# ISO/IEC 42001:2023 A.5.2 — Process for impact assessment

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- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**ISO/IEC 42001:2023**·Annex A `A.5.2`·high·Component: **Organizational controls**

## What this control requires

> A repeatable process shall be established to assess impacts and risks associated with AI systems throughout the lifecycle.
> 
> — ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Annex A A.5.2

### In plain English

A repeatable process shall be established to assess impacts and risks associated with AI systems throughout the lifecycle. In practice, this means you can prove you assess ai systems-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

ISO 42001 is the first audited evidence regulators, customers and investors can ask for that you are managing AI risk. Each Annex A control is a check-box in that audit; it is also the management system enterprises are starting to require from AI vendors before an MSA can be signed.

This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation.

## What an auditor looks for

An ISO 42001 auditor verifies you have an AI policy, a risk-based system of impact assessments for each AI system, lifecycle controls from data acquisition through retirement, and third-party-AI controls that pierce the vendor's wrapper to underlying model behaviour.

Within **Organizational controls**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Annex A A.5.2) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

#### Policy Management

**Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA.

### Operational checklist

-   **Assess.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** ai systems, risk.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document.
-   **Ticketing Workflow.** `ticketing_workflow` evidence

Approved AI governance and risk assessment procedures should define a repeatable method for assessing impacts and risks across the AI lifecycle. Workflow and assessment records should demonstrate execution, approval, and follow-through of impact assessments. Focus: Process for impact assessment.

## Common pitfalls

-   Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced.

## How it maps to other frameworks

Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit.

-   [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.5.5** — Contact with authorities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-5-contact-with-authorities)
-   [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) P3.2** — Consent Management for Personal Information Collection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/p3-2-consent-management-for-personal-information-collection)
-   [**GDPR Article 2** — Material Scope](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-2-material-scope)

## Related controls in ISO/IEC 42001:2023

-   [**Annex A A.5.4** — Assessment of AI system impact on individuals and groups](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-5-4-assessment-of-ai-system-impact-on-individuals-and-groups)
-   [**Annex A A.5.3** — Documentation of AI system impact assessments](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-5-3-documentation-of-ai-system-impact-assessments)
-   [**Annex A A.5.5** — Assessment of societal impact](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-5-5-assessment-of-societal-impact)
-   [**Annex A A.2.2** — Policies for the responsible development or use of AI systems](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-2-2-policies-for-the-responsible-development-or-use-of-ai-systems)
-   [**Annex A A.2.4** — Review of policies for responsible AI](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-2-4-review-of-policies-for-responsible-ai)
-   [**Annex A A.8.2** — System documentation and information for users](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-8-2-system-documentation-and-information-for-users)

## References

-   [ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 — ISO/IEC 42001:2023](https://www.iso.org/standard/81230.html)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Annex A A.5.2`

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