ISO 42001 Annex A Controls: The 38 AI Management Controls and Where Each One Lands in the Deployment
ISO 42001 Annex A lists 38 controls across nine areas (A.2 through A.10) that an organization implementing an AI Management System (AIMS) has to consider. Numbering starts at .2 because the .1 position holds each control objective, and A.6 splits into A.6.1 and A.6.2 for nine lifecycle controls. The Statement of Applicability records implementation status, exclusions with justification, and incomplete controls with target dates. This guide maps all 38 controls to deployment layers and evidence artifacts, explains ISO/IEC 42006:2025, and sets out why an ISO 42001 certificate grants no EU AI Act Article 17 presumption.