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AIUC-1

Be the market-leader in trusted agentic AI

Organizations are building and deploying agentic AI faster than they can secure it, creating unseen and ungoverned risk. Set your organization apart by leveraging AIUC-1, the world’s first standard for AI agents, built and continuously refined in collaboration with Fortune 500 CISOs and industry veterans from McKinsey, MITRE, Goldman Sachs, Anthropic, and more.

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The benefits of AIUC-1 certification

Robust governance for AI agents, backed by technical testing

Ungoverned AI agents can evolve quickly – and dangerously. AIUC-1 enables organizations who are developing, deploying, or utilizing agentic AI technology to move with agility and vigilance. This framework purpose-built to address six key areas of uniquely enterprise, agentic AI risk: data and privacy, security, safety, reliability, accountability, and societal impact.

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Demonstrate market-leading compliance in safety, security, and reliability

AIUC-1 certification signals that your agentic AI systems meet a rigorous, independently verified standards and positions you ahead of competitors who lack formal validation of their AI security posture.

Manage agentic AI risk with comprehensive, purpose-built controls

AIUC-1 is specifically designed to address the unique risks that come with agentic AI technology, delivering a practical, structured way to identify and mitigate risks before they become incidents.

Ensure consistent technical testing, benchmarking, and independent assurance

In addition to annual certification, AIUC-1 requires consistent, quarterly testing to maintain compliance and keep pace with evolving risks.

Accelerate deal cycles and unblock revenue

AIUC-1 certification can eliminate lengthy security reviews prior to signing contracts, meaning faster procurement, fewer stalled deals, and quicker time to revenue.

Enable safe and responsible agentic AI innovation

AIUC-1 certification provides a trusted framework that lets teams build and deploy new agentic capabilities with confidence. These guardrails help organizations innovate faster without compromising on safety.

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AIUC-1 is an annual certification backed by quarterly technical testing to ensure the continuous management of an organization’s agentic AI technology.

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AIUC-1 certification

A-LIGN conducts the policy and governance portions of the audit, reviewing data handling, incident response plans, vendor due diligence, and more. AIUC-1 conducts all technical testing and issues the certification of compliance. A-LIGN issues a separate audit report covering AIUC-1 governance requirements.

Why A-LIGN?

With over 20 years and a breadth of SOC, ISO, and FedRAMP experience, A-LIGN provides high-quality, rigorous, enterprise-grade assurance to organizations across the globe. Our collaborative, quality-first approach and cutting-edge audit management platform, A-SCEND, transforms new and emerging governance standards into a holistic compliance strategy that clients can feel confident in.

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Tech-Enabled Audit Management

A-SCEND is an end-to-end audit management platform built from real-world audit practice. By eliminating repetitive tasks, delivering real-time visibility and control, and enforcing consistency and precision across every engagement, A-SCEND elevates audit quality without sacrificing rigor.

Purpose-built technology enforces consistency, strengthens audit quality, and drives efficiency, every cycle, every framework, every year.

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Precision at Every Stage

Every A-SCEND engagement follows a disciplined methodology built to withstand scrutiny.

That rigor carries through every stage of our audit process, from precise scoping and a deep understanding of your business up front, with executive oversight and built-in quality checks, to expert review and fine-tuning for a polished, high-quality report.

That experience and discipline bring greater certainty and help prevent the leading causes of report rejection: incomplete scope and missing controls.

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With a diverse AI suite of services and depth of expertise, clients feel empowered to responsibly scale their AI operations with A-LIGN.

“I sleep better at night knowing that we have A-LIGN as our partner. They’re always there making sure that we’re moving forward and pushing us as much as we’re pushing ourselves to ensure that we get done in time.”

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Mike Tiemeyer

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“Working with A-LIGN to achieve this certification has been a genuine step forward in how we manage and govern AI. It sets the tone for how we’ll support our clients on that same path, backed by a partner who understands the rigor required.”

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Paul Stevens

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"We have a number of external customers who are banks and other financial [institutions], so from a credibility point of view, it's essential that we've got proof points that we are good at security and AI governance."

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Frequently asked questions

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Who is AIUC-1 certification for?

AIUC-1 certification is for any organization developing, deploying, or selling agentic AI technology. During scoping, clients detail their AI agent system's capabilities and architecture, along with their appetite to go beyond the certification's mandatory controls.

How does AIUC-1 differ from ISO 42001?

AIUC-1 addresses agentic AI risk at the technology level, ensuring agents perform as intended and within their defined scope. ISO 42001, by contrast, operates at the organizational level and helps clients manage the AI lifecycle through a broader AI management system rather than monitoring performance directly.

Is quarterly technical testing required for AIUC-1 certification? Can I just get the AIUC-1 portion of the audit?

AIUC-1 requires quarterly technical testing to identify hallucinations, unsafe tool calls, adversarial attacks, and other agentic AI risks to deliver concrete, up-to-date assurance to key stakeholders.

How long does AIUC-1 certification take?

AIUC-1 certification typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on an organization's readiness and maturity. The process unfolds in four stages: scoping and kickoff, evidence collection, testing and evaluation, and delivery of the final audit report.

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