A clear and agreed audit scope ensures that the audit will adequately cover all relevant areas of the AI Management System and that the audit team understands:
Boundaries of the audit (departments, processes, AI systems)
Objectives and criteria
What must be included or excluded
As per ISO 19011:2018 – Clause 5.2, determining the audit scope is critical to ensuring the audit is effective, relevant, and complete. Similarly, in ISO/IEC 42001:2023 – Clause 9.2.1, the scope must be defined to evaluate the full effectiveness of the AIMS.
The PECB Lead Auditor Guide reinforces that without a clear scope, the audit risks missing critical operational, ethical, or compliance-related areas.
[Reference: ISO 19011:2018 – Clause 5.2 (Establishing the audit program), ISO/IEC 42001:2023 – Clause 9.2.1 (Internal audit planning), PECB Lead Auditor Guide – Domain 4: “Audit Scope and Objectives”, ===========]
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