Foundation
ISO 42001 Foundation
2026 edition
Self-paced PECB training delivered via myPECB.
Global training partner Aegentra is an official PECB authorised training partner and an official CompTIA partner.
Learn the language of responsible AI, understand what an AI management system does, and recognise the questions a business should ask before using an AI tool. This official PECB Foundation course is designed for people starting with ISO/IEC 42001, including those without a technical background. Choose self-paced Self-Study or video-based eLearning through Aegentra Academy, with the official exam included.
- Course access
- 12 months on myPECB
- CPD credits
- 14
- Course languages
- English
Who it is for
- People in risk, compliance, policy, project delivery, procurement, technology and business management participating in AI-related decisions.
What you will learn
- Understand why adopting an AI tool is also a management decision. Explore how an organisation's objectives, responsibilities and ways of working influence the AI systems it chooses to develop or use.
- Learn how an organisation decides what its AI management system covers, who needs to be involved and who is accountable. Connect policy and objectives with practical decisions about intended use, acceptable boundaries and available resources.
- Recognise that an AI system can affect both organisational objectives and the people who interact with it. Explore why risk assessment and impact assessment are related but distinct, and how safeguards should respond to the actual use case rather than a generic checklist.
- Understand the role of competence, communication, documented information and operational processes. Consider how responsibilities, supplier information and human oversight support decisions throughout the use of an AI system.
- Explore how monitoring, internal audit, management review and corrective action contribute to improvement. Learn to ask not only whether a policy exists, but whether the organisation can show that its chosen approach is working.
Course content
AI governance and the purpose of an AIMS
- Understand why adopting an AI tool is also a management decision. Explore how an organisation's objectives, responsibilities and ways of working influence the AI systems it chooses to develop or use.
Organisational context, leadership and planning
- Learn how an organisation decides what its AI management system covers, who needs to be involved and who is accountable. Connect policy and objectives with practical decisions about intended use, acceptable boundaries and available resources.
AI risks, impacts and proportionate controls
- Recognise that an AI system can affect both organisational objectives and the people who interact with it. Explore why risk assessment and impact assessment are related but distinct, and how safeguards should respond to the actual use case rather than a generic checklist.
Operating and supporting the management system
- Understand the role of competence, communication, documented information and operational processes. Consider how responsibilities, supplier information and human oversight support decisions throughout the use of an AI system.
Checking performance and improving
- Explore how monitoring, internal audit, management review and corrective action contribute to improvement. Learn to ask not only whether a policy exists, but whether the organisation can show that its chosen approach is working.
Prerequisites
- None — Foundation is the entry-level pathway and assumes no prior AI or ISO experience.
The exam
- Format
- Closed-book, multiple-choice
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Questions
- 40 multiple-choice questions in the current English PECB examination record
- Pass mark
- See current PECB passing requirements