AIMS Statement of Applicability

The Statement of Applicability (SoA) is an integral part of your AIMS documentation. The SoA is used to indicate to your assessor or certification body which ISO annex requirements are in scope and out of scope for your organization's assessment.

The SoA, in its most basic form, is a list of all the ISO 42001 Annex A requirements that need to be met in order to be certified. It is highly likely that for most companies, at least one of the annex requirements will not be applicable and, therefore, will be out of scope.

Annexes should only be marked out of scope if you feel confident that you can convince your assessor that they are not applicable to your business. If you don't currently have controls or processes to meet an Annex control but it is reasonably applicable to your business, that means we have a gap, and controls will need to be implemented.

How to use the template:

• Click on the link above to access the template

  • If you are a Google Workplace organization, make a copy by going to File > Make a copy

  • If you are not a Google Workplace organization, download a copy by going to File > Download and selecting your preferred file type (available as DOCX, PDF, and more)

• Review and then remove instructional text

• Save in a centralized place

• Attach to evidence either through Integrations, Automated Collection, or direct upload

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