ISO 42001 SOLUTION
Stop answering AI governance questions without a system.
ISO 42001 gives your AI systems the management framework that enterprise buyers and regulated industries increasingly ask for. Acuna runs it end to end, alongside the other frameworks you manage, so the work compounds rather than repeating.
ISO 42001 AS A BUSINESS MOVE
For most organizations, ISO 42001 is the structured answer to the AI governance questions that enterprise buyers and regulated industries already ask. Acuna runs your AI management system end to end: requirements mapped, controls assigned to owners, impact assessments linked to evidence, and the certification audit pack assembled as you go. ISO 27001 controls carry across, so the second certification costs far less than the first. One control library, one price, Swiss and EU data residency.
AI governance is moving from aspiration to expectation.
Enterprise procurement teams and regulated buyers increasingly ask not just what data your AI uses but how you govern the systems that process it. ISO 42001 is the international management system standard that gives a structured, auditable answer. Organizations that build it now enter those conversations better positioned, and because the standard shares structure with ISO 27001, the work compounds rather than repeating. The question is not whether AI governance matters. It is whether yours is documented when someone asks.
Audit-ready faster, and current after.
What it unlocks, and what it costs to wait.
| What ISO 42001 unlocks | What waiting costs |
|---|---|
| A certified AI management system that satisfies enterprise and regulatory due diligence. | Answering AI governance questions ad hoc in every customer review. |
| Reuse of ISO 27001 controls you already have, because the standards share structure. | Building an AI management system under pressure when a buyer or regulator requires one. |
| A defensible position as EU AI Act compliance obligations accelerate. | A bigger, more expensive program when certification becomes a condition rather than a differentiator. |
We will not quote you an invented ROI figure. The real calculation is simpler: the enterprise and regulated buyers who ask how you govern your AI systems, and the answer you give them today versus the answer a certified program would give.
Run your own numbers.
GRC ROI is genuinely hard to prove precisely. Use your own numbers below to build the internal case. These inputs are yours; the output is your estimate, not ours.
Pipeline at risk
Enterprise deal value
typical affected deal, annualised
CHF 200K
Deals blocked or slowed
per year, your estimate
3 deals
Security questionnaires
your team fills out, per month
5 / month
Questionnaire overhead
Hours per questionnaire
across all people involved (SIG/CAIQ often run 6–12 hrs)
6 hrs
All-in hourly cost
fully-loaded: salary + overhead of the person filling it
CHF 125
Acuna starts from
CHF 5'388 / year, all frameworks included
120×
your est. cost
These are your estimates, not ours. GRC ROI is notoriously hard to measure: most of the value is in deals not lost, incidents not escalated, and audits not rebuilt from scratch. Use this to structure the internal conversation, not as a number we stand behind.
Built by an ISO 42001 Lead Auditor.
Acuna is built and run by practitioners, including an ISO 42001 Lead Auditor. ISO 42001 lives next to ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS2, DORA, and GDPR, so the work compounds instead of repeating. It is priced by program scope, not per seat, so every owner and auditor is included. Your data stays in Switzerland and the EU. The Abilene Group holds ISO 27001:2022 certification.
Authored and operated by practitioners, including an ISO 42001 Lead Auditor on the team.
ISO 42001 lives next to ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIS2, DORA, GDPR, NIST CSF, and 50+ more. Map once, reuse everywhere.
One organization price, no per-seat fees, so every control owner and auditor is included.
Swiss data residency, hosted in Switzerland and the EU.