Your contracts contain some of the most sensitive information in your organization—confidential and critical terms that you would never allow to become widely accessible. So why risk using a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) or contract intelligence solution whose AI hasn’t been thoroughly vetted and accredited?

With the arrival of ISO 42001 certification for Responsible AI, contracting professionals finally have a way to ensure that the AI they rely on meets the highest ethical and security standards. This certification sets a new benchmark for developing and managing AI, ensuring accountability, transparency, and reliability.

Evisort is proud to be among the first to receive ISO 42001 accredited certification for Responsible AI. From day one, we built our AI from the ground up to be highly advanced and precise and meet the strictest standards of responsibility, reliability, and trust. 

This certification reflects our rigorous commitment to ensuring our AI meets global benchmarks, offering unmatched control and accountability.

The new ISO/IEC 42001 Responsible AI certification is a significant milestone for contracting professionals. For the first time, there is a clear, vetted standard for evaluating AI used in CLM and contract intelligence solutions. 

This certification allows you to confidently assess whether the AI in your current or prospective contracting platform meets global benchmarks for responsibility, AI security, reliability, and trustworthiness.

Soon, contracting professionals will prioritize working with platforms that hold an accredited ISO 42001 certification. Two key factors will drive this shift:

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• Confidence in Ethical AI: Certified AI solutions actively manage proprietary and confidential contract data with the highest ethical and security standards. These platforms meet rigorous requirements for AI training, data anonymization, governance, human oversight, transparency, explainability, and third-party risk management, giving contracting professionals confidence that they can safeguard sensitive documents against risks.

• Leadership in AI Adoption: As more organizations mandate AI integration into their business practices, contracting professionals can lead the way by confidently adopting AI solutions vetted and certified for safety. By choosing certified platforms, they manage contracts securely, demonstrate leadership in responsible AI, and uphold strict security and compliance standards.

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While ISO 42001 certification sets the gold standard for responsible AI, it’s equally important to evaluate how developers build AI when determining whether a solution is genuinely responsible.

The ISO/IEC 42001 certification sets a new standard for responsible and secure AI management, one that not every Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) or contract intelligence platform will meet. One factor, among many, is how these platforms integrate AI into their systems.

Most CLM and contract intelligence solutions on the market aren’t AI-native. Developers created them as workflow solutions, only later integrating generic, third-party AI models and essentially wrapping those models into their existing platforms. 

This approach often leads to control, customization, and governance challenges since these platforms don't control the third-party models, which are also poorly optimized for contract analysis.

In contrast, AI-native platforms like Evisort are constructed around purpose-built AI from the ground up. When building an AI-native SaaS platform, developers must base every stage of product development on machine learning principles. As each new layer of development adds complexity to AI integration, addressing AI from the start is essential to avoid compounding challenges later on.

AI-native platforms offer a range of benefits, including scalability, accuracy, customizability, security, transparency, and usability. These platforms give customers unmatched control and align with industry-specific needs. By being AI-native, they are also better equipped to meet the rigorous standards of responsible AI, providing a more tailored and secure approach.

Evisort’s proprietary AI gives us even greater control over how our system operates. It allows us to ensure that our AI engine adheres to rigorous security standards and meets the requirements set by the ISO certification. 

In contrast, platforms that merely wrap around third-party AI models may face greater challenges in gaining this certification. That’s because a platform merely folding in third-party AI models may lack control over how data is processed, shared, and secured. Without carefully managed AI orchestration, meeting the strict standards required for certification is impossible.

By now, it's clear that ISO/IEC 42001 certification should be more than a checkbox—it should be a critical criterion for contracting professionals. 

Since contracts contain some of an organization's most sensitive and foundational data, earning the ISO/IEC 42001 certification demonstrates that a platform is committed to protecting this critical data and helps mitigate risks associated with AI, such as bias and security vulnerabilities.

Let’s look at a few other ways that working with an ISO 42001-certified CLM and contract intelligence platform directly benefits you:

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• Simplified Compliance: The ISO/IEC 42001 certification offers a framework to help align your AI adoption with industry standards and best practices, streamlining compliance efforts and reducing risk.

• Ethical Assurance: Certified AI-driven solutions adhere to strict ethical guidelines, helping you uphold your organization’s values and strengthen trust with clients and partners.

• Risk Mitigation: The certification provides a robust framework for identifying and mitigating AI risks, such as bias and vulnerabilities, keeping your organization secure and compliant.

• Transparency and Explainability: ISO/IEC 42001 emphasizes transparent AI operations, making evaluating AI results easier and confidently taking action.

• Enhanced Trust: This certification reassures stakeholders that your AI solutions are secure and ethical, building trust in all contractual dealings, whether closing sales or managing vendor relationships.

The ISO/IEC 42001 certification marks a transformative milestone for contracting professionals. By partnering with a certified vendor, you can feel confident about how your organization’s most sensitive data is protected. 

This certification ensures that the AI applied to your contracts is developed and managed in accordance with the highest standards. It also positions you as a responsible AI leader within your organization, ensuring that AI solutions adhere to strict ethical and operational guidelines.

By working with vendors who have earned this certification, you help set new standards in responsible AI adoption, protecting your organization from potential legal and reputational harm while earning the trust of your stakeholders.

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Discover How Evisort Can Support Your Responsible AI Goals

At Evisort, we’ve pioneered AI-native contract management solutions that align with the most rigorous standards of responsible AI. 

In addition to our ISO 42001 certification for Responsible AI, Evisort is also certified to ISO 27001 for information security, ISO 27701 for privacy management, and SOC 2 Type 2 for operational security. These certifications ensure that our platform meets global security, privacy, and compliance benchmarks, giving you peace of mind when managing sensitive contract data.

Contact us today to learn how our responsible AI-driven contracting intelligence platform and CLM solution can transform the way you manage contracts, ensuring both accuracy and compliance.