme design, cross-functional coordination, vendor management for AI systems, and board-level reporting on AI performance and risk.
Benefit for Netherlands professionals. Maps cleanly onto Clause 5 (Leadership) of ISO 42001. Where Lead Implementer proves you can build the AIMS, CAIM proves you can run the ongoing programme once it is built — including the accountability cadence and reporting structure that a Dutch board will need to sign off on and defend to a supervisor. This is the credential most often paired with a Chief AI Officer or Head of AI Governance mandate.
What it certifies. The AI-specific risk credential — effectively the AI counterpart of ISO 27005 Risk Manager for information security. It covers AI risk identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring: the operational core of ISO 42001 Clause 6 and EU AI Act Article 9.
Benefit for Netherlands professionals. For anyone leading AI risk assessment in banking (AFM/DNB oversight), insurance, healthcare AI, or public-sector algorithmic decision-making, this is the credential that maps most directly onto the risk documentation a sectoral Dutch supervisor will ask to see. Particularly relevant given the AP's 2026–2028 emphasis on AI risk in the financial services and public administration domains.
Further Reading
- ISO 42001: The Complete Global Guide to Artificial Intelligence Management Systems — the pillar reference on scope, clauses, and Annex A controls.
- ISO 42001 Implementation Guide: Step-by-Step Methodology — the practitioner playbook for building the AIMS from context through certification.
- ISO 42001 Lead Implementer — deep-dive on the certification, curriculum, and career context.
- ISO 42001 Lead Auditor — the counterpart auditor track and how it pairs with Lead Implementer.
- PECB CAIP (Certified AI Professional): Certification Review & Guide — deep-dive on PECB's foundational AI professional credential.
- PECB Certified AI Manager (CAIM): The Complete Certification Guide — the management-track AI credential, curriculum and career fit.
- PECB Lead AI Risk Manager: The Complete Certification Guide — the AI-specific risk management credential and where it fits alongside ISO 42001.
- CAIP vs CAIM vs Lead AI Risk Manager: Which PECB AI Certification Should You Choose? — side-by-side comparison for choosing the right individual credential.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. ISO 42001 is a voluntary international standard. What is legally required for many Dutch organisations is compliance with the EU AI Act obligations that apply to them — and, for personal data, the GDPR and UAVG. ISO 42001 certification is the strongest available auditable evidence of the management-system side of those obligations, but it is not the obligation itself.
Certification does not confer legal compliance with the AI Act, and ISO 42001 is not currently a harmonised standard under Article 40. What it does provide is direct evidence toward Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 72 — the operational obligations most likely to be audited. The correct framing internally is that the AI Act tells you what you must do; ISO 42001 gives you a way to show you have done it.
Under the draft Uitvoeringswet AI-verordening, the AP (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) and RDI (Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur) coordinate national AI supervision. Sectoral regulators — AFM and DNB for financial services, ACM for consumer/market conduct, health and youth care inspectorate for clinical AI — retain supervision within their domains. Where no clear sectoral supervisor applies, the AP acts as residual AI supervisor, supported by a dedicated AI Commissioner.
The NIST AI RMF is a voluntary framework organised around four functions — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage — with a granular Playbook. It has no certification scheme. ISO 42001 is a certifiable management system standard. In practice they are complementary: NIST AI RMF is useful operationally to organise day-to-day risk work; ISO 42001 is the certification wrapper a supervisor or customer can inspect.
For someone building an AI management system inside a Dutch organisation, Lead Implementer is the starting point. For someone in internal audit, external audit, or third-party assurance, Lead Auditor is the starting point. For consultants, in-house AI governance leads, and anyone treating AI governance as a career discipline, the Bundle is the more efficient choice — both roles together, better priced than buying separately.
All three formats — Self-Study, eLearning, and Live Online 1-to-1 with Shenoy — are delivered remotely. Amsterdam-based professionals attend from Amsterdam; the same applies to Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen and any other Dutch city. The PECB exam itself is remote-proctored via the PECB Exams app, so location does not affect certification.
PECB delivers ISO 42001 material in English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, and Brazilian Portuguese. Dutch is not one of PECB's supported languages for this course; most Dutch professionals take the certification in English. For other languages, purchase can be arranged via reconn.
Start with ISO 42001 Lead Implementer (or Lead Auditor, depending on your role). It is the audit-anchor credential and the one a Dutch supervisor or customer will recognise as evidence of management-system competence. CAIP, CAIM, and Lead AI Risk Manager are complementary individual credentials — CAIP for technical AI fluency, CAIM for AI programme management, Lead AI Risk Manager for AI-specific risk work. Add them on top of Lead Implementer/Auditor based on the role you actually hold, not in place of it.
ISO 42001 shares the ISO High Level Structure (HLS) with ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 22301 — the same clauses for context, leadership, planning, support, operation, evaluation, and improvement. This means an existing ISMS steering committee, internal audit calendar, and management review cadence can be extended to cover the AIMS rather than duplicated. Most Dutch organisations already running ISO 27001 add ISO 42001 as a scope extension rather than a parallel programme.
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About the Author
Shenoy Sandeep
Shenoy Sandeep is the Founder of reconn, an AI-first cybersecurity firm based in Dubai, UAE. With 20+ years across cybersecurity focussing on offensive security and threat intelligence portfolio, and over 10 years in Enterprise AI, AI governance and data protection, he has assisted over 25+ startups in scaling their business in the Middle East and African region.
Training is Shenoy's passion project and reconn has associated themselves with PECB, the global leaders in personal certifications for AI, cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and business continuity professionals. He is a PECB-certified trainer and one of the world's early PECB-certified AI professionals, also specialising in ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO 42001, ISO 22301, and GDPR.
Via Reconn, Shenoy runs an advisory service assisting organisations in the EMEA with compliance and certification on ISO 42001, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 22301 and local data protection and privacy laws. His current interests include EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, EU/UK GDPR, UAE PDPL and SDAIA PRPL.
