Mapping AI Compliance: ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act & NIST AI
Three frameworks, one common thread
AI governance is converging on a simple expectation: be able to show your work. ISO/IEC 42001:2023 establishes a management system for responsible AI. The EU AI Act imposes risk-tiered obligations including logging, transparency, and human oversight for high-risk systems. The NIST AI Risk Management Framework organizes practice around Govern, Map, Measure, and Manage.
What they share
Each, in its own language, requires verifiable evidence of how AI systems behave — data lineage, decision records, and accountability for outcomes. Documentation alone is fragile; tamper-evident, queryable records are durable.
From policy to proof
Bastion One produces the lineage these frameworks ask for: agent identity, execution records, downstream watermarking, and exports mapped to each standard — so a control objective becomes a one-click audit artifact rather than a fire drill.
